Legal Counsel

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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.
**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.
**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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