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Senior Legal Counsel (French Qualified)

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London, Greater London, England
Senior level
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
As a Senior Legal Counsel at Databricks, you will draft and negotiate complex agreements, advise on contract management, and guide the sales team on legal matters related to security, data privacy, and product offerings across various jurisdictions. You'll support the legal team in standardizing documentation and addressing legal challenges in a fast-paced environment.
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As an EMEA Senior Legal Counsel you will join the rapidly growing global legal team supporting Databricks' business activities and working on diverse matters including the development of our business across multiple jurisdictions, negotiating commercial contracts, and solving issues relating to security and privacy. You will be agile, highly organized and have the skills, drive and flexibility to support and accelerate this leading technology company, addressing cutting-edge legal issues and organizational challenges.

The impact you will have:

  • Draft and negotiate complex, non-standard agreements;
  • Advise sales teams on deal process and contract management;
  • Lead on French localisation OKR projects;
  • Understand product, data security, and privacy process issues to guide the sales team during negotiations, and in many other contexts;
  • Help with standardization of documentation across multiple jurisdictions;
  • Understand Databricks' internal structures, product offerings, technology, security/data protection systems and policies to give you a foundation for providing support across all lines of business; &
  • Provide general legal support across all areas of the business.

What we look for:

  • French law qualified lawyer;
  • Fluent (native or CERF C2) English speaker with the ability to draft complex obligations in both languages;
  • Qualified attorney or solicitor (or EU equivalent) with 8+ years of relevant experience post-qualification, including time in an English speaking jurisdiction;
  • Relevant tech sector in-house legal experience;
  • Understanding of cloud services, technology, channel, and professional services contracts;
  • High-level negotiation and legal drafting skills;
  • Solid knowledge of business process, ideally gained in-house, relating to commercial, contract, intellectual property, and data privacy law;
  • Experience managing workload in a fast-paced environment with competing demands; and 
  • You  have a strong desire to be part of a dynamic legal team supporting the recognized leader in data and AI.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks. 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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