Legal Counsel, EMEA (London, UK)

Company: Figma
Location: London
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

What you'll do:

• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with enterprise customers, partnering closely with our sales team
• Develop materials and conduct training sessions on legal forms, processes and issues
• Design, implement, and improve Figma's legal policies and procedures to manage legal and business risk on a global scale
• Provide practical advice to business clients on a wide-ranging set of legal issues, including privacy, regulatory, and employment matters What we're looking for:
  • License to practice law in the United Kingdom
  • Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating enterprise sales agreements
  • Experience analyzing and advising on a wide range of legal issues related to technology platforms, particularly privacy and regulatory issues
  • Collaborative approach, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner with others
  • High degree of empathy and a focus on promoting a team-oriented culture of engagement, positive workplace relationships and recognition
  • Strong work ethic and low ego, and a willingness to tackle projects both large and small
  • Confidence operating in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment Here are some projects you could work on:
    • Help drive negotiation strategy for enterprise customers, including setting and implementing policies on negotiation thresholds and legal and business terms
    • Become the "go to" lawyer for our international team
    • Spearhead EMEA privacy and data compliance efforts in response to increasing business complexity and evolving regulatory frameworks Figma is the open design company founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace. With our cloud-based screen design tool, teams achieve a shared understanding around design without worrying about syncing, exporting or installing software. Anyone involved in the product development process can share always up-to-date files with a link. That makes it easy to collaborate on the latest designs and prototypes and see their code attributes. Figma has simplified collaboration across the entire design process for thousands of companies like Microsoft, Slack and Uber and users, including designers, developers, product managers, marketers and others. To learn more and sign up for a free account visit www.figma.com . At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.--

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