Senior Corporate Counsel

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• About our Team
• We work within the Legal Department, which is composed of lawyers, paralegals, and specialists committed to the professional growth and career development of our team.
• About the Role
• Our Commercial Sales Legal Counsel will be a business partner to our Elsevier Academic and Government and Corporate Sales teams in North America with some support to our Latin American region. You will provide legal support and guidance to our Sales teams, and work closely with our contract managers and sales support teams and will be part of the Elsevier Legal team reporting into the General Counsel EMEA APAC LA.Legal support has a strong focus on commercial transactions interacting directly with our customers. You will also help to deliver training, projects and initiatives to our organization, acting as a trusted business partner.
• Responsibilities
• Providing support on transactional matters including legal advice, contract negotiation and drafting
• Provide best in practice professional legal services aligned with the strategic drivers of the business ensuring significant impact.
• Builds relationships with the aim to become the trusted business partner including stakeholder management
• Act as a role model in the team, actively endorsing team operating principles including on teamwork and collaboration, change, working in an international environment, and open and meaningful communication.
• Requirements
• Have substantial in-house legal experience (7 to 10 years+) and preferably also experience working for a law firm.
• Have experience working in an international environment.
• Have extensive experience working in the United States and / or with North American customers.
• Have excellent academic qualifications and substantial relevant experience in providing legal advice and support to businesses.
• Have a well-developed technical knowledge about relevant areas of law. Could apply that technical expertise to practical matters. Knowledge of IP, licensing including Software as a Service contracts, if possible
• Be accustomed to communicating complex legal and commercial issues clearly and concisely in a way that is readily understandable and can be acted upon by the business.
• Be a collaborative team player who demonstrates leadership qualities appropriate for a member of the Legal Department.
• Fluent in Spanish and English and if possible, Portuguese in both writing and speaking.
• Work in a way that works for you
• We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate.Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
• Working for you
• We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer :
• Private Medical / Dental Plan
• Savings Fund
• Life Insurance
• Meal / Grocery Voucher
• About the Business
• A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals’ advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
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• .Elsevier is a global leader in advanced information and decision support for science and healthcare. We believe that by working together with the communities we serve, we can shape human progress to go further, happen faster, and benefit all.We support continuous discovery and uphold the highest standards of content integrity, reliability, and reproducibility so the communities we serve can advance their field of science, healthcare or innovation with confidence. By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and early career jobs. If you are looking for a career that inspires progress in science, innovation and health, and allows you to grow every day, find your team at Elsevier.Elsevier is part of RELX Group.Let’s shape progress together. Join us.elsevier.com / about / careers

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