Counsel, Operations and Competition Law

Counsel, Operations and Competition Law

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Acts as legal advisor to assigned internal clients in HPE's sourcing, quote to cash, logistics, engineering and enablement, and services organizations and to other company attorneys with respect to legal matters related to HPE's global operations. Legal team also manages and supports all antitrust matters. Primary responsibility involves commercial contract negotiation, identifying and analyzing legal risk and recommending solutions that help address the client’s objectives.

Represents company in inquiries, transactions, interactions, or disputes with customers, suppliers, partners, governmental agencies, and competitors. Balances the business interests of client groups with ultimate fiduciary responsibility to company. Represents the company before industry policy setting organizations, government agencies, and other regulatory bodies. Areas of legal responsibility will include commercial law, antitrust and competition law, audit compliance, dispute resolution, and transactional intellectual property law.

Participation and support in mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities, litigation, employment, structured financial deals, US government contracting, outsourcing, environmental, employee benefits, or tax and bankruptcy matters may also be required at times.

Recognized authority internally and externally on leading-edge technologies, theories, or techniques. Provides innovative solutions to complex and critically sensitive issues affecting multiple disciplines and work groups. Determines and pursues courses of action essential in accomplishing objectives. Integrates advanced technology, theories or techniques that have a significant continued impact across disciplines and business units. Serves as organization spokesperson on specialized projects or programs.

Champions large projects that affect the company's long‑range goals and objectives. Provides mentoring and guidance to lower level employees.

• Leads the overall legal strategies and risks by providing highly specialized legal expertise in one or more areas of antitrust law that significantly impact a region, global business, or the entire organization.
• Plans and facilitates the training and mentoring strategy to educate senior managers, team members and clients on complex topics.
• Leads the resolution of highly complex legal, regulatory, and business issues requiring highly in-depth knowledge and judgment within antitrust law.
• Acts as a thought leader within antitrust and competition law by networking effectively to share subject matter expertise and exerting influence across a broad cross‑section of the organization. Exerts influence on external industry counsels, policies, and regulatory bodies.

• Advanced university degree in law (e.g. JD or LLB) required; additional advanced degree relevant to the antitrust law preferred.
• Meets local legal license requirements.
• Typically, 6+ years commercial legal experience at a law firm or in‑house specializing in antitrust law.
• Extensive national and possibly international experience leading multiple, highly complex, strategic, specialty law projects, issues, and transactions.

• Recognized authority on practical and academic knowledge, and…