Job Description
Based at Oracle’s headquarters for the Netherlands in Utrecht, you will join an established legal team supporting the sales teams in the Benelux countries on major deals for customers across all lines of business. As legal counsel you will draft, review, and negotiate technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including cloud services agreements, licensing agreements, and professional services agreements. Your focus will be such support for the Dutch sales teams, but occasionally you may be asked to jump in for matters pertaining to sales in Belgium and Luxembourg.
General Responsibilities
- Responsible for legal support to sales teams across various industry sectors
- Independent handling of contracts’ negotiation and drafting
- Continuous interface with commercial approvers and related risk management
- Close liaison with Business Practices and Contract Specialist organisations
Legal Functions
- Draft and negotiate major or complex non-standard agreements
- Advise the Business on structure of contractual relationship, including appropriate documents to use
- Respond to ad hoc queries, providing appropriate legal solutions
- Identify, analyse, and evaluate risks
- Work closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle• Ensure compliance with Oracle business practices, policies, and procedures
Requirements
- Must be qualified as a Dutch lawyer with at least 7 years relevant experience from a leading law firm or with appropriate in-house experience
- Must have significant experience in drafting complex IT agreements and advising clients on commercial technology deals
- Must be self-starting and have proven ability to manage a fast-paced workload and to work as part of a team
- Good knowledge of data privacy matters (GDPR, e.g. evidenced by being CIPP/E certified), recent legal developments such as EU Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), as well as EU legislation such as the EU Data Act is a plus.
- Proven experience in Dutch contract law
- Native Dutch speaker
- Fluent in English
- Pragmatic and proactive with a hands on mentality
- Team player with a sense of humour
Career Level - IC4
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