Legal Counsel - Enterprise - Middle East
Cisco -
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPosted 5 years ago184People have clicked1 open position
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Job Description
Always wanted to be part of a global smart legal team continuously on the edge of enabling technological innovation?
We are looking for a committed, creative, entrepreneurial Legal Counsel to join us as a trusted legal advisor supporting Cisco's Enterprise business mainly in the Middle East.
Your Role and Responsibilities will include:
- Drafting and negotiating agreements (eg. sales agreements, pricing letters, non-disclosure agreements, software licensing cloud agreements, software-as-a-service agreements, IP and DP agreements and services agreements) in line with Cisco’s business strategy, policies and practices
- Responding to RFP/RFI/RFQs
- Helping structure sales transactions/agreements following legal risk assessment
- Consistently applying Cisco legal and business policies and practices to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance
- Engaging in cross-functional projects as a legal subject-matter expert
- Developing and delivering presentations/legal trainings
- Identifying and managing the flow of key information up to the management chain and business clients
Job Requirements
Your Minimum Qualifications we look for:
- At least 3-5 years of commercial and corporate law experience obtained at a top law firm, or multinational legal department
- Excellent written and oral skills in English are needed, fluency in Arabic will be considered a plus
- Willingness to travel as required by the business
Your Professional Experience:
- You have supported a multi-jurisdictional region in the Middle East
- You have handled competition and antitrust legal issues
- You are familiar with technology product sales go-to-market models, distribution agreements, resale agreements, and services sales
- You have knowledge of technology contract matters including intellectual property, software licensing, managed services, cloud agreements, software-as-a-service agreements, cloud, data protection, GDPR principles, and security
Your General Skills:
- You have excellent drafting skills – including an eagle-eye for detail and a creative outlook
- Readiness to support and help finalize dynamic complex sales agreements against demanding deadlines and processes;
- You are an enabler with a “can-do”, dedicated, and flexible attitude guided by sound judgement
- You have a growth mindset
- You are able to demonstrate leadership and take ownership of work
- You are a teammate focused on developing relationships with both business clients and global team members
- You are able to concisely and persuasively express and convey ideas both in writing and verbally
- You bring well-developed organizational skills for smooth simultaneous management of multiple projects
- You know how to operate expertly in a highly-automated environment heavily dependent on e-enabled tools and communications systems
- You have an open, ethical mind and a sense of humor
