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JOB DESCRIPTION: Associate Counsel

FactSet is a leader in providing research and analytical tools to finance professionals. FactSet offers instant access to financial data and analytics around the world. FactSet clients combine hundreds of databases from industry-leading suppliers into a single powerful information system.

The Associate Counsel will be part of the global legal team based in Manila. The role will have a heavy emphasis on data and software licensing and represents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and self-motivated lawyer who wishes to learn new skills and work as part of a global legal team. The position will allow a junior attorney to begin taking on responsibilities early in one’s career. The successful candidate will have support from the Manila Legal Team as well as the global Legal Department. The successful candidate will also have a desire to learn about new areas and expand on existing training.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drafts and negotiates client license agreements and corporate vendor agreements involving data, software as a product, software as a service, platform as a service, and infrastructure as a service, as well as non-disclosure agreements.

• Negotiates with international counterparties by corresponding or by teleconferencing.

• Drives contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and/or contract execution.

• Interprets contracts and advises the product development teams, sales teams, and finance teams in respect of the rights and obligations of parties in agreements.

• Liaises with Finance, Marketing, Information Security, Compliance, and Human Resources, to ensure enterprise-wide approach in risk management and compliance with common standards.

• Communicates and works collaboratively across multiple teams as well as providing general support to the Legal team globally.

• Displays exemplary attention to detail, time management skills, and the ability to prioritize while meeting deadlines.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience as a licensed, practicing lawyer, with general commercial and corporate experience including reviewing and drafting commercial contracts.

• Experience in any of the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing, software licensing, intellectual property and/or technology is a plus, but not essential.

• Must have excellent communication skills, demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, aptitude to develop sound judgment, capacity to multitask and to quickly develop expertise in new fields of law.

• Timely responsiveness and accountability to other members of our legal team as well as internal and external clients is a key attribute for success.

• Provide high-quality support to our global sales team by assisting in customizing contracts and providing guidance on the contracting process.

• Preparation of various contracts, confidentiality agreements, and any other in-house legal documents using prescribed templates.

• Document drafting: letters; emails; reports; documents and forms; amending documents; producing presentations and spreadsheets.

• Learning and understanding company policies to ensure these are met when assisting with contract agreements.

• Managing and prioritizing own workload to ensure work is turned around within agreed deadlines and timeframes.

Candidates must have excellent organizational skills, the ability to organize a varied workload and prioritize tasks to meet agreed-on deadlines, excellent communication skills both oral and written. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, proactive, and able to use their own initiative and must have excellent attention to detail, with the ability to be calm, and retain a professional attitude under pressure.

At FactSet, we celebrate diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. We are committed to disrupting bias and a transparent hiring process. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, family status or veteran status. FactSet participates in E-Verify.

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