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Business Insider is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal to support the company's growth through a broad range of transactional matters.

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Our Legal team is a small team of highly effective lawyers that bring a creative, pragmatic, business minded approach to their work.

The Role & Team:

Business Insider is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel who will be integral to the Company's success as it continues to grow its legal team. We're looking for a lawyer with keen experience in online media, strong communication skills, and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handling whatever comes your way. You must be a team player who loves to analyze complex legal issues and effectively and pragmatically negotiate deals. This role will report into the Associate General Counsel, Commercial Transactions and work closely with the Sales, Marketing, Product, Business Development, and Subscription teams, supporting Business Insider and Insider Intelligence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of complex commercial transactions on a daily basis, e.g.IOs, MSA and SOWs, ad tech agreements, data processing agreements, intellectual property and content creation, licensing and distribution agreements, sponsorships, and other agreement types.
• Structure new agreements related to business development and strategic partnerships.
• Partner with the sales team to support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes.
• Develop training resources to enable the revenue team to navigate the contracting process effectively.
• Advise internal business and product teams along with outside counsel on legal issues impacting the digital advertising industry including self-regulatory guidelines, privacy issues and legislation, consumer protection, and global privacy laws & regulations (such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other international data protection frameworks).
• Work closely with business and product teams to support the implementation of privacy risk management and compliance.
• Advise internal business teams on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures, approval processes, and company policies and procedures in light of legal considerations and business objectives.
• Stay informed about legal decisions, statutory changes and market and industry trends relevant to the business and provide advice to internal business clients and recommend action when necessary.

The Ideal Candidate Has:

• Experience negotiating, drafting, and advising clients on commercial contracts in the digital media industry, including all forms of online advertising.
• Ability to understand complex contractual issues, assess risk while exercising strong pragmatic business judgment, and provide clear legal advice.
• Knowledge of the online advertising ecosystem (including agencies and programmatic), intellectual property law and familiarity with privacy law.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of management and negotiate with external clients. Enjoy working hard and overcoming challenges.
• Strong organizational skills.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary: $160,000 - $210,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)
• Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Matched and vested 401k plan
• Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reachout and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more

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