Senior Legal Counsel – Partnerships & Alliances

We're looking for an experienced, hands-on commercial lawyer with a problem-solving approach to providing commercial legal services in a technology-enabled, data-driven corporate, legal department.  The role will provide primary support for negotiation of strategic and complex partnership agreements, including working with the Partnership and Alliances organization, Commercial Excellence and Product functions to ensure operational and strategic alignment in giving effect to partnership arrangements. The successful incumbent would help with the development of a partnership playbook and maintenance of partnership templates.  

This role may be based in our Dallas or Minneapolis-Saint Paul office location (hybrid working model). The role sits within the Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters Legal, Risk & Compliance Office, a highly collaborative international team focused on enabling business growth and mitigating risk for the customer-centric commercial group. 

About the Role 

In this opportunity as Senior Legal Counsel, you will: 

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of customer facing and partner facing agreements, primarily complex software (including SaaS) and information licensing agreements, re-distribution, reseller, referral, integration, hosting, content acquisition, consulting and professional services agreements, data processing agreements, data security agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements relating to sales of Thomson Reuters products and services. 

• Provide strategic legal advice to business leaders and partner with multiple stakeholders to help drive Thomson Reuters’ partnership strategy and growth. 

• Experience advising on the licensing of, as well as using, AI tools and other legal technology. 

• An ability to advise business stakeholders in the resolution of commercial disputes with partners. 

About You 

You’re a fit for the role of Senior Legal Counsel if your background includes: 

• 6+ years post qualification experience in private practice and/or as in-house legal counsel advising sales professionals in North America, product management and other internal stakeholders on a broad range of legal and compliance matters, particularly in relation to software (including SaaS), information licensing and partnerships. 

• Excellent technical legal knowledge in contract and commercial law, particularly with SaaS products and solutions, including Gen AI products and solutions. 

• Experience and knowledge of software/technology contracting. 

• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills. 

• An ability to think strategically, creatively and practically, to identify and resolve legal issues. 

• A desire and ability to quickly learn about Thomson Reuters products and services, and its internal processes and organizational structure. 

• Authorized to practice law. 

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience th