Associate Legal Counsel

About Us

VAST Data is revolutionizing the data infrastructure landscape by enabling organizations to unlock radical intelligence and utility through innovative, simple, and transparent solutions. We’re on a mission to build the only data platform that can match the ambition of AI-era companies, and we need exceptional talent to help us achieve our vision.

Summary

We are looking for an ambitious, hands-on and proactive associate legal counsel to join our legal team. This role is ideal for an individual who enjoys advising on and negotiating various commercial contracts, has a strong desire to learn and develop their negotiation skills as they grow within this role, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating various standard and non-standard contracts such as confidentiality agreements, evaluation agreements in support of the business needs and initiatives.
• Managing the entire contract lifecycle of NDAs and the Evaluation agreements starting from initial drafting and negotiation to execution.
• Provide legal support to the senior lawyers of the Legal Team with vendor agreements, marketing agreements and all channel partner agreements.
• Work with internal key stakeholders on various topics including commercial terms and required contract approvals.
• Identify commercial, legal and compliance risks arising from existing and contemplated commercial transactions and initiatives.
• Monitoring legal, legislative and regulatory trends applicable to the business (i.e. data privacy, security and data protection laws).
• Reporting matters as required to the Legal Director
• Assisting with legal and compliance projects as requested.
• Coordinating the signature process for all contractual documents.
• Maintaining the filing of all contractual documents.
  
  

Requirements

• Law degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant legal experience in a similar role
• Excellent written and oral, negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize high priority tasks
• High level of attention to detail with excellent organization skills, and ability to work independently and also to be part of a team.
• Prior in-house experience in a fast-paced environment working to tight deadlines
• Experience in a high-growth technology company is a plus, as the ideal candidate will be adaptable and familiar with the fast-paced nature of the tech industry.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills and a willing helpful attitude