Principal Corporate Counsel

GitHub is looking for a dynamic and motivated transactional lawyer to join its Commercial Legal team as part of GitHub’s growing Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. This position will provide legal support to the GitHub Sales and Revenue organization in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) and accelerate the growth of our global business.

Our Team:

The GitHub CELA team is an innovative group of professionals, located across the U.S. and around the world, who collaborate closely together and partner deeply with our internal business clients. We also work closely with the Microsoft CELA team. GitHub CELA operates on the cutting edge of legal practice, policy, and social impact, and, like the rest of the software and services world, we use GitHub to work more collaboratively, transparently, and efficiently. We believe strongly in working together and from first principles, questioning tradition and basic industry assumptions, and being careful stewards of the unique GitHub culture that we are developing together. We value diversity of thought and experience, excellence and rigor in our work and work product, a commitment to continuous improvement, cultivating a deep understanding of our products and services, intellectual curiosity and a passion for technology, innovation in our practice, high emotional intelligence, and a strong bias for action and driving results.

Responsibilities:

• Provide frontline legal support of GitHub’s Sales and Revenue organization in APAC as they sell GitHub products and services in this region.
• Draft, negotiate and manage a wide range of standard and complex customer and related sales channel agreements and supporting legal documents, working collaboratively and transparently with others in GitHub CELA and across other organizations across GitHub.
• Contribute to evolving our legal support, agreement templates, and engagement and empowerment models to scale to an increasing volume and diversity of transactions, while also maintaining a high level of service and quality.

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate Degree or equivalent International Degree in Law (or completion of a Legal Apprenticeship)
• Active license to practice law in APAC
• 5+ years of experience as a transactional attorney working in, or directly supporting, an in-house commercial legal practice

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a transactional attorney working in, or directly supporting, an in-house commercial legal practice
• Experience with technology law and transactions involving software or cloud services; fundamental understanding of relevant legal subject matter, including technology licensing, intellectual property, open source software, privacy and compliance, and/or security; experience supporting internal business clients with customers in the financial services sector and a working knowledge of applicable regulations and impacts on customer transactions.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills, with a bias for action that drives to balance solutions that scale, advance our business, and meet customer needs.
• Understanding of Microsoft’s and/or GitHub’s sales commercial transactions and organization.

Location: In this role, you can work remotely from anywhere in Australia.

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