Associate Legal Counsel

**What you’ll do**:

- Negotiate contract terms and conditions with Gartner clients based on standard Gartner agreement documents and also on Clients’ own paperwork as required.
- Maintain a close working relationship within Legal and Commercial team and with Sales and consulting associates in relation to client negotiations for both commercial and public sector area
- Advise on legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies and procedures
- Internal training - work closely with internal partners to coach and educate them
- Ensure corporate Governance
- Legal support and advice to other internal functions
- Support with the Annual Financial Reporting

**Impact of Role**:

- Successful negotiation of Contracts in a timely manner
- Handle a large volume of negotiations in parallel
- Negotiate with senior client management
- Protection of Gartner’s intellectual property and limit liability
- Build and maintain relationships with Clients and Gartner Associates
- Perform well under pressure
- Quickly gain an understanding of Gartner Products
- Relationship building with Internal associates: Sales, Consulting, Coordinators, Booking team, and the other members of the Global Contracts Team
- Relationship building with External: Gartner clients and Suppliers

**What you'll need**:

- University degree in law - LLB\LLM equivalent
- Approximately 2-3 years of experience in the legal department or a law firm
- Practical experience in negotiating contracts involving intellectual property in an international business environment
- Language capabilities - Italian, Spanish and English essential, Portuguese very nice to have. The language skills shall include the ability to draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements.
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent negotiation skills and good time management
- Ability to present authoritatively to internal and external stakeholders to ensure appropriate protection of Gartner’s interests, whilst concentrating on the issues that really matter
- Ability to prioritize workload based on value of business to Gartner versus complexity of negotiation whilst working to month-end and quarter-end sales deadlines
- Requires good interpersonal skills to handle pressure from sales and consulting management

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**Who are we?**

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

**What makes Gartner a great place to work?**

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

**What do we offer?**

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

Job Requisition ID:97810