Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property & Information Technology (Yandex Cloud support)

Tasks that await you

  • Draft, review, and negotiate software, database licensing, database alienation, and service agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS, for Yandex Group companies
  • Provide legal support for technology development, exploitation, and commercialization, including reviews of author, outsource development, and data provision agreements
  • Provide legal support for the acquisition and disposal of intellectual property objects and data, including structuring template deals and drafting relevant agreements
  • Structure and draft documentation for complex deals, including joint development, software fork licenses, and M&A
  • Review and draft EULAs, terms of use, and other documents on IP law and corporate policy compliance
  • Provide legal support on open source matters, including expertise on free/open licenses
  • Advise on various intellectual property issues
  • Identify and mitigate legal risks related to IP issues
  • Analyze and develop positions on legislative initiatives for IT/IP
  • Draft instructions, guidelines, and FAQs
  • Closely interact with business, tax, compliance, marketing, GR, and PR teams
  • Communicate with and coordinate legal advisors

We expect that you

  • Law degree
  • Expertise in intellectual property and contract law
  • 3+ years of post-qualification experience with a law firm or as in-house counsel with a company in the software development, telecom, or IT industries
  • Knowledge of and interest in IT (cloud technologies in particular) and e-commerce
  • Excellent presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
  • Detail-oriented approach and ability to deliver professional results under pressure and within deadlines
  • Strong focus on delivering business value while mitigating any legal risks involved
  • Proven skills as a self-motivated team player with flexibility, independent judgment, and a business-oriented approach
  • Experience cooperating with and working as part of a global legal team on international and local projects
  • Fluent legal English, both written and verbal

It'd be a plus if you

  • Degree from a top-tier university
  • Degree in IP/digital law
  • Fluency in non-English languages
  • Experience with contracts in common law jurisdictions
Thank you for your apply!

We will contact you within a week.

Mon Feb 12 2024 19:00:36 GMT+0300 (Moscow Standard Time)