Legal Counsel

About Us

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Legal Counsel, with a background in IT, to provide commercial legal support to our organization. You will work closely with internal departments at Sophos to ensure legal risks are managed effectively. The day to day will involve negotiating, drafting, and reviewing commercial contracts: including those arising from our supplier, channel, and customer streams as well as dealing with queries and novel scenarios from the business as they arise. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and keep a calm mindset under pressure are essential in this role.

What You Will Do:

• Form a key part of a small but dynamic global commercial legal team providing legal support and advice to a growing cyber security business
• Negotiate a wide variety of supplier, customer and channel agreements (including DPAs) in jurisdictions globally, leveraging your legal knowledge and bringing an astute commercial approach 
• Advise on legal risk on new and ongoing business projects and go to market offerings 
• Manage a wide variety of internal customer queries using our Jira ticket system, prioritizing according to business need
• Draft bespoke contracts to deal with commercial issues pragmatically
• Establish and maintain relationships with different parts of the business to understand Sophos’ business needs to allow your negotiations to focus on relevant risks and enable you to provide practical solutions
• Identify areas for business improvement and work to improve processes, looking for efficiencies in systems to improve our reach and help manage the company’s overall risk
• Engage in team meetings, thriving on healthy debate in an atmosphere where we all strive to learn from each other as key contributors

• Qualified solicitor with experience (5 years +) in commercial law, ideally in an inhouse IT environment 
• Demonstratable problem-solving skills in drafting, contract review and negotiation on high stakes complex contracts in a high paced work environment 
• Sound judgment and the ability to analyze situations and information swiftly and present your thoughts to the business in a succinct, approachable manner
• Skill in drafting a variety of legal contracts with an in-depth appreciation for commercial law coupled with a risk based, pragmatic approach
• The imagination to find creative solutions to meet the needs of the business whilst minimizing Sophos’ exposure to legal risks
• A personable and open mindset with a willingness to learn from all of your colleagues both within and outside of legal, with a collaborative approach 
• Ability to focus on the right questions, tailor your communications to your audience and manage internal customer expectations
• Ability to prioritize your workload, meet deadlines and see a task through to completion
• Tech forward approach, with the ability to recognize and leverage opportunities for automation in conjunction with our legal ops team

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Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit

· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy

· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities

· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint

· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp

· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge 

· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. 

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