General Lawyer - Data Privacy

Job description

As a General Lawyer for IBM, you will be self-motivated and able to support IBM's contract engagements in the commercial and public sectors. You must be skilled and qualified to practice commercial and contracts law in this jurisdiction.

The successful candidate will provide and support Legal tasks retained by the LRC (Procurement, IGF, NDAs, Validations, HR, Transactional support and negotiation) and Trust and Compliance topics (FCPA, anti-bribery, etc.).

Key responsibilities include:
·  Negotiating, drafting and advising upon a variety of commercial arrangements, to include master services agreements; framework agreements, agreements for the supply and support of hardware and software, XaaS agreements, as well as having or being able to build expertise in key subject areas such as cybersecurity, data privacy, intellectual property
·  Support key legal projects as required from time to time
·  Your tasks will be supporting internal clients, negotiating with customers and preparing senior management decisions
·  Comprehensive legal support of transactions and projects with significantly high volume, professional, fast-paced and accurate legal advice with an eye for the essentials in an international environment - right from the start Key Requirements:
·  Strong experience negotiating contracts with outside counsel representing vendors and/or enterprise users is relevant and desired
·  Law diploma and or qualified Attorney
·  1/2 years post qualification
·  As the LRC supports Europe, in addition to fluency in English additional European languages are a preferred, including German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek
·  Strong written and oral communication skills Joining IBM will open up career opportunities in over 170 countries and in a wide range of disciplines. To ensure your success, IBM will make a significant investment in your personal development. You will join a company with a powerful reputation for success, which is focused on innovation, growth and future technologies. Together with a competitive salary and the potential to earn substantial commission, you will also benefit from ancillary benefits including, Employee Assistance Program & life insurance.

We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs that enable IBMers to develop their potential, bring their full self to the workplace, and engage in a world of inclusion.
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Auto req ID

284251BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

General Lawyer
State / Province

DUBLIN
Primary job category

Legal
Company

(0483) IBM Ireland Product Distribution Limited
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

CHQ/OTH
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

DUBLIN
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Strong experience negotiating contracts with outside counsel representing vendors and/or enterprise users is relevant and desired
·  Law diploma and or qualified Attorney
·  Strong written and oral communication skills
·  As the LRC supports Europe, in addition to fluent English additional European languages are a preferred, including German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek
Country/Region

Ireland
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  1 to 2years' post qualification
Secondary Job Category

General Legal
Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility to work in Ireland.
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire
Location Statement

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Introduction

IBM Ireland is looking for a General Lawyer/Attorney to join our Legal team in the LRC supporting our European Markets.

If you want to work for a company that provides its carefully selected lawyers a high degree of independence while offering constant exchange & interaction and an open doors policy with an experienced team, as well as the rare opportunity to combine complex transaction work with work-life balance and local and temporal flexibility & a company characterized by flat hierarchies and a working culture that only counts the result and not the billable hours spent to solve the problem then this is the role for you
Your Life @ IBM

Joining IBM will open up career opportunities in over 170 countries and in a wide range of disciplines. To ensure your success, IBM will make a significant investment in your personal development.

You will join a company with a powerful reputation for success, which is focused on innovation, growth and future technologies.
We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs that enable IBMers to develop their potential, bring their full self to the workplace, and engage in a world of inclusion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm23VwVM68o#action=share
We Like it Here!
We thrive for the benefit of our employees and our community. To ensure your success, IBM will make a significant investment in your personal development. You will join a company with a powerful reputation for success, which is focused on innovation, growth and future technologies.
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