Description
At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and virtualization technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.
Job summary
Red Hat's Commercial Legal team is looking for an intern to join us in Raleigh, NC. In this role, you will conduct legal research and analysis, assist with contract review and drafting. We'll need you to have great critical thinking and analysis skills. This is a great opportunity to work with a variety of experienced legal professionals in a fast-paced setting.
This role is part of Red Hat's 2016 summer intern program, which begins in mid-May and lasts 12 weeks.
Primary job responsibilities
-- Draft, review, and negotiate non-disclosure agreements, professional services statements of work, master services and software subscription agreements, and partner agreements for resellers, distributors, and cloud providers
-- Conduct legal research on key issues facing Red Hat and prominent issues in the technology and open source industries
-- Understand and analyze Red Hat's sales contracts and positions
-- Provide support and assistance to Red Hat commercial attorneys worldwide
Required skills
-- Legal research and writing skills
-- Contract review skills
-- Excellent communication skills
-- Ability to quickly synthesize and explain complex legal issues
-- Solid negotiation skills
-- J.D. or J.D. in-course
-- Must be currently enrolled in a degree program at an accredited university or graduating no sooner than December 2015
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, uniformed services, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Posted date: 02/22/16
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