Duration: 12 months

Start Date: April

Overview:

Our customer, a leading global technology organisation is seeking an experienced commercial technology lawyer for a 12-month engagement commencing in April. This role will focus on supporting large-scale cloud contracting and public sector procurement activity across EMEA, working closely with senior commercial, bid and executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial Cloud Contracting

• Lead the drafting, review and negotiation of complex enterprise cloud agreements, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS arrangements, acting from a supplier perspective.
• Advise on and manage legal risk in large-scale cloud transactions, with particular emphasis on data protection, cybersecurity and intellectual property considerations.
• Support commercial teams through contract amendments, renewals and strategic negotiations with enterprise customers.

Public Procurement & Bid Support

• Provide expert legal guidance on public procurement processes across EMEA, including Competitive Dialogue, negotiated procedures, Framework Agreements, RFPs, ITTs and direct awards.
• Partner with bid teams to shape compliant bid strategies, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Identify and mitigate legal and commercial risk within tightly regulated procurement frameworks.

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

• Translate complex and evolving legal issues into practical, business-focused advice for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Deliver clear, concise guidance to non-legal stakeholders to support informed decision-making.

Workload & Risk Management

• Effectively manage a high-volume, high-value workload involving complex and time-sensitive matters.
• Prioritise competing demands and maintain quality under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Experience & Skills:

• Significant experience negotiating and advising on sophisticated cloud computing contracts within a global technology environment.
• Strong working knowledge of public sector procurement regimes across EMEA.
• Deep understanding of data privacy, security and intellectual property issues in technology transactions.
• Commercially astute, pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at executive level.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing legal team within a global tech business at the forefront of enterprise cloud innovation.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.