Legal Counsel

Job Description

Our Company

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Job Title: Legal Counsel

Position Overview

Join Adobe's dynamic legal team, advising our world-class product, technology, and business teams that create products our creative professionals rely on every day. We are seeking a talented, proactive, and commercially minded attorney to support our [Digital Advertising, Learning, and Publishing (D-ALP)] business unit along with regional operational matters. As a key legal partner, you will collaborate cross-functionally to advance business goals while managing and mitigating legal risk. This is a full-time role reporting to the Associate General Counsel, based in Noida, India.

Key Responsibilities

- Product Counselling: Advise product development, engineering, strategy, and marketing teams on a broad spectrum of legal issues affecting the design, development, launch, and operation of D-ALP products and services.
- Agreement Drafting & Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of technology agreements, including in-bound and out-bound IP licenses, development agreements with technology partners and keep updated product specific terms.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with subject matter experts across Adobe Legal (including compliance, patent, privacy, and sales counsel), as well as with key internal stakeholders in sales, finance, procurement, and facilities management.
- Training & Enablement: Develop and deliver legal training and resources on topics such as open source, privacy, and security to engineering, program management, and other internal audiences.
- Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor legal and regulatory trends affecting technology, digital marketing, data privacy, and other matters impacting Adobe products and operations.
- Operational Support: Provide legal support for real estate initiatives and operational activities across Adobe's locations in India as required.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify potential legal, regulatory, and reputational risks, developing practical solutions while safeguarding Adobe's interests.
- External Counsel Coordination: Liaise with and manage external counsel on complex or specialized legal issues, including privacy and intellectual property enforcement.

About You - Key Requirements

- Education & Experience: Qualified lawyer in India with 5-7 years relevant experience in technology law prior experience in the IT/ITeS sector is preferred.
- Contracting Experience: Demonstrated expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex technology and IP-related agreements (software licensing, SaaS, cloud, and data agreements, etc.).
- Privacy & Data Security: Solid understanding of privacy, data security, and cyberlaw as they pertain to product development and online services. Experience advising on compliance is strongly desired.
- Product Legal Support: Prior experience advising product and engineering teams in the launch and iteration of technology products or mobile applications is advantageous. Familiarity with legal initiatives and regulations on artificial intelligence and Generative AI is required.
- Operational/Real Estate Knowledge: Exposure to legal issues relating to real estate transactions or organizational operations within India is a plus.
- Technical Aptitude: Comfort with (or keen interest in) creative software, technology products, and digital services.
- Collaboration & Communication: Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences and build collaborative & trusted relationships across levels and different segments of legal.
- Personal Qualities: Practical, business-oriented, and solutions-driven able to balance legal considerations with business objectives. High integrity, a sense of humor, and a positive team spirit are a must.
- Commitment: Dedicated to providing high-quality, timely legal advice in a dynamic and innovative environment growth mindset and desire to make a lasting impact.

Why Adobe

Be at the forefront of digital innovation, working with world-class teams on products that inspire and empower millions of creatives globally. Take your legal career further as a trusted partner driving growth, safeguarding innovation, and enabling Adobe's continued success.

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