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• Onsite catering and cafeteria subsidized by OCLC
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• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
• Tuition reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
• Company-subsidized pricing on local tickets and memberships

Join us in transforming how people everywhere access information and be part of a mission-driven team that makes a global impact.

The job details are as follows:

Reporting to OCLC’s General Counsel, the Attorney will be responsible for providing legal support to OCLC’s business teams as well as partnering across the global enterprise on department priorities. The Attorney will work on agreements for OCLC services, commercial transactions with third parties and support compliance efforts throughout the organization.

The successful candidate will be skilled and efficient in quickly analyzing legal issues and information in a fast-paced legal and business environment, understanding OCLC’s business, detecting legal issues and obstacles, and succinctly and competently counseling and working with business partners and managers regarding legal risks, solutions, and alternatives.

Responsibilities

• Work on agreements for OCLC services, commercial transactions with third parties and support compliance efforts throughout the organization.
• Analyze legal issues and information in a fast-paced legal and business environment.
• Review and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including agreements related to IT, SaaS, licensing and State and Federal procurement.
• Work collaboratively with clients to help them arrive at solutions and/or provide recommended solutions to complex business and contractual issues.
• Reviews, comments and makes recommendations to the Vice President, General Counsel concerning company policies which have legal implications. Participates in meetings of management committees for the purposes of staying informed, giving advice and making recommendations regarding the legal aspects of operating and policy matters being considered for decision.

Requirements

• Law degree and Ohio bar membership
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills and ability to interact with and provide advice to senior management
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment, even when the rules are unclear and the issues are of first impression
• Strong results orientation with a dedicated client focus
• Ability to work independently while also being a strong collaborator

Desire but not required

• Law firm experience preferred
• 1-3 years of experience focused on transactional matters and contract drafting within the IT industry preferred
• Experience with AI technologies and their applications in the legal field preferred
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts on a global scale preferred
• Experience with cloud-based computing and internet issues preferred

Working Conditions: Normal office environment.

ADA/EAA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.