Lead Legal Counsel

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Legal • $200,000 PA - $280,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

SimCorp is seeking an experienced Lead Legal Counsel to support its North American Market Unit. The role involves providing legal advice on a variety of commercial matters, with a primary focus on Software as a Service (SaaS) contracts with clients, suppliers, and partners. Responsibilities include leading negotiations for large, complex IT contracts, particularly those involving cloud, intellectual property, and business services, and serving as lead counsel on strategic deals. The position also entails contributing to the refinement of contract templates, resolving issues in existing commercial relationships, handling pre-litigation disputes, and offering ad-hoc advice on intellectual property rights and corporate law. The role requires regular travel within the US and Canada for negotiations and to support the North American market unit.
Must have:
  • Law degree and at least 5 years of legal practice
  • Experience negotiating complex IT contracts
  • Advising tech companies
  • Knowledge of SaaS and IT outsourcing legal aspects
  • Strong commercial understanding
  • Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
Good to have:
  • Experience in FinTech
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
Perks:
  • Attractive salary
  • Bonus scheme
  • Pension
  • Good work-life balance
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid work model
  • Opportunities for professional development

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US, US 

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! 

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

If you like what we’re saying, keep reading! 

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US  

We are looking for an experienced Lead Legal Counsel to support our North American Market Unit as part of our Group Legal team. We are a global team with a few lawyers working out of the US and much of the team in Europe. The team is responsible for providing legal advice on a broad range of commercial matters, with the main focus on software as a service contracts with SimCorp’s customers, suppliers and partners. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Our platform, SimCorp One, is one of the world's leading investment management solutions used globally by international financial institutions and equity funds.  

As our new Lead Legal Counsel, your focus will be to support SimCorp’s sales teams in negotiating large complex IT contracts with a main focus on cloud, IP and business services. You will work directly with the management and business of SimCorp, serving as lead counsel on strategic deals. 

Other responsibilities will include: 

  • Contribute to the establishment and continuous refinement of contract templates (SaaS, Business Services) 

  • Resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries, through day-to-day advice 

  • Provide ad-hoc advice on various legal matters such as intellectual property rights, corporate law and various other areas of law 

Your job will focus on negotiation of large SaaS and services contracts in our North American market unit, and you will therefore be expected to travel regularly within the US and Canada for negotiations and to support the cooperation with the North American market unit. 

WHAT WE VALUE

As our preferred candidate you: 

  • Have a degree in law and have been practicing as an in-house counsel or as an attorney for at least 5 years 

  • Have substantive experience with drafting and negotiating complex IT contracts on the sell side and advising tech companies 

  • Know the legal aspects of software as a service and IT outsourcing, preferably within fintech 

  • Have a good understanding of commercial issues and are able to balance the need for sound business advice with the need for maintaining a high standard of legal advice 

  • Can work independently and accommodate tight deadlines 

  • Willingness to work on site in the NY office 2-3x per week as per our hybrid work model 

Effective performance in this job requires comfort with rapid development and the aptitude to promptly address consultative demands. You have great interpersonal skills and can interact with and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior management. 

BENEFITS  

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.  

NEXT STEP 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you would like to know more about the job, please contact Tulay Koyuncu, Principal Legal Counsel tulay.koyuncu@simcorp.com . If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.   

  

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

SimCorp Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $280,000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance. 

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.   

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.  

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.  

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About The Company

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.

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