Contract, Corporate Counsel

What makes this role important at Ipsos?

We are seeking a Contract Corporate Counsel for a 3-month contract to address a wide variety of contractual matters for our U.S. and Canadian clients working with the North America legal team. You will also assist the Group General Counsel with legal matters relating to our global key accounts among other matters as needed.

Location: This is a hybrid role with the expectation of being in our Manhattan office 2-3 days per week and will report directly to the Group General Counsel.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Review, draft and negotiate client and vendor contracts, RFPs, NDAs, DPAs, consulting agreements and any other commercial agreement relating to the company’s provision of services.

• Work closely with client service teams to resolve legal issues related to commercial relationships between Ipsos and its clients

• Provide advice and support to the business teams on all matters relating to data privacy and security including:

• personal data of users, consumers, employees and third -parties.

• data privacy requirements for websites, social media, apps, connected products, e-commerce, customer relationship management and the business teams’ various products and services

• all laws relating to data privacy and security, in the various jurisdictions in which the business teams operate including the U.S. (e.g., HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, CAN-SPAM, COPPA), Canada (e.g., PIPEDA, CASL), and the EU (the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.) 

• Create and improve our standard forms, processes and policies

• Lead trainings of internal business teams on contractual terms, compliance with relevant corporate policies, applicable laws, and industry codes of conduct

• Assist with a variety of other day-to-day legal matters as needed

• Collaborate with Group legal department on Americas-wide and global projects

This might be the job for you if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree and J.D. degree from accredited institutions required

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience working on commercial contracts in a law firm or mix of law firm and in-house roles

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Strong negotiati