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Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Appspace's platform helps organizations build an exceptional workplace experience with simple communication and space management tools. With offices in the US, UK, UAE, and Malaysia, plus remote experts in a dozen other countries, we provide global support to thousands of customers that trust us to help them communicate with their teams and modernize their workplace experiences.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, Appspace is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support the Company’s contract operations (Legal, Compliance, Data Privacy, IP, and M&A) as well as optimize the organization’s legal services by implementing processes, practices, and systems to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and performance of legal operations, facilitate change, and control costs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Supports client groups by providing legal advice and recommendations on day-to-day legal issues, enabling stakeholders to meet business objectives within the Company's risk tolerance.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, software licensing, and other key agreements as well as advise on contract disputes.
• Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative, business-centric ways and build processes that address risk and allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.
• Drives programs to enhance in-house efficiency, standardization of processes, enhanced cost controls and strategies, creation and tracking of performance, cost, and other metrics.
• Evaluate and make suggestions regarding legal services technology roadmap to drive effectiveness and efficiency.
• Identify legal risks and execute a mitigation plan by understanding legal issues and translating them into practical legal advice and counsel to key stakeholders.
• Conduct legal research; provide legal advice on routine issues impacting the business; Analyze and summarize routine legal documents.
• Serving as a legal resource for corporate governance matters and participating in the development and implementation of corporate governance policies and procedures
• Provide legal and strategic business advice to internal stakeholders to ensure commercial agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes
• Utilize expertise to manage engagement of and relationships with outside counsel/advisors
• Build internal Legal and Operational knowledge management processes and capabilities
• Support M&A engagements, including analysis and execution
• Advise on contract provisions such as confidentiality, privacy, compliance, insurance
• Lead contract workflow process, management of contract templates, and implement strategies to create efficiencies
• As needed coordinates billing with external firms and assists with maintaining the legal budget

Job Requirements:

• JD, licensed to practice with 5+ years professional legal experience; law firm experience preferred
• Strong financial acumen and excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experience building, running, managing legal programs, projects, and processes
• Demonstrated ability to independently move projects forward by gaining support from others and to work collaboratively with cross-functional groups to set objectives, drive progress, and produce meaningful results
• Strong understanding of corporate and commercial law
• Experience working with foreign entities and international legal matters desired
• Experience in-house for a technology company preferred
• Comfortable managing competing priorities/deadlines while maintaining quality work product
• Demonstrated interest in legal tech, legal ops, and finding innovative ways to scale legal function
• Work efficiently with a client-service focus in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to maintain productive work relationships and work collaboratively with subject matter experts to research and resolve issues
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Appspace Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, compensation, and training are decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, marital status, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws. Appspace is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

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