Legal Counsel - Asia Pacific (Remote)

LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is a global leader in trustworthy and equal AI for business. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our Conversational Cloud platform to engage with millions of consumers safely and responsibly. We power a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Generative AI and Large Language Models for better business outcomes.

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Every mind is invited to ask questions and actively seek new ways to achieve success and reach their full potential. We operate as one with a growth mindset. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities and seeking effective solutions to challenges that make things better.

Overview:

Reporting to Managing Counsel, APAC,  you will be responsible for negotiating and providing transactional support to secure the closure of complex commercial SaaS transactions with our customers, partners and strategic initiatives, provide strategic coaching and guidance in product counseling (including AI/data science), compliance, data privacy, security and other technological initiatives. You will collaborate with business partners across the company to accelerate key business initiatives.

You will:

• Sales Transactions: Structure, draft, manage, and negotiate complex SaaS commercial transactions, working directly with the company's customers and channel distribution partners. Manage multiple deals simultaneously across various sales teams in the Asia Pacific region. 
• Strategy and Deal Management: Advise senior management and deal teams on legal, structural, product and other key issues that arise in these transactions. Partner closely with our sales team and various business stakeholders across departments to achieve the company's revenue goals and accelerate closure of sales deals.
• Privacy and General Matters: Work on a wide range of topics including, data privacy and protection, and new product launches. Streamline and automate common legal work flows to help optimize and scale the Legal department and its resources. Become involved in other day-to-day legal matters of importance to the growth of our business.

You have:

• 2-4 post-qualified years of relevant experience in house or at a recognised law firm.
• Experience with complex enterprise sales transactions related to SaaS or software products and services.
• Strong transactional drafting and communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills and business acumen.  
• Good general management skills, related to the management of legal workflow.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Asia Pacific regional experience is regarded.
• Experience in providing legal advice to senior management levels.
• Law Degree with excellent academic credentials.  
• License and certification to practice law in good standing.

Benefits:

• Health: medical and mental.
• Time away: vacation, holidays, and care days.
• Financial: Superannuation, ESPP and group life insurance.
• Family: parental leave.
• Development: tuition reimbursement, native AI learning.
• Additional: Exclusive perks and discounts.

• #LI-Remote

Why you'll love working here:

LivePerson is a hub for the ever-curious and proactive, offering a flexible work-life balance tailored to individual needs. With offices and WeWork locations worldwide, our flexible work policy provides our teams the freedom to work from their preferred environment. We're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace. 

Belonging at LivePerson:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.