Technology Contracts Attorney
Legacy Executive Search |Technology Contracts Attorney, Greater Atlanta Area | Food & Beverage Company Opportunity Overview: Legacy Executive Search is working with a corporate legal department looking to hire a senior in-house counsel to draft, negotiate, and review technology agreements, including agreements for the procurement of technology services, products and solutions. Position Summary: The Technology Contracts Attorney will play a key role in the organization and will have responsibility for negotiating and drafting a broad array of technology agreements in support of the company’s worldwide business. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Lead the negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex, strategic brand-level and enterprise-wide technology transactions critical to the operations of the company, including SaaS agreements, software license agreements, hardware purchase agreements, data licensing agreements, consulting agreements, proof-of-concept agreements, statements of work, and similar arrangements supporting technology initiatives across the portfolio of brands. Advise internal clients on the company’s rights, obligations, restrictions, and other contractual provisions in technology and commercial agreements, including explaining the legal and business implications of proposed actions under existing contracts. Provide strategic legal advice and counsel on a variety of licensing, technology, commercial, and related legal matters, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence. Support the company’s AI governance program by advising on AI-related issues, reviewing and vetting use cases, and helping ensure appropriate contractual protections are in place. Stay current on market-standard AI contractual provisions and legal, regulatory, and industry developments applicable to artificial intelligence and related technologies. Support strategic enterprise-level initiatives and innovation efforts, including analyzing legal risks associated with new and existing technology initiatives from ideation through implementation. Communicate, coordinate, and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including privacy, cybersecurity, technology, procurement, and business stakeholders, to develop strategies for addressing legal issues, managing risk, and enabling the business to move quickly and responsibly. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with technology and business teams at both the enterprise level and individual brand level. Assist with the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of contract templates, playbooks, and standard provisions used by the Technology/IT legal team. Complete projects and tasks as assigned and provide general support to the team.
Qualifications
J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. State. A minimum of 3 years of relevant legal experience, including work as a partnership-track associate at an AmLaw 100 firm and in-house experience. Location: Greater Atlanta, Georgia area. The team works onsite four days per week, with remote work one day per week.