Senior Legal Counsel - Labour Law (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Senior Legal Counsel - Labour Law (Newfoundland and Labrador)

20 Oct
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Lenovo
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Newfoundland and Labrador

20 Oct

Lenovo

Newfoundland and Labrador

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This role will serve as the lead legal advisor on complex, high-value, and strategic transactions within Lenovo's rapidly growing Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), including transactions involving server, storage, cloud/cloud service provider, AI, software, networking, data center, and infrastructure solutions throughout North America. The successful candidate will structure, negotiate, and drive sophisticated commercial transactions from opportunity through execution and post-execution support, partnering closely with business leaders to facilitate implementation, manage evolving contractual issues, support customer and partner relationships, and enable continued business growth while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.

Serve as the lead attorney for complex, high-value, and strategic ISG transactions, developing transaction structures, leading negotiations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing outside counsel where appropriate, and driving transactions from opportunity through execution while balancing legal risk and business objectives

Provide legal support and strategic guidance for ISG transactions, initiatives, and business operations

Develop a deep understanding of existing contractual commitments and obligations for ISG customers

Advise the ISG business on a broad range of commercial, regulatory, data privacy, intellectual property, technology, and operational legal issues

Work closely with Lenovo legal teams and ISG business leaders across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific

Lead and negotiate large, complex infrastructure, cloud/cloud service provider, storage, AI, software, technology, and strategic commercial transactions

Provide ongoing support following contract execution, including interpretation of contractual obligations, management of contractual disputes, negotiation of amendments and change orders, issue resolution, and support of key customer, supplier, alliance, and cloud service provider relationships

Effectively identify legal risks and engage the appropriate legal subject matter experts across the broader Lenovo Legal Department

Draft and maintain standard templates supporting infrastructure offerings, software solutions, channel programs, strategic technology partnerships, and other ISG business initiatives

Work with the Contracting Center of Excellence (COE) to establish and maintain a comprehensive library of infrastructure and technology templates that are easily accessible and regularly updated

Juris Doctor (JD)



degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.12+ years of experience negotiating and leading complex technology, infrastructure, cloud, cloud service provider, storage, software, telecommunications, or strategic commercial transactions, including enterprise customer engagements and multi-jurisdictional agreements

Demonstrated commercial management experience with a solid understanding of the key drivers of profitability and growth

Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently manage sophisticated transactions from inception through execution and post-signature support

Strong knowledge of commercial contracting, intellectual property, technology licensing, data privacy, and related legal concepts

Proven ability to advise senior business leaders and influence strategic decision-making in a fast-paced, global environment

Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, cloud, cloud service providers, AI, software, high-performance computing, and related technology offerings

Experience negotiating strategic partnerships, channel agreements, OEM arrangements, cloud ecosystem transactions, and other complex commercial agreements

Comfortable negotiating directly with sophisticated enterprise customers, strategic partners, cloud service providers, channel partners, and other third parties

Solid project management and cross-functional leadership skills

Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal risk while enabling revenue growth and business objectives

Ability to anticipate, assess, mitigate, and proactively manage legal and business risks

Ability and willingness to travel as business needs require

This role will serve as the lead legal advisor on complex, high-value, and strategic transactions within Lenovo's rapidly growing Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), including transactions involving server, storage, cloud/cloud service provider, AI, software, networking, data center, and infrastructure solutions throughout North America. The successful candidate will structure, negotiate, and drive sophisticated commercial transactions from prospect through execution and post-execution support, partnering closely with business leaders to facilitate implementation, manage evolving contractual issues, support customer and partner relationships, and enable continued business growth while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.

Serve as the lead attorney for complex, high-value, and strategic ISG transactions, developing transaction structures, leading negotiations, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, managing outside counsel where appropriate, and driving transactions from opportunity through execution while balancing legal risk and business objectives

Provide legal support and strategic guidance for ISG transactions, initiatives, and business operations

Develop a deep understanding of existing contractual commitments and obligations for ISG customers

Advise the ISG business on a broad range of commercial, regulatory, data privacy, intellectual property, technology, and operational legal issues





Work closely with Lenovo legal teams and ISG business leaders across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific

Lead and negotiate large, complex infrastructure, cloud/cloud service provider, storage, AI, software, technology, and strategic commercial transactions

Provide ongoing support following contract execution, including interpretation of contractual obligations, management of contractual disputes, negotiation of amendments and change orders, issue resolution, and support of key customer, supplier, alliance, and cloud service provider relationships

Effectively identify legal risks and engage the appropriate legal subject matter experts across the broader Lenovo Legal Department

Draft and maintain standard templates supporting infrastructure offerings, software solutions, channel programs, strategic technology partnerships, and other ISG business initiatives

Work with the Contracting Center of Excellence (COE) to establish and maintain a comprehensive library of infrastructure and technology templates that are easily accessible and regularly updated

Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.12+ years of experience negotiating and leading complex technology, infrastructure, cloud, cloud service provider, storage, software, telecommunications, or strategic commercial transactions, including enterprise customer engagements and multi-jurisdictional agreements

Demonstrated commercial management experience with a strong understanding of the key drivers of profitability and growth

Strong contract drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently manage sophisticated transactions from inception through execution and post-signature support

Strong knowledge of commercial contracting, intellectual property, technology licensing, data privacy, and related legal concepts

Proven ability to advise senior business leaders and influence strategic decision-making in a fast-paced, global environment

Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, cloud, cloud service providers, AI, software, high-performance computing, and related technology offerings

Experience negotiating strategic partnerships, channel agreements, OEM arrangements, cloud ecosystem transactions, and other complex commercial agreements

Comfortable negotiating directly with sophisticated enterprise customers, strategic partners, cloud service providers, channel partners, and other third parties

Solid project management and cross-functional leadership skills

Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to balance legal risk while enabling revenue growth and business objectives

Ability to anticipate, assess, mitigate, and proactively manage legal and business risks

Ability and willingness to travel as business needs require

12+ years of legal, contracts, and/or procurement experience

#LI-MM5 We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

The anticipated annual compensation range for this position is 176,300–270,365

Individuals may also be considered for bonuses and/or commissions. In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), the expected application deadline for this position is 12-31-2026.

📌 Senior Legal Counsel - Labour Law (Newfoundland and Labrador)
🏢 Lenovo
📍 Newfoundland and Labrador

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