Senior Commercial Attorney (f/m/d)

About the Role

We are offering a unique opportunity for a talented and curious business attorney to work at the forefront of the most interesting legal matters in a truly international high-tech environment.

The NXP Legal Department environment is fast-paced, challenging, and collaborative. This role is for a self-motivated and highly-skilled, senior commercial attorney within the Commercial Legal Support team and will provide global legal support primarily for customer-facing matters, including sales contracts and software licensing, with responsibility to independently negotiate complex commercial transactions, advise clients and solve business problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently drive contract negotiations and draft commercial agreements with customers and suppliers.

• Provide legal advice to business partners on a wide range of legal issues, including software licensing, product sales and purchasing.

• Provide legal guidance and support to internal stakeholders regarding development and implementation of strategies for software licensing.

• Enable business partners to accomplish business goals, while minimizing risk for NXP.

• Collaborate with co-workers within the Legal Department and across the company globally.

• This is a hybrid position – minimum 3 days per week in the office/ maximum 2 days remote.

• Occasional travel.

Experience needed

• Fully qualified lawyer with Law degree from an accredited university.

• 5-10 years of related experience in a law firm or in-house legal department of global corporation.

• Experience managing complex commercial transactions, including product sales agreements and purchasing contracts.

• Extensive experience negotiating and drafting software license agreements.

• Experience leading contract negotiations with parties across multiple jurisdictions.

• Experience in-house with an automotive OEM or tier 1 automotive supplier considered a plus.

Attributes needed

• Confident, proactive, highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic.

• Excellent collaboration and strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to translate business needs into contract language and creatively resolve business issues.

• Joy to work collaboratively across organizations, geographies and cultures, with a diverse group of colleagues and internal business partners in multiple countries.

• Willingness to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.

• Fluency in spoken and written English.

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