Managing Legal Counsel

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Posted Todayjob requisition  COUNSEL Corporate Performance & ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) (“CP & ESG”) is one the global operating divisions of Wolters Kluwer, serving customers around the world with expert information, solutions, software, and services. CP & ESG encompasses a range of technology enabled expert solutions to address financial performance, reporting, social responsibility management, environmental impact management, and corporate governance.

Wolters Kluwer’s CP & ESG large enterprise software business is seeking a Managing Counsel with software license and SaaS experience to support our Team Mate business unit globally and our CCH Tagetik and Corporate Tax software businesses in North America.

Candidates, under general direction, would be expected to resolve complex business or technical issues by identifying legal solutions and recommending a course of action and represent the organization to customers, suppliers, competitors, and government agencies. Candidates should be experienced in a broad range of legal areas such as commercial contracts (e.g., SaaS, licensing contracts, customer services contracts and vendor contracts), privacy and data protection and advising on product development.

Ideal candidates should also have experience in M&A, anti-trust, and litigation matters. May be a specialist of superior skill in a specific area of the law or a highly qualified senior generalist. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience and manages an attorney supporting the Team Mate business.

The position will be part of the Wolters Kluwer Global Law and Compliance Department (“GLCD”) and will be based in the United States. The Managing Counsel position will report to the Assistant General Counsel for Tagetik and Team Mate. This position will also have a dotted line reporting relationship to the GM of the Team Mate business unit and the GM of the Tagetik NA business.

The Managing Counsel will manage an attorney who supports the Team Mate and Tagetik NA business lines and will be responsible for overseeing and strategically guiding the legal support for such business lines.
* Hybrid Role - Must be able to attend meetings and/or conferences onsite as needed. Preferred office locations are New York, Chicago, Tampa, and Atlanta. We will consider candidates who reside near other Wolters Kluwer offices.
** Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG- 2 days a week.
* Responsibilities:
• Providing hands-on legal assistance in structuring and drafting, negotiating, interpreting, managing and enforcing complex and high value commercial transactions, including licensing and software arrangements (including SaaS services and related implementation agreements), master services agreements and related statements of work, partnering, reseller and strategic alliance arrangements, and (vi) vendor and consulting agreements.
• Working closely with and providing comprehensive legal counseling to the management team and sales leaders of the businesses regarding a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial, and intellectual property matters impacting the businesses, including legal issues related to SaaS, on premise software license and professional service offerings and strategic relationships as well as on regulatory, compliance and dispute matters.
• Working closely with CP & ESG management on contractual and regulatory exposures and risks relating to development of new customer offerings or services and related customer agreement terms, promotional and marketing activities, data protection and cybersecurity risks across different offerings and in diverse media and premise-based or mobile IT devices, and international market expansion.
• Developing a strong rapport and working relationship with the local sales teams to help drive the delivery of effective and high-quality legal services which are appropriately linked to relevant business needs of the business units, while at the same time helping drive greater consistency of approach and standards across…