Senior Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer

$145.5-203.9k

Salary applicable to Chicago applicants only

Senior and Expert level

Boston

Chicago

More information about location

2+ days a week in office

Information services and software solutions

Job no longer available

Information services and software solutions

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseLegalBusiness IntelligenceFinancial ServicesAutomation

Job no longer available

$145.5-203.9k

Salary applicable to Chicago applicants only

Senior and Expert level

Boston

Chicago

More information about location

2+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseLegalBusiness IntelligenceFinancial ServicesAutomation

Company mission

To empower our professional customers with the information, software solutions, and services they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and save time.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Education: Bachelor’s degree and law degree required, J.D. or L.L.B
A minimum of 8-10 years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience, preferably including experience with both a multi-national law ﬁrm and an established corporate law department
Substantial legal experience focused on sophisticated domestic and international commercial contracts
A strong working knowledge of, and experience with SaaS agreements, software and e-commerce transactions
The ideal candidate will have a proven history of working well with and inﬂuencing members of the senior management teams of entrepreneurial organizations, and will possess the intellect, conﬁdence, maturity, team orientation and positive sense of humor to work with talented, dedicated, demanding client groups

What the job involves

The Senior Legal Counsel position will be part of the North American legal organization within the Wolters Kluwer law department
This position will primarily support the Tax and Accounting (“TAA”) Division’s commercial activities in North America, serving the Preparer and Canada software businesses (the Performance Segment)
In addition, this position will also support TAA North America business segments in Professional and Research & Advisory, as needed
The position will be part of the Wolters Kluwer TAA Legal team and will report to the Assistant General Counsel for TAA North America
The Senior Legal Counsel will work closely with the senior management team of the Performance segment on general commercial contracts (e.g. , SaaS, licensing contracts, customer services contracts and vendor contracts), corporate and contractual matters and M&A transactions, as well as advising on intellectual property issues, product development legal issues, regulatory compliance and dispute matters
Providing comprehensive legal counseling on a broad spectrum of commercial, corporate, technology, intellectual property, cybersecurity, privacy and regulatory laws and matters
Structuring, drafting, negotiating, interpreting, managing, and enforcing all types of technology and other commercial agreements
Counseling on regulatory and compliance matters impacting the business, including with respect to tax-time ﬁnancial products
Working closely with the business on new customer offerings or services and related customer agreement terms, promotional and marketing activities, data protection and cybersecurity risks across different offerings
Developing a strong rapport and working relationship with the management team of the Performance Software business segment to help drive the delivery of effective and high-quality legal services
Developing an in-depth knowledge and understanding of TAA North America, its people, organization, markets, products, customers, competitors and regulatory environment, in order to identify trends and provide legal/commercial advice to the businesses
As appropriate, effectively manage outside counsel in a cost-effective manner

Our take

For over 185 years, Wolters Kluwer has been innovating the way professionals and businesses work. The company has expanded to offer a substantial range of services across the Health, Tax & Accounting, Finance, Compliance, and Legal sectors.

While operating across so many sectors comes with an extensive range of competition, Wolters Kluwer serves customers in over 180 countries, which has been managed, in part, due to its 70+ acquisitions. For example, the company has recently acquired leading artificial intelligence technology company Della AI, which will become part of its legal software unit, to further advance its natural language processing capabilities.

The company is currently focused on its 2022-2024 strategy, which is a three-year value elevation strategy aimed at accelerating expert solutions, expanding its reach, and evolving its core capabilities. After delivering on its 2019-2021 strategy (resulting in €4.8 billion in revenues in 2021 alone) Wolters Kluwer is well set to remain on its long-standing path of growth and success.

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Company

Company benefits

Hybrid/Flexible Work Environment

Company HQ

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

Leadership

Nancy McKinstry

(CEO & Chairman of the Executive Board, not founder)

Held various roles at the company before being named CEO in 2003. Current Member of the Board of Directors at various companies including Accenture, Abbot, Russel Reynolds Associates, and Columbia Business School.

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