The Red Hat Legal team is looking for a Trainee to join our new Global Legal and Compliance Center of Excellence (CoE) in New Delhi, India supporting the global Commercial Legal function. In this role, you will work on a globally distributed team of lawyers and contract specialists to support the Red Hat sales and procurement teams in structuring, negotiating, and closing contracts. You’ll also collaborate with our finance and product management teams and assist Red Hat counsel with commercial legal functions. As a Trainee, you’ll need to have excellent communication skills to interact with internal and external business clients while addressing complex issues in an accurate and clear, yet thorough manner. You should have passion for technology, excellent problem-solving skills, and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Review, revise, and negotiate non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)

Provide support and assistance to Red Hat’s commercial attorneys worldwide

Assist with master software subscription agreements, master services agreements and statements of work (SoWs), partner agreements for resellers, distributors, and cloud providers, and procurement agreements

Help educate customers about open source licensing and Red Hat’s subscription business model

Help support our global Sales team

Required Skills:

Demonstrated interest in software, information technology (IT), intellectual property (IP), or related legal issues

Prior understanding of the contract negotiations in the technology or. software industry; solid knowledge of commercial contracting law and related issues such like IP and licensing

Excellent communication skills demonstrated through your work experience, including the ability to explain complicated concepts in simple, audience-appropriate terms

Analytical, negotiation, and drafting skills demonstrated through your work experience

Exceptional organizational skills with an ability to manage simultaneous projects under deadline pressure

Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining a firm focus on problem-solving

Experience with NDAs and revenue and sales contracts is a big plus

Ability to speak and negotiate in a second language is a plus