Associate Legal Counsel - Hyderabad

The area: Legal

Google Legal is a close-knit team of lawyers and legal professionals who operate on a truly global stage. We take pride in working for a company with a clear mission ("to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful") and a real soul ("don't be evil"). Google's innovative services raise challenging legal questions that demand creative and practical answers. We work at the crossroads of new technologies and existing laws to provide those answers, helping Google build innovative and important products for our users around the world. If this sounds like your kind of place, it probably is.

The role: Associate Legal Counsel

Your primary responsibilities will include advising on a range of legal and business issues in support of Google’s expanding international operations in India. You will work collaboratively with the global Google Legal team and various international business units as a member of a fast-paced legal department and company. This is largely a job for a law generalist who brings expertise in contract negotiation, all types of litigation, including intellectual property and technical issues – all while preserving the culture of the company. The main focus areas of this job will be, commercial transactions (negotiating, drafting and analyzing a wide variety of licensing, sales, strategic alliance and development agreements) and litigation support. You'll also serve as a consultant on the interplay of law and technology, intellectual property laws, commercial and finance issues, advertising, and regulatory issues such as those concerning the telecom sector, labor and tax.

Responsibilities:

• Advise and recommend courses of action to the India management, product, engineering, sales and other company departments on legal issues, commercial transaction structures, risks and company policies and procedures.
• Draft, review and negotiate, with customers and partners, a wide range of commercial agreements that comply with company policies and risk tolerance.
• Engage with various government agencies regarding inquiries received from them and handle cases (civil or criminal) before different forums.
• Provide education and guidance to internal teams to ensure further compliance with and consistency in the application of applicable laws and regulations.
• Facilitate the design and implementation of new processes and procedures that will increase efficiency, conform with Google's global operations and ensure legal compliance within the region.

Requirements:

• Law degree from India or equivalent with a strong academic record.
• At least 3 years experience in international corporate law and international commercial transactions, preferably in the context of technology and/or Internet-related businesses whether in India or overseas. Preference for prior in-house counsel experience whether in India or overseas.
• Demonstrated experience advising clients in structuring complex commercial transactions, including new media content agreements, background in drafting and negotiating licenses and intellectual property agreements, services agreements and sales contracts.
• Experience in handling litigation (civil and criminal) on matters such as intellectual property laws, defamation, commercial issues.
• Established track record in successfully managing cross-functional teams on legal and/or non-legal related projects; demonstrated client management skills.
• Familiarity with Internet technologies and related policy environments.
• Hard working, well organized and able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure, with flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters.

Associate Legal Counsel - Hyderabad