Principal Corporate Counsel in Paris, France

We are looking for a committed, creative, entrepreneurial, experienced Principal Corporate Counsel to join us as a Lead Lawyer for France.

Your Role and Responsibilities will include:

• Negotiating complex deals on Cisco and customer templates, often adapting terms to local laws, in French with our major Enterprise and public sector customers. (eg. Large sales agreements, software licensing cloud agreements, software-as-a-service agreements, IP and DP agreements and services agreements) in line with Cisco’s business strategy, policies, and practices

• Negotiating Data Processing agreements and in general support the business on legal advices on privacy and work with the privacy cross functional team

• Consistently applying Cisco legal and business policies and practices to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance on compliance and address any COBC or compliance questions.

• Engaging in cross-functional projects as a legal subject-matter expert

• Developing and delivering presentations/legal trainings on a wide range of compliance and regulatory topics for the Sales team and local management.

• Participating in the Country Leadership Board and the France Leadership Team

• Serving as a business partner and advisor to the General Manager, Finance, and Government Affairs.

• Coaching and supervising junior resources and interns

Who You’ll Work With

The EMEA Legal team is a dynamic, international, smart and friendly team that combines a collaborative environment with the diverse projects and innovative technology of a global corporation. Cisco legal managers are open-minded and experienced – they support independent, flexible work practices. The team promotes cultural differences and personal development based on trust and high ethical standards.

We highly emphasize collaboration and support cross-functional activities and interests allowing for both professional and personal growth. Cisco also gives its employees the unique opportunity to participate in Giving Back projects contributing to Cisco’s well-respected ethics of true sharing and caring. Your dedication matters!

The business clients trust us to act as agents for positive change and to conduct business with transparency and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications we look for:

• At least 6 years of commercial and corporate law experience obtained at a top law firm and multinational legal department

• Excellent written and oral skills in English and French are essential, fluency in other languages will be considered a plus

• Willingness to travel as required by the business

Preferred Professional Experience:

• You have supported complex negotiations with large customers in France, especially in the public sector.

• You have extensive knowledge of technology contract matters including intellectual property, software licensing, managed services, cloud agreements, SaaS agreements, cloud, data protection and security and possibly also artificial intelligence.

• You possess seasoned judgment to advise on a wide rage of regulatory and compliance matters, particularly under French law, a track record of driving change efficiently and leading key projects that make a durable impact in the legal department.

Your General Skills:

• Excellent drafting skills – including an eagle-eye for detail and a creative outlook

• Readiness to support and help finalize dynamic complex sales agreements against demanding deadlines and processes;

• Being an enabler with a “can-do”, dedicated, and flexible attitude guided by sound judgement

• Ability to demonstrate leadership and take ownership of work

• Being a teammate focused on developing relationships with both business clients and international team members

• Ability to concisely and persuasively express and convey ideas both in writing and verbally

• Well-developed organizational skills for smooth simultaneous management of multiple projects

• Knowledge how to operate efficiently in a highly-automated environment heavily dependent on e-enabled tools and communications systems

• You have an open, ethical mind, and a sense of humor

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.