Junior Legal Counsel - Contractor

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 180,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions.

About the IRC

Huawei Ireland Research Centre (IRC) mission is to position Huawei as a recognized technology leader and a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions. To achieve this we are building an industry-recognized multi-discipline Research Centre of experts with focus on medium-term to long-term issues. The IRC will work closely with an open innovative ecosystem with Huawei customers to address real-world issues. The IRC will also engage with key European universities to build a basic research capability to support Huawei technical projects.

Duration: Hiring on a one-year, fixed term basis – with potential to expand.

Job Summary

The scope of this legal role will encompass commercial, corporate, intellectual property, employment, and compliance matters arising from our Research and Development work in Ireland. This is an opportunity to work in a global company in cutting-edge, multi-national technological space. We are happy to consider experienced Legal Executives, existing In-house Lawyers, and private practice Solicitors (with previous secondment/in-house experience or a demonstrable commercial outlook in their working practice). The selected candidate will work under the Head of Legal for Huawei Ireland.

This role is to support Huawei across a broad range of commercial, intellectual property and compliance matters in relation to its Research and Development offices in Ireland. The selected candidate will be able to provide practical legal advice to business units and management on all legal issues arising from Huawei’s research, development, intellectual property activities in Ireland as well supporting internal compliance, staff training and ad hoc legal matters. The selected candidate will be part of the Ireland and global legal team and will therefore have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Huawei group.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise the business on a full range of contractual/transactional issues ranging from procurement to research partnerships, and miscellaneous agreements regarding business development.
• Responsibility for reviewing and drafting general commercial contracts and other documents, including NDAs, master service agreements, master procurement agreements, terms and conditions, intellectual property related agreements (e.g. research and development contracts with academia or industry, IP provisions in commercial agreements, licensing agreements) and real estate-related agreements;
• Support the business with key areas of statutory compliance including anti-bribery, data protection and export control.
• Conduct training sessions for non-legal staff on compliance issues and other legal risk areas (e.g. anti-bribery, data protection, confidentiality/trade secrets, business conduct, etc.).
• Work with Head of Legal Huawei Ireland and as part of the European legal team to identify issues of regional importance and provide solutions for Huawei research centres across Ireland and EU.
• Horizon-scanning and advising management on upcoming changes in the law or other external business risks which may impact Huawei’s operations in Ireland.

This job description is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The jobholder will carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by his/her line manager. The job description and personal specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of Huawei Technologies(Ireland) Co., Limited.

Required

• Excellent legal drafting skills – ability to work with existing templates and to create bespoke wording/documents as required by the business.
• Experienced Legal Executive or a Solicitor with at least 2 years’ experience either in a law firm in Ireland or in a relevant in-house role at a recognised company/institution.
• Ability to comprehend legal issues and to explain the issues in plain English without legal jargon to non-legal staff.
• Strong experience with commercial law/contracts and employment law together with related areas of statutory compliance.
• Demonstrable knowledge of intellectual property law (in particular patent, copyright, trade secret and know-how) and data privacy issues.
• An ability to work closely with a variety of stakeholders on a local and global basis to develop strong working relationships.
• Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work in multi-national and multi-cultural environment.
• Pragmatic, with a commercial outlook and an understanding of business needs.
• Good academic qualifications from a top tier university.
• Ability to work under pressure and to make sound decisions.
• Ability to communicate well.
• Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
• Excellent planning, attention to detail, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to tight time schedules, prioritising and handling conflicting demands
• Office-based work pattern in Dublin City Centre.

Helpful

• Previous experience of an in-house environment
• Experience working on cross-border transactions
• Knowledge of employment law and/or real estate issues
• Familiarity with research projects between academia and industry – an understanding of university decision-making and stakeholder processes
• Experience working on intellectual property matters (protection, licensing, litigation, acquisition and divestment, etc.)
• Experience of working with Irish Government on export control and other trade compliance issues

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