Legal Counsel, Technical Infrastructure London, England
Job description
Minimum qualifications:
- JD, equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience practicing infrastructure, projects, or commercial contract law within a private practice or an in-house team.
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practice law in the local jurisdiction.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements governed by English or US law.
- Ability to complete several simultaneous projects towards goals.
- Excellent people management skills and a commitment to professionalism and working with others.
About the job
As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative - ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.
As Corporate Counsel, you will focus on complex commercial transactions, to build, procure and operate the infrastructure used to enable Google to deliver its Internet services. This includes agreements and projects involving telecommunications networks, submarine cables, energy and water procurement, and data centre acquisitions and operations.
In this role, you’ll advise our clients on various legal risks (e.g., deployment of new infrastructure types in new jurisdictions), business strategies and issues, and you’ll assist with the continuous development of the team and its processes. You are collaborative, ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company.
20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a range of commercial contracts supporting Google’s technical infrastructure procurement and operation.
- Advise on infrastructure projects and business initiatives to provide solution-oriented practical advice to facilitate launches and innovation.
- Develop and maintain compliance strategies for our infrastructure.
- Respond to legal requests from supervising lawyers, program managers, partners, and executives.
- Coordinate across internal legal teams on a variety of matters related to operating technical infrastructure.