Corporate Counsel, Meridian IT
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3-5 days a week in office (Deerfield, Illinois)
Global managed service provider
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Global managed service provider
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (Deerfield, Illinois)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To guide customers in transforming technology tools and resources into undeniable business value.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required
- Licensed as a practicing attorney in good standing required
- 5 – 10 years of in-house experience preferred
- Law firm experience preferred
- Experience in high-growth technology organizations
- Experience in the wide range of legal issues typically encountered by a global B2B enterprise business
- Ability to balance legal risk against other business and operational risks
- Ability to manage complex work streams and plan effectively across multiple initiatives/sides of the business
- Has excellent verbal and written communication skills, and is flexible and pragmatic
- Possesses the highest degree of personal and professional integrity, judgment, and ethics
- High Emotional Intelligence
- Creative problem solver who is collaborative possesses sound business judgment, and is detail-oriented, and a self-starter
- Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
- Ability to work with the sales and engineering teams in high growth, fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- Reporting to the EVP, General Counsel, the Senior Corporate Counsel will be responsible for corporate transactional work across the Meridian IT business and managing risk for other parts of the organization as assigned by the General Counsel
- The Senior Corporate Counsel will serve as a business-oriented and strategic partner for the organization and will work in a culture that encourages great teamwork and innovation
- This person will play an immediate and instrumental role in driving our growth, and will join a small, but mighty legal team that focuses on achieving desired business outcomes while identifying and mitigating risk
- Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide array of commercial contracts and vendor agreements including licensing, hardware, services, SaaS, government contracts, reseller arrangements, etc., in collaboration with the relevant business units
- Supports a long-term strategy to identify and minimize risk, including compliance with applicable laws and regulations across all areas of the business including data, privacy, security, employment, and intellectual property
- Supports the continuous improvement of standard agreements, policies, and processes
- Collaborates with the broader legal team on high-priority initiatives and areas of risk
- Manages projects as directed or delegated by the EVP, General Counsel
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned
Our take
With a multitude of technologies available to help businesses manage and scale operations, it can be difficult for them to know which to invest in to maximise impact. Meridian IT provides tailored managed services for businesses, to get them the right products for extracting the most business value.
Meridian IT is a division of Meridian International, which has been a leader in enterprise technology since 1979. The company delivers a combination of cloud services, security, software, and AI as a single package, enabling it to provide solutions to almost any client problem. In addition, its technology adoption experts ensure custom delivery to match any business specifications.
Though there are other companies operating in the space, Meridian IT has a good footing which it should maintain as more businesses continue to digitise. Alongside this, its an IBM platinum partner, which means it has achieved high levels of customer satisfaction, highlighting how its solutions are regarded as transformative in its field.
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Company
Company HQ
Henley-in-Arden, UK
Leadership
Andy Haley
(Managing Director (not founder))Former Group Sales & Marketing Director at CSI Limited. Previously Sales & Marketing Director at Blue Chip Limited. Has worked extensively in other Sales and Marketing roles.
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