Description:

About the role:
In a Corporate Counsel role, you will manage legal business matters to protect the enterprise's rights in contract negotiations, settlements, litigation and business practices. As part of a legal team with 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals, your focus will be on employment law, corporate compliance, litigation support, intellectual property, financial crime and transaction support.

About the Team:
This team is primarily responsible for the development and support of the FIS document product suite, which includes defined contribution, 403(b), 457(b), defined benefit, and cafeteria plan types. In addition, the team acts as the primary Legal partner for various internal teams that support ongoing external client relationships.

What you will be doing:

Prepare and negotiate contracts while providing legal advice and counsel to business units in areas that include software licensing, data security, privacy and regulatory matters.
Performing legal research and analysis on commercial contracts and information technology law issues.
Advise colleagues on legal issues relating to commercial contracts, product development and compliance.?
Manages a variety of assigned legal projects.
Provides a variety of general corporate and commercial legal services to a number of in-house clients.
Prepares legal drafts, opinions and various documents.
Negotiates and drafts contracts as requested by legal management personnel.
Renders opinions and advice regarding the interpretation of contract provisions, and other business law issues. If in litigation group performs legal research and analysis in preparation for litigation or other legal actions. Examines pertinent information, e.g., interview notes, historical precedent etc. to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting litigation.

What you will need:

Demonstrated experience in general corporate matters including corporate organization, securities compliance, drafting transactional documents, license agreements, employment law, immigration law, intellectual property, regulatory matters, risk management asset-backed financing and/or contract management.
Typically requires six (6) or more years' experience as a practicing attorney in a complex regulatory environment. Preferred to have at least two (2) years' experience with the FIS legal department.
Experience drafting information and technology services agreements, software license agreements, and general commercial contracts.
Ability to review and evaluate multi-faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various business matters.
A college degree and a Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school
Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.?