Hitachi: Legal Counsel

Role Profile: Legal Counsel (Netherlands)

About Hitachi Data Systems

Established in 1910 Hitachi is one of the world’s largest technology companies with annual revenues of over 80 billion US dollars. Listed on the Tokyo stock exchange Hitachi is ranked 89th in the 2015 Fortune Global 500. We employ more than 300,000 employees worldwide.

As a global powerhouse Hitachi manufactures and markets more than 22,000 products, including semiconductors, medical equipment, power tools, construction machinery and builds trains (including the Japanese bullet train), nuclear and conventional power stations.

To ensure the technological leadership of its products, the company invests more than 5 billion dollars annually in global research, development and innovation. Hitachi is currently ranked in the top 10 in terms of number of US patents held and employs 760 employees with PhDs.

Hitachi Data Systems, headquartered in the Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, is the Hitachi channel for sale of its computer equipment and particularly in the supply of cloud infrastructure, big data and internet of things solutions involving the supply of computer servers, data storage, networking, data management software and related services. Our customers are companies in business sectors such as banking, finance, telecoms and retail as well as government departments such as education and healthcare.

Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public and private sector in over 100 countries and regions. With a reputation for technology excellence and reliability, many of the world’s largest companies including 82 of the Fortune Global 100 companies rely on Hitachi Data Systems solutions to store, manage, protect and analyse their business critical data.  

Hitachi Data Systems is proud of its ethical culture and has been listed as one of the 100 best companies to work for globally.

Role Title:  Legal Counsel (envisaged as a part time role however we may consider full time if the candidate has relevant language abilities)

Reporting to: Senior Regional Counsel based in Paris

Direct Reports:None

Role Purpose:



Based at the Hitachi Data Systems office located in Amsterdam the successful candidate will have responsibility for providing legal support to the Benelux business.  The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with around three/four years post-qualification experience, who will be primarily responsible for providing legal support for the transactional and compliance requirements of the HDS sales business organizations in the Benelux region. Fluency in English, French and Dutch languages is required. If the candidate has fluency in other relevant languages such that the candidate can assist in providing legal support to other mainland European countries then we may consider a full time role.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing transaction support for direct and indirect sales, working as an integrated and essential part of the business team in the Benelux countries as well as the EMEA legal team.



• Assisting the legal team in EMEA-wide legal initiatives including supporting corporate functions such as marketing, human resources and liaising with the global legal team on cross-jurisdictional projects, compliance and export matters.



• Involvement in the project management of roll-out and localization of EMEA-wide legal infrastructure (e.g. template contracts, drafting databases, training and playbooks) based on key business strategies of the above groups by the sales-supporting lawyers in the various EMEA countries.

Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Transactional experience (preferably in-house), in information technology (hardware, software, services including professional services).



• Strong contracts background – practical experience in services supply contracts, IT contracting, distribution and other partner contracts and product leasing.



• Strong understanding of software licensing/technology transfer and working knowledge of European intellectual property and competition laws.



• Some exposure to international trade aspects of product and services distribution (e.g. export compliance) SOX and anti-bribery/corruption laws (e.g. FCPA).



• Proven success in providing legal support to field organizations in sales and/or technical areas.



• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.



• Ability to successfully manage several projects with simultaneous deadlines and to manage workload prioritization effectively.



• Ability to foster good relationships within the business and with the broader global legal team.



• Ability to render duties with understanding of, and to articulate HDS’ products, strategies, policies and an awareness of relevant industry and legal benchmarks.



• Strong general ‘legal skills’, such as document drafting, advice preparation, client liaison, negotiation abilities and file management.



• An understanding of the implications of legal judgments on HDS’ business objectives and the trade-offs between business objectives and evaluating legal risks.



• Analytical reasoning, creativity, conceptual ability, critical thinking and judgment.  



• Experience working in the UK or another European country is preferred.

Key Competencies

• Business Acumen



• Customer Focus



• Decision Making



• Pragmatism



• Relationship Management



• Managing for Results

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