Senior Legal Counsel - Intellectual Property

About the role

Clarivate is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join its Legal, Risk and Compliance Group, reporting to the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel who leads the commercial legal team for the Intellectual Property business segment. Based in Belgrade on a hybrid basis, the role involves independently leading complex legal matters, critical commercial negotiations and strategic initiatives for the IP segment, and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, draft, advise on and negotiate complex agreements with customers, vendors, partners, content providers, agents, distributors and resellers, including service agreements, data and content licenses, software/SaaS agreements and IP licenses.
• Own the legal strategy for assigned matters, identify legal and commercial risks and develop practical mitigation approaches.
• Lead the legal response to customer RFPs and tenders, advising on deal structures, licensing terms and proposals.
• Provide independent legal advice on commercial, contractual, IP, privacy, regulatory, dispute, corporate and compliance matters affecting the IP segment.
• Advise commercial, product, operational and functional leaders and act as a trusted advisor on strategic and operational decisions.
• Lead cross-functional projects and legal workstreams, coordinating stakeholders and resources.
• Build relationships with Sales and other business teams while protecting Clarivate's legal and strategic interests.
• Improve templates, playbooks, workflows, approval structures, knowledge resources, automation and legal technology.
• Mentor less experienced legal professionals and select, brief and manage external counsel.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years' post-qualification general corporate/commercial legal experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex commercial negotiations and significant legal matters, preferably in information, data, software, SaaS, technology or IP businesses; in-house experience is a strong plus.
• International experience and/or time at a multinational corporation preferred, including cross-border transactions.
• Ability to advise and influence senior business stakeholders and communicate complex issues clearly.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and improving contracting practices, legal processes or legal technology.
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English.

Required skills

• Strong contractual negotiation and drafting skills.
• Microsoft Office, including Word.
• Salesforce.
• General familiarity with Copilot or other legal AI tools and contract management systems such as Conga CLM is a plus.

The role is full-time and permanent, working from the Belgrade office on a hybrid basis.