Senior Attorney

hace 2 semanas


Madrid, Madrid, España Wolters Kluwer A tiempo completo
Wolters Kluwer Global Business Services ("GBS") is the shared services component of Wolters Kluwer's global enterprise.

GBS team members are based worldwide in countries where Wolters Kluwer operates, with the majority of GBS personnel in the United States and the Netherlands.

GBS provides Wolters Kluwer's technology infrastructure, global sourcing and procurement and other critical business functions.


Wolters Kluwer's Global Law and Compliance Department (GLCD) is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel located in Spain with commercial, technology transactions, SaaS/software licensing, and outsourcing experience.

This position will report to a Managing Counsel for GBS.

You will be working with both U.S., European and APAC based colleagues and will have a highly visible role working with each of the divisions and with cross-functional teams across Wolters Kluwer.


The GBS Senior Legal Counsel will be a member of the GBS Legal team, a team of attorneys and paralegals who support the GBS organization and certain other shared services functions within Wolters Kluwer.

Specific accountabilities and responsibilities are expected to include the following:

  • Drafting and negotiating vendor contracts across a broad range of products and services consumed by Wolters Kluwer in the U.S., EU, UK and APAC, with an emphasis on professional service agreements, software license and support agreements, software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, cloud hosting agreements, outsourcing agreements, and technology services master agreements and statements of work.
  • Management of a complex portfolio of U.S., EU, UK and APAC vendor agreements and related issues (including disputes) with multiple stakeholders, seeking guidance on prioritization and managing expectations appropriately.
  • Advising GBS and other global shared services organizations on legal matters related to their operations, including use of artificial intelligence, intellectual property, open-source software, privacy and cybersecurity.
  • Development, support and implementation of Wolters Kluwer's technology, privacy and compliance policies, including policies for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and open-source software, as well as related training and compliance programs.
  • Collaboration with M&A teams on technology and intellectual property issues that arise in acquisitions and divestitures, including vendor agreements and open-source software.
  • Building a strong rapport and working relationship with GBS Legal, Sourcing, Finance, Information Technology and other business and legal team members to help drive the delivery of effective and high-quality legal services which are appropriately linked to the relevant business needs, while at the same time helping drive greater consistency of approach and standards for vendor contracts.
  • Developing an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Wolters Kluwer businesses that GBS supports, their people, organization, markets, products, technologies, customers, competitors and regulatory environment, in order to identify trends, spot potential issues and provide effective support to GBS and other internal stakeholders.

Minimum Experience:

  • Fully qualified lawyer and at least 6 years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience in multiple jurisdictions in Europe and coordinating with inhouse commercial counsel and external counsel in those jurisdictions.
  • Experience must include a nationally recognized law firm and/or the corporate legal department of a mediumtolargesized company.
  • Experience must include handson drafting and negotiation of technology agreements including software license and support agreements, softwareasaservice (SaaS) agreements and consulting agreements (master agreements and statements of work).
  • Excellent spoken and written English is required.

Preferred Experience:

  • Proficiency or fluency in additional languages is a plus.
  • Knowledge of governing law in additional EU jurisdictions outside of the Netherlands is a plus.
  • Experience drafting and negotiating Data Process Agreements to ensure GDPR compliance
  • Representation of both buyers and vendors in negotiations for a wide variety of technology products and services.
  • Experience negotiating with industry-leading cloud hosting and SaaS providers.
  • Drafting and negotiation of complex outsourcing services agreements, including both master agreements and contract schedules.
  • Negotiation of real-estate leases and related agreements.
  • Experience with enterprise licensing rules and procedures of large global software and technology vendors.
  • Experience conducting negotiations in a global, matrixed environment managing urgent priorities from multiple stakeholders.
  • Strong intellect, excellent legal acumen and rigorous analytical skills.
  • Superior legal drafting and negotiating skills.
  • A "can do" solutions orientation.
  • Excellent communication, organizational and management skills.
  • Technical knowledge, interest and pr

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