• Senior Legal Counsel
• Sydney based (remote start)

 

Join a close-knit, highly skilled legal team in a fast-paced role where no two days are the same!

 

General Function:           To provide a full range of in-house legal services to all business units and LOBs as well as compliance with Oracle policies and procedures and applicable law. Negotiate contracts with commercial and public sector customers.

 

Key Objectives / Measures

• Internal satisfaction of local business, other local support LOBs and Global Legal LOB
• Provide regular updates to manager
• Personal development
• Training provided to business
• Measured by Corporate performance standards

 

Responsibilities

 

 

• Draft, vet and negotiate major or complex agreements
• Localise and develop model standard agreements / clauses
• Advise the Business on structure of contractual relationships, including appropriate documents to use
• Respond to ad hoc queries, providing appropriate solutions
• Work closely with other legal counsel throughout Oracle locally as well as internationally
• Identify, analyse and evaluate legal and commercial risks
• Advise on compliance with Oracle business practices, policies, procedures and the law
• Assist in the management of disputes and litigation
• Participate in Oracle Legal JAPAC initiatives as required
• Provide input into new policies and practices
• Provide support for designated Lead Accounts

 

Required Skills

• Fluency in English
• High level legal drafting skills (also in English)
• Strong experience in negotiating IT agreements for hardware, software, professional services and cloud transactions.  Experience in public sector contracting is highly desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Presentation and public speaking skills
• Creative thinking and problem solving
• Commercial outlook
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Ability to adapt to constantly changing requirements
• Ability to develop a good understanding of Oracle’s products and services
• Ability to develop a thorough understanding of Oracle’s business requirements and policies and communicate those to other employees
• Ability to work autonomously
• Excellent team player

 

Minimum job requirements

• Law degree and professional qualification - 10+ years relevant post admission experience.
• Admission to practice in Australia.

 

Life at Oracle ANZ: 

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Provide legal support across all lines of business enabling profitable growth while mitigating legal risks and assure adherence to governance policies, ethics, and country specific laws and regulations

Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization. Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services. May perform litigation on Oracle's behalf or coordinates litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel. May draft, review, and negotiate major and/or non-standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements, and cloud services agreements. May advise on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance. Responds to ad hoc queries to include identification, analysis, and evaluation of risks in order to provide appropriate legal solutions. Works closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinates legal matters handled by outside lawyers. Demonstrates deep general commercial or functional knowledge across a wide range of sub disciplines within the individual's specialty area(s), (e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, securities compliance and regulatory, employment law, immigration law, cloud transactions, data privacy, risk management asset-backed financing, contract management, intellectual property, trade secrets, advertising law, registration and other resolutions specific to the computer and technology industry)

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