Junior Legal Counsel/Paralegal, Legal Support Group for Oracle Corporation, EMEA

 

 

Oracle has established a Legal Support Group for EMEA with a number of lawyers based in Bucharest and Prague. We are looking to recruit a new Junior Legal Counsel /Paralegal in either Prague or Bucharest to join the team to provide centralised support for Oracle’s country-based lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, undertaking a variety of tasks relating to contracts, legal documents and commercial transactions. In addition to working with Oracle’s country-based lawyers in English, this role will also provide support to Oracle’s lawyers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in German. This role is ideally suited for a junior lawyer/legal counsel seeking experience in a multi-national environment, with the opportunity to develop legal, organisational and communication skills and to work with experienced lawyers in multiple jurisdictions.

 

The role will be reporting into the Legal Director for the EMEA Legal Support Group, with some day to day management from various country-based lawyers.

                                                                                                                   

Main responsabilities:

 

• Liaison with local country legal teams.
• Review and negotiation of non-disclosure, teaming and similar agreements.
• Local Country Legal Support, including dealing with:
  • Assignments/novations and similar requests;
  • RfP and pre-sales documentation reviews;
  • Review of draft flowdowns of non-standard customer contract terms to subcontractors;
  • Customer data legal queries, including GDPR related requests;
• Deal Support to Oracle’s Deal Management team including review and drafting of contract clauses.
• Working with Compliance and Ethics team to respond to customer requests in relation to Oracle’s Compliance and Ethics policies.
• Engagement in longer term projects such as reviews of Oracle’s standard contracts, online contracting and eCommerce.

 

Qualifications:

• Full legal qualification preferred and a Masters’ Degree in international law or other relevant area of law is an advantage.
• 1-4 years post qualification experience would be preferred.
• Fluency in English and German is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Creative thinking and problem solving.
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• High levels of responsiveness and adaptability.

 

 

Provides paralegal support to one of the Legal Department’s specialty practice groups.

Drafts legal agreements, correspondence and other legal documents. Proficient in a specific area of law. Responds to legal inquiries. Performs legal research and legal filings. Other various projects as assigned.

Duties and tasks are standard with some variation. Completes own role largely independently within defined policies and procedures. Computer proficient. Has strong management, research and organizational skills and is detail oriented. Strong written and verbal communication skills. BA/BS degree or related experience and 2 - 5 years relevant legal experience. Paralegal certificate preferred.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).