Region Counsel

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

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.

Job Description:

HPE's Legal Department applies legal knowledge to complex business transactions. Our mission is to contribute to HPE's success by providing proactive, practical and timely legal advice and contractual support to enable our clients to achieve profitable growth and customer satisfaction. An integral part of HPE, Legal works in areas such as Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Ethics, Antitrust, Commercial Law and Litigation to name but a few.

Job Description

The suitable candidate will be an experienced commercial lawyer who can negotiate and execute key customer transactions for our expanding IT infrastructure and services business in our Middle East Country Group; the most significant country for HPE in the Country Group being Saudi Arabi.

This role will focus on supporting our Sales Organisation and our Business Unit’s (which includes our Compute, HPC & AI, Networking & Hybrid Cloud Services business units) on their most complex and important customer contracts, providing a high quality and efficient service to the business.

The ideal candidate will have excellent commercial legal skills, be a strong communicator, a team player and thrive in a fast-paced environment which focuses on innovation, execution and customers.

The candidate will also be able to cover ad-hoc legal queries and provide succinct advice to the business on contractual disputes as well as be able to deal with a variety of legal issues on corporate transactions, regulatory, IT and technology matters.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a team environment and will support colleagues on challenging legal transactions and will share knowledge and invest in the HPE business and our legal team. A focus on innovation, technology and culture are at the heart of the UKIMEA and wider HPE legal team.

About The Candidate

Qualified Lawyer.

Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in law (albeit those candidates with less experience but with the right potential will also be considered).

Experience and training with a top tier firm.

Education, training and/or experience from any US and/or UK institutions is an advantage.

Fluent in spoken and written English & Arabic

Experience in commercial transactions.

Experience working in a western based multi-national company is an advantage.

Team

Our Geography Legal team sits across HPE’s UKIMEA Geography and this role will report directly to the Senior Director & Associate General Counsel of UKIMEA based in UK.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Values

Extensive social benefits, flexible working hours, a competitive salary and shared values, make Hewlett Packard Enterprise one of the world´s most attractive employers. At HPE our goal is to provide equal opportunities, work-life balance and constantly evolving career opportunities.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business, Coaching, Computer Literacy, Conflict Resolution, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Law, Legal Consulting, Legal Practices, Legal Risk, Legal Support, Long Term Planning {+ 5 more}

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.

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Job:

Legal

Job Level:

Master

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