About GTT:
GTT is a leading global provider of secure cloud networking solutions for multinational organizations. We design and deliver solutions that leverage advanced cloud, networking and security technologies. We complement our solutions with a suite of professional services and exceptional sales and support teams in local markets around the world. We serve thousands of national and multinational companies with a portfolio that includes SD-WAN, security, Internet, voice and other connectivity options. Our services are uniquely enabled by our top-ranked, global, Tier 1 IP backbone, which spans more than 260 cities on six continents. The company culture is built on a customer-first service experience reinforced by our commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement in our business, environmental, social and governance practices. For more information, visit gtt.net.
Role Summary:
The role of a Senior Legal Counsel is to manage legal risk appropriately for the task at hand, advising on the full range of commercial legal support to the GTT group across Europe with a focus on the jurisdictions in which the employee is qualified and with awareness of the issues that arise in cross border transactions.
The main focus of the role is to support commercial transactions, negotiate with customers and ensure GTT processes are properly applied.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Draft / amend / advise on and negotiate the full range of commercial agreements from telecommunication services to cloud services and software licences in a fast-paced business environment
- Provide legal advice/drafting that is accurate, understandable to and focused on the issues of the business
- Identify, analyze, & mitigate contractual risk
- Liaise with internal stakeholders such as sales, finance, pricing and product to ensure compliance with policies and make them aware of unfavourable terms and conditions
- Work proactively and closely with your colleagues within and outside of the legal department including liaising with external counsel
- Advise on and manage the full range of issues addressed to a small in-house team including data protection, compliance, company law, employment law, litigation/dispute resolution, regulatory affairs, property matters, insolvency, licensing, IPR etc.
- Subject to approval, instruct external counsel in cost effective manner and provide and procure advice on local and European legislation
- Deal with legal requests in a timely and efficient manner
- Act ethically and responsibly at all times and with all dealings with other staff and with third parties
- Ad hoc duties as required
Required Experience/Qualifications:
- Excellent academic qualifications (degree)
- Qualified lawyer in a European jurisdiction
- Must have a good understanding of commercial law and its practical applications in a business environment 5-10 years post qualification experience is indicative of the requirement
- Practical and quick minded approach, allowing to deliver pragmatic and business focuses solutions
- Hands on experience of contract preparation, review and negotiation
- Proven track record of effectively managing & influencing internal & external stakeholders
- Experience using cloud-based contract management tools
- Telecoms/ IT experience is an advantage
- IT/PC literacy essential
- Fully fluent, both written and verbal, in English and ideally other languages
- This fluency must include the ability to draft, negotiate and amend complex legal documents
- Prior in-house experience is preferred
Desirable Experience/Qualifications:
- Demonstrable Commercial awareness
- Results-oriented mentality with a focus on efficiency, accuracy and quality
- Service orientated
- Able to understand and explain GTT´s products
- Respectful, trustworthy, transparent, ethical, collaborative, mindful and diligent, able to earn respect from their colleagues
- Must feel confident in advising on a wide range of matters
- Ability to work on tight timeframes and managing to work on small and large matters simultaneously
- Flexibility
- Team player with a positive can-do attitude
Hours/Travel/Shift:
Monday-Friday office hours
Universal Competencies
- Continuous Improvement: Knowledge of transformation initiatives to drive fundamental changes, enhance responsiveness and efficiency to core business practices. Ability to drive cultural changes from best effort to results oriented.
- Customer First (Non-Customer Facing): Knowledge of internal customer interactions, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and partnership. Ability to build an environment supporting internal customer value creation at every level.
- Operational Excellence: Understanding the system-driven processes for consistency and scalability. Ability to re-focus processes and systems from integration activity to maximizing a positive customer impact and anticipating future trends.
Core Competencies
- Knowledge of Organization: Knowledge of the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to understand the value of aligning capabilities with business goals to support optimal performance.
- Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
- Risk Management: Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.
- Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
- Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
- Matrix Management: Understanding of the importance of being able to leverage external resources when required and ability to build and use effective working relationships within own department and across department, functional, and geographic reporting lines.
- Commercial Law: Knowledge of domestic and international laws governing commerce; ability to interpret and take action on the aspects of such laws that impact the business.
- Government Affairs Regulatory Environment: Knowledge of government legislation bodies affecting the organization; ability to use methods and tools in handling governmental legislation and regulatory issues.
- Intellectual Property Law: Knowledge of domestic and international laws governing intellectual property (IP); ability to interpret and take action on the aspects of IP laws that impact the business.
EEO Statement
GTT provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, GTT complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
GTT expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of GTT’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
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