Legal Counsel

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About UsThe Legal Team provides day-to-day legal support for the various shared services within IHS Markit as well as commercial legal support for the Financial Services and Industries business divisions. We are a highly trusted and dynamic team that works in close partnership with the business to help drive maximum results.Your RoleYou will be a key member of the IHS Markit Legal team. Reporting into Counsel Director, you will be providing support for a wide variety of functions and/or divisions within the IHS Markit Global Legal Team with a special focus on Financial Services. The role involves dealing with a host of commercial transactions, ad hoc business projects and advising the business on various commercial legal matters.Key Responsibilities Include

• Reviewing, negotiating and drafting a wide variety of agreements including data, software licenses, services, maintenance, web-based services, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial contracts from different regions, at global level.
• Support sales and other business teams including shared services groups based in different regions, globally and provide them with innovative business solutions.
• Developing knowledge of multiple areas of the law, including intellectual property, and privacy, to counsel internal clients on business and legal risks arising at all stages of the customer relationship.
• Analyzing, evaluating, and providing input to product and client initiatives with a view to identifying and highlighting possible business and legal risks to management.
• Interact and work closely with IHS Markit Global Legal Team and provide strategic and legal inputs on matters across different business areas.
• Drafting and maintaining template agreements.
• Encouraging compliance by IHS Markit Colleagues with applicable policies and procedures (e.g. Sales RAD, insider trading, and compliance).

About YouYou are results driven, eager to learn and you enjoy making an impact toward successful win-win negotiations.Key Qualifications And Skills

• Law degree/law conversion
• 3-4 years’ experience as a practicing lawyer / legal counsel with commercial, contracts, contractual and general legal experience from a law firm or in an in-house legal environment
• Must have an excellent command of the English language (both written and spoken)
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills.
• Legal experience in negotiating and drafting commercial and other business to business technology and information related contracts – nice to have
• Experienced in compliance, intellectual property and data privacy matters – nice to have
• Knowledge of data and software licensing, intellectual property, and commercial contract law required - preferred
• Knowledge of English law, and knowledge of the laws of the State of NY is also great.
• Experience with engineering, technology, or financial companies is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage a variety of commercial transactions and special projects simultaneously.
• Ability to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Investigative, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic skills.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated team player. Strong organizational skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with world experts in the field
• Participation in conferences and training
• Attractive benefits package (private health care, life insurance)
• Three days for charity/volunteering
• Remote recruitment and onboarding process

Equal Opportunity EmployerS&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.US Candidates OnlyThe EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.