Legal & Contracts Counsel - France​/EMEA

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. This description provides general context about Keysight and the role.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

We are looking for a Legal and Contracts Counsel to join our EMEA legal team, to provide legal, contracts, and compliance advice and support for Keysight entities, in France and potentially more broadly across EMEA. Keysight Legal is an exciting and challenging place to work where every day is different; bringing new opportunities to develop experience and skills in a dynamic, hi-tech environment and as part of a cohesive, friendly team.

Primary Objectives

• Legal and ethical compliance
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  Provide legal guidance that ensures internal clients understand and act on obligations to comply with ethical and applicable legal standards.
• Strategic alignment
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  Partner closely with internal clients and stakeholders to understand business and function objectives and participate in strategic planning; prioritize delivery of legal service in alignment with local entity’s primary objectives to ensure highest legal value add.
• Solution orientation
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  Provide responsive, pragmatic, solution-oriented advice that advances the strategic objectives of internal clients while protecting Keysight’s assets, intellectual property, and reputation.
• Strategic matters
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  Lead or add value to complex transactions (including customer contracts, partnering agreements and sourcing agreements), programs, projects and other strategic matters to allow for rapid completion; provide clear, concise counsel on risks, likelihood and impact; ensure accountability for decisions involving high levels of risk at appropriate management levels. Such activities will be primarily focused on Keysight’s French entity but may extend to jurisdictions within EMEA.
• Preventive law and education
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  Provide training and day-to-day counseling on relevant legal topics that promote the highest standards of legal and ethical compliance and better enable clients to identify areas of risk unique to their strategic objectives.

Provide sound, efficient and effective legal services and advice to all functions mainly in France and more broadly in EMEA, including:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating all forms of agreements, including sales, purchasing, services, collaboration, license, co-development and non-disclosure agreements.
• Localizing and updating contract templates.
• Coordinating with staff members specializing in handling customer-related contracts, including drafting and reviewing them, collaborating with sales and business teams to develop negotiation strategies, negotiating with customers and obtaining approvals about making agreements from internal stakeholders under internal policies and rules.
• Providing legal advice to HR in France in respect of various HR matters, including Workers councils and Collective Bargaining Agreements.
• Handling consultations from internal clients regarding legal affairs and compliance matters and ensuring the timely and effective provision of legal advice and guidance to them.
• Handling complaints from customers and business partners or providing support to internal clients who handle them.
• Ensuring effective and efficient management and resolution of disputes and litigations.
• Providing contracts management and legal support for M&A and divestment initiatives. Assist with customers contract transitions during and post-acquisition.
• Providing legal support for Keysight initiatives, including amendment of registered items (such as corporate structure, capital amount and…