Legal Counsel

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Legal Counsel
The candidate will be providing legal advice and assistance throughout our organization. Will independently perform a full range of legal services and maintain a diverse workload, but primary focus will be on negotiating a wide variety of contracts, including software licenses and professional services agreements, with government customers. Duties : Working with internal groups including Sales, Finance, Professional Hosting and Services, and other departments to structure customer proposals and agreements; Preparing and negotiating transactional agreements with government customers, including license agreements, professional services agreements and hosting; Managing legal business matters pertaining to SAS as assigned; Providing a variety of general corporate and commercial legal services to a number of in-house clients in a responsible and ethical; Provide legal counsel and oversight for basic to complex legal matters affecting the company; Regularly interacts with senior internal and external individuals; Researches and analyzes proposed transactions, assesses risks and rewards, and recommends strategies to minimize risk to the company; Leads contractual negotiations; Must have Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school. Should be Licensed to practice law by being admitted to and a member in good standing of at least one state bar. Must have 5-7yrs of legal experience. Nice to have : Prior in-house corporate legal counsel; 2 years of contracts experience at a mid-size to large-size law; Experience with governmental clients and government.

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