Senior Legal Counsel at Thomson Reuters [Commercial Contracts & AEM Markets]: Apply Now!

Thomson Reuters is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel to support its Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region across commercial, technology, AI, and regulatory legal matters.

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About the Job

Thomson Reuters is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Legal Counsel to join its General Counsel’s Office team supporting the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region, with a focus on Asia and Emerging Markets (AEM).

The role will provide strategic and practical legal support to sales, product, partnerships, compliance, and leadership teams across commercial, technology, and regulatory matters.

The successful candidate will negotiate complex customer and partner agreements, advise on legal and regulatory risks, and support business growth initiatives across multiple jurisdictions.

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Eligibility

• Law degree and admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Approximately 5–10 years of post-qualification legal experience.
• Significant experience in negotiating and drafting complex commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of technology, SaaS, software licensing, and commercial contracting.
• Experience supporting multinational organisations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong commercial judgement and ability to provide practical legal advice.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Business fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house legal experience within a technology, information services, or software business.
• Experience supporting Middle East markets.
• Experience advising on AI-enabled products and services.
• Experience advising on privacy, cybersecurity, and data governance matters.
• Familiarity with public sector, government, or regulated-industry contracting.
• Business fluency in Arabic.

Success Profile

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Enable business growth while appropriately managing legal risks.
• Exercise sound judgement in complex and fast-moving situations.
• Build credibility with senior business stakeholders.
• Work effectively across multiple jurisdictions, cultures, and business functions.
• Demonstrate curiosity regarding emerging technologies, including AI, and their impact on customers, products, and contracting practices.
• Thrive in a collaborative and international environment.

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS and software licence agreements, data and content licensing agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, partnership agreements, and AI-related commercial arrangements.
• Provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice balancing commercial objectives with legal and regulatory risks.
• Support strategic and high-value customer opportunities, including public sector and regulated-industry opportunities.
• Advise on intellectual property rights, licence structures, indemnities, liability allocation, and commercial risks.
• Advise on procurement requirements, localisation obligations, and contracting practices relevant to Middle Eastern jurisdictions.
• Assist business stakeholders in evaluating and structuring new routes to market.
• Work with internal stakeholders to facilitate efficient deal closure and business execution within the region.

AI, Data and Technology

• Advise on legal, contractual, and regulatory matters relating to AI-enabled products and services.
• Review and negotiate terms concerning AI functionality, data governance, data use rights, intellectual property ownership, risk allocation, and liability.
• Work with product, privacy, and compliance teams on emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting AI technologies.

Regulatory, Compliance and Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks associated with business initiatives.
• Work with subject matter experts to provide advice on privacy and data protection, anti-corruption and compliance issues, governance obligations, and consumer and commercial law matters.
• Develop and deliver legal training and guidance materials for business stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of evolving legal and regulatory developments across the region.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Support colleagues across the AEM region during team absences and critical business periods, with a primary focus on the Middle East and Africa.
• Build relationships with stakeholders across Sales, Professional Services, Product, Finance, Revenue Operations, Compliance, General Counsel’s Office, and Leadership teams.
• Collaborate with lawyers and subject matter experts across Thomson Reuters globally.
• Contribute to process improvements, template development, playbooks, and legal operations initiatives.

Location

India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Application Procedure

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