Legal Counsel
Pubblicato il 31-07-2026 - Sap in Milano
**We help the world run better** At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of agevolazioni options for you to choose from. SAP is looking for a commercial lawyer to support all legal matters affecting the SAP business in Italy. The lawyer will work as a member of the SAP Italian team, and will be based in the SAP offices in Milan. The required legal advice will range across cloud, software licensing and consulting contracts, and general legal topics. You will act as a key contact for the relevant sales teams in the Market Unit, in particular providing legal advice on a wide variety of matters, including local laws and regulations, cybersecurity, intellectual property, licensing, data privacy, and license compliance matters. All legal work must be carried out within SAP’s risk tolerances, while maintaining SAP policies, and complying with applicable laws. You will be fluent in English, have a problem-solving mindset and to be able to draft and negotiate complex agreements, work with sales and services professionals, pricing and revenue recognition teams, and others, in a fast-paced environment. The ability to work with a team across a wide organization is critical. This position spends a significant amount of time in customer negotiations.
All resumes/CVs must be submitted in English.
- Report to the Vice President, Deputy Regional General Counsel in EMEA.
- Be part of the Italian legal team and as part of the SAP Global Legal.
- Negotiate, both in Italian and English, complex commercial contracts with SAP customers and partners and provide trusted legal advice to SAP’s management ensuring that all contracts are in compliance with SAP’s legal, contractual and business processes and policies.
- Management of legal service providers using dedicated tools, associated reporting, and efficient management of legal costs
- Ensure that company business strategies are applied in recognition of legal implications and risks.
- Manage legal disputes, legal aspects of customer escalations, and interact with outside counsel as necessary.
- Contribute to the overall success of SAP’s business and be recognised as a business partner with an understanding of SAPs business objectives and cloud strategy. **What you bring**: - A qualified lawyer with excellent working knowledge of Contract and IT Laws with 2-5 years post admission experience in an accredited law firm.
- Strong autonomy and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team. They should be capable of independently identifying and resolving issues,
while also collaborating with colleagues to achieve common goals.
- Experience in corporate law (e.g., maintaining corporate books and extraordinary operations).
- Excellent communication, negotiation and drafting skills.
- IT and IP legal experience.
- Working knowledge of Data Privacy and Artificial Intelligent Laws.
- Experience in negotiating commercial contracts with customers/partners.
- Works well with the other lawyers who are expected to support and operate as a team.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and cope well with pressure (including quarter end pressures). **Bring out your best** **We win with inclusion** SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world. **EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. Requisition ID: 422656 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.