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Department: Legal
Location: Vienna, US

Position Summary: What We Do: Four disruptive technology trends -- Big Data, Mobile, Cloud and Social -- are reshaping companies, industries and economies around the world. MicroStrategy is a NASDAQ-listed technology company that is transforming the way organizations interact with data to harness these forces. The MicroStrategy Business Intelligence (BI) Platform™ enables leading organizations to analyze the vast amounts of data available to their enterprises to make better business decisions. Through MicroStrategy Mobile™, we extend our BI platform to mobile devices and also make mobile app development fast and easy. We have embraced the flexibility and innovation of the cloud by offering cloud-based access to our entire platform via MicroStrategy Cloud™. Capitalizing on the growth of social media, MicroStrategy has most recently unveiled social intelligence applications, such as Wisdom Professional™, that can be used by customers to harness the power of social data. A global business with offices in 25+ countries, MicroStrategy has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant in the 2012 “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms” report. To learn more about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), visit us on the web, Facebook and Twitter. Find out more about the members of our Corporate Legal Team at Who Knew?

Basic Function:  You’ll join a top-flight legal team in supporting a dynamic and wide range of securities, corporate governance and general corporate and commercial matters. This role requires intellectual rigor and drafting standards at the highest level, as you help a high-profile, enterprising company navigate its securities filings, board activities, director and officer compensation programs and strategic corporate initiatives. You should also have transactional experience to support financing, capital markets or M&A transactions that can be key to the company’s business vision and strategy. You are dedicated to getting the issues right, but also nimble in fashioning solutions.

Job Duties (includes but is not limited to):

• Collaborate with other company departments in drafting and reviewing all securities filings, including proxy statement and Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Section 16 filings
  
• Advise on Board matters, develop corporate governance policies and implement legal controls to help ensure sound corporate governance practices
  
• Prepare materials for consideration by the Board and its Committees
  
• Advise on director and executive compensation arrangements, including procedures for determining and tracking such arrangements for disclosure
  
• Advise on general corporate, transactional and commercial matters, including corporate aircraft, cross-border business planning, and the maintenance, establishment, acquisition or divestiture of US and foreign business divisions and subsidiaries
  
• Work with the Finance, Treasury, Tax and Risk Management teams on banking and investment matters, intercompany agreements, tax planning, internal controls and litigation

Job Requirements:

• J.D. from top tier law school followed by 5-10 years of experience with reputable law firm and/or in-house department
  
• Significant experience with the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  
• Superior interpersonal skills and judgment are paramount
  
• Ability to manage fast-paced workload and add value to multiple projects simultaneously
  
• Self-starter who shows project ownership and enjoys working across departments

MicroStrategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Code: 15091