Senior Legal Counsel

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our global Legal team in New Zealand or Australia. Your role is to advise our business partners on legal matters pertaining to both their day to day operations, as well as their broader strategic imperatives.

This is your chance to join a global high-growth tech company from Down Under! You’ll get to solve cool tech law problems on a daily basis.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Serving as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders (senior leaders and executive team) advising on general commercial and product matters;
• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a wide range of legal agreements, including technology agreements, partnership agreements, vendor contracts, customer terms,  company's compliance policies, procedures and program;
• Keeping across relevant changes to law in APAC;
• Advising Lightspeed’s APAC offices on marketing and competition issues, leasing, and assisting with RFPs, customer and partner negotiations;
• Scoping and leading projects required to implement new legislative developments, and developing legal training for colleagues and stakeholder groups;
• Providing ad hoc analysis and supporting complex, cross-functional and/or multi-jurisdictional projects and special requests from the executive team.

And a little bit of.... 

• Continuing to build the legal function at Lightspeed in APAC;
• Implementing new policies, processes, and procedures;
• Liaising with regulatory bodies and government authorities, as required;
• Assisting with litigation management, M&A and similar transactions, corporate legal requirements, and other compliance matters, as needed;
• Drafting and advising on employment contracts and workplace policies.

What you’ll bring to the team:

We’re a legal team of 20 people located across Canada, the US, Europe and New Zealand. Our team of strategic business partners works closely with stakeholders to provide pragmatic and actionable support and guidance to help them achieve their business goals, adding value across the organization. 

We're looking for a senior candidate who has experience with the following:

• Minimum 6 years of experience working in private practice and in-house (preferably in a tech/SaaS setting). A portion of which has been devoted to hands on commercial contracting;
• Extensive experience advising on legal issues affecting businesses;
• Experience working under New Zealand and/or Australian law;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including professional-level proficiency English and legal writing;
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, terms and conditions;
• Strong knowledge of commercial law, contract law, employment Law, and data protection/privacy law.

The successful candidate will be a pragmatic problem-solver with a strong work ethic, someone who enjoys exchanging ideas with others and working as part of a diverse, inclusive and open-minded team. 

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy and healthy:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• LinkedIn Learning license
• Volunteer day

You choose where you work. We want you to do the best work of your life - whether you choose to do that working in one of our New Zealand or Australian offices, in a hybrid remote-and-office arrangement, or fully remote (New Zealand or Australia).