• Corporate Counsel

    Advantive (Tampa, FL)


    The Corporate Counsel role will serve as the primary support to our General Counsel for our worldwide business. Reporting to the General Counsel, the successful candidate will provide efficient, effective and commercially minded legal counsel in an effort to minimize risk and ensure a robust compliance regime.

    Responsibilities:

    + Draft, review, and negotiate major and/or non-standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements and professional services agreements for enterprise customers

    + Assist in managing the company’s intellectual property portfolio and preserve corporate records

    + Assist General Counsel with managing the internal legal team as well as outside counsel as necessary

    + Identify legal and commercial risks and issues and assist with the development of

    + solutions

    + Keep up to date on changes to legislation, regulation, and relevant legal topics across multiple jurisdictions

    + Work on ad hoc legal projects, including but not limited to, new policies, templates and procedures, and other corporate legal regulatory matters

    + Serve as primary back up to General Counsel for various legal matters both internal and external

    Qualifications:

    + Member in good standing with the Florida Bar authorized to practice in house in Florida (reside in Tampa)

    + Qualified lawyer with at least 4+ years combined experience at a leading law firm and in industry

    + Solid understanding of corporate, commercial, and intellectual property law and contractual principles and experience drafting and negotiating technology-related subscription agreements for cloud-based offerings

    + Solid understanding of information security, privacy, and GDPR compliance

    + Flexible, positive, and well-organized team player, comfortable working in a fast-paced software and technology environment

    + Ability and desire to work independently and with little oversight

    + Ability to clearly communicate and present ideas and results to diverse business and technical audiences

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Experience working on M&A transactions

    + Experience handling Employment Law matters

    + Experience working with technology companies

     

    In office requirement: 3 days a week

     

    While we offer flexibility, this role includes an expectation of being onsite three days a week in our Tampa office to support team alignment and cross-functional collaboration.