Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, LLB degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in private practice or in-house team in the UK.
• Qualified solicitor.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in consulting, drafting, and advising clients on technology-related commercial agreements, including multi-jurisdictional transactions, software licensing, distribution, and marketing and promotion arrangements.
• Experience in agreement, commercial, IP, and IT law.
• Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative thinking.

About the job

As Associate Legal Counsel at Google, you will work on exciting legal issues as technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You'll be part of a smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on will challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you will proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.

As a member of the Commercial Legal team, you review and revise agreements as well as develop practical and innovative ways to meet Google's needs and keep the company thriving. In this role, you’ll consult and draft a variety of commercial agreements, with a focus on the Android and Google Play teams. This will include a range of agreements with carriers and phone manufacturers to promote and distribute Google’s products and services. You’ll work closely with business clients and also Legal colleagues throughout EMEA.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Advise management and business clients on various aspects of English and European law.
• Create a range of commercial agreements with customers and partners throughout EMEA and maintain templates that comply with company policies and local law.
• Develop expertise in a range of Google products, with a focus on Android and Google Play, and build strong relationships with business clients in our various EMEA offices and in the US.
• Advise senior management, business clients, and US legal teams on various aspects of English law.
• Advise on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies.