Corporate Counsel, Software Licensing

Reporting to:

Geneviève Guibout, Group Head of Legal

Position:

As a key member of the Management team, the Corporate Counsel, Software Licensing plays an important role in ensuring adherence to CAST’s key terms and requirements for contracts with Clients/Partners as well as in protecting CAST’s interests.  

Principal Responsibilities:

The responsibilities include but are not limited to the following tasks:

• Prepare and/or review contracts of CAST’s existing and prospective Clients/Partners, mainly in the U.S, and supporting other CAST affiliates across the world as needed.


• Negotiate, or provide guidance for negotiating, contract terms and conditions with Procurement and Legal Departments of CAST’s existing and prospective Clients/Partners.


• Enforce adherence to CAST legal requirements in our licenses (and other contracts) with customers.


• Provide clarification on Client/Partner language as needed for CAST personnel.


• Participate in creation, maintenance, monitoring, and improvement of templates for Client/Partner contracts (e.g. License & Support Agreement, Partnership Agreement, NDA, SaaS Agreement, Services Agreement) for the Group.


• Stay informed on current and to-be-released products to ensure appropriate product descriptions and legal terms are included in contracts.


• Maintain and improve compliance with CAST’s procedures for processing Client/Partner contracts and notably make sure that the contracts executed by CAST U.S. entity are appropriately stored in our document management system.


• Review/negotiate vendor/supplier contracts as needed.


• S. Company Secretary for Board and Stockholder meeting.


• Management of visa/immigration process in the U.S.


• Participate in creation, maintenance, monitoring, and improvement of templates for employment offers and employment contracts in the U.S.


• Other Projects notably related to contract law, corporate law, insurance, litigation as directed.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Law degree.


• Knowledge of accounting rules for software. BS in Accounting or Finance with MBA are a plus.


• 5+ years in law firms dealing with IT contracts or in companies preferably in software or the systems integrator space or related industry.


• Solid knowledge of commercial law, particularly drafting and negotiation of Client and Partner agreements.


• Strong attention to details a must.


• Excellent organizational, prioritization and time-management skills.


• Able to act autonomously with confidence in making decisions based on accurate and timely interpretation of terms and conditions.


• Negotiation and persuasion skills.


• Ability to accommodate very late or very early meetings (to interact with other geographies) and to work in a fast-paced environment.


• Very positive, ‘can-do’ attitude combined with a sense of commitment.


• Strong work ethic, comfortable working in an entrepreneurial organization where cooperating with others and being a team member is essential.


• Unquestionable integrity is a prerequisite.


• Ability to identify issues / risks and find constructive solutions.


• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with employees in remote locations.

Salary Range: $160,000-190,000 base plus bonus