Legal Contract Specialist, APAC

Responsibilities

• Identifies business objectives of direct sales / licensing / consulting transactions, related issues, and facilitates risk/benefit analysis
• Reviews, drafts, translates and negotiates major account agreements, consulting agreements, special licensing, non-disclosure agreements, terms and amendments for customers in Japan
• Drives contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and/or contract execution
• Manages contract templates, contract change control process, reveneu stamp and related correspondence requiring legal input
• Drafts, manages, distributes, responds to, or analyzes request for information, proposals and quotations or customer terms and  conditions as needed
• Maintains a deep understanding of Autodesk contract templates, contracts policy, legal risk and liability, and company position on various matters
• Prepares contracts for internal review and approval and ensures compliance with company policies as well as applicable laws or regulations
• Interprets contracts and advises sales / consulting managers on contractual responsibilities
• Translates complex commercial/legal scenarios into simple language and action plans
• May mentor and train less experienced contract professionals as well as business employees
• May work under the direction of other department staff (including U.S.-based staff) on non-commercial contract matters or directly with business stakeholders
• Supports Autodesk regional lawyers located outside of Japan on direct sales-related projects
• Prepares and arranges signatures for Shareholder and Board of Director’s meeting minutes annually and helps prepare documents needed for copyright enforcement activities
• Fluency and prior work experience in both English and Japanese languages is required
• Enforce Copyright to infringer and support negotiation

Minimum Qualifications 

• 3 years relevant professional experience, preferably as a contract specialist in US or with a foreign company‘s subsidiary in Japan and in the IT or software industry
• Demonstrate good information gathering, analytical, drafting and negotiation skills (both verbally and written)
• Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to collaborate and influence others
• Be able to manage multiple priorities, work efficiently under pressure, seek appropriate supervisory input where needed, and consistently meet tight deadlines
• Be able to communicate efficiently and work with business representatives at all levels of seniority
• Be able to work independently as well as under the supervision of lawyers in the APAC region