Sales Legal Intern

Location: Milan, Italy

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job Description

Who You Will Work With

As an intern within the Cisco EMEA Sales Legal department, you will gain hands-on experience by supporting a team where legal is truly viewed as a business partner. We offer a supportive and collaborative culture with a strong focus on integrity and respect. With a lovely manager and a fantastic team, you will feel trusted, respected, empowered, and looked after. Our team is truly international in nature, offering you the chance to work in a diverse, friendly, and global environment. This is a unique opportunity for an intern eager to learn about the legal implications of leading, cutting-edge technology—from Commercial, Antitrust, and Intellectual Property to Privacy, Security, and the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence.

What You Will Do

As a member of the Sales Legal Department in EMEA, you will be actively involved in:

Working closely with the legal and business teams.

Supporting the drafting and negotiation of commercial and technology agreements for local and international business customers.

Taking part in cross-functional and legal innovation projects, including the use of AI-powered tools to improve legal productivity.

Getting training and learning from subject matter experts (e.g., on IT, IP, competition, Privacy, AI—you name it!).

Analyzing a range of legal issues and carrying out research to answer queries from internal stakeholders or Cisco’s customers

Minimum Qualifications

Language Proficiency: Proficiency in Italian and English.

Education: Currently enrolled in a master's degree program.

Legal Skills

Strong interest in IP, Privacy, Security, IT, and the legal frameworks surrounding technology.

The ability to read and understand complex contract provisions.

Knowledge of Spanish commercial contract and business law, as well as IP law.

The ability to efficiently create English and Spanish legal documents for internal and external use.

An aptitude for understanding industry practice on legal issues.

Preferred Qualifications

Languages: Knowledge of German, Arabic or French is considered an advantage.

Experience: Previous legal working experience would be an advantage in the selection process.

Professional Attributes

Excellent relationship and communication skills; you are adaptable and a fast learner.

Strong motivation to work in a fast-paced environment.

Ability to operate efficiently in a highly automated, modern environment.

Ability to concisely convey information and ideas both in writing and verbally.

You are responsive to the requirements of Cisco’s attorneys and operate well in a professional legal team.

What We Offer

Culture: Thrive in the #WeAreCisco team culture, built on openness and transparency. We offer a fantastic work environment, a competitive salary, and generous benefits—including the ability to work remotely and a balanced lifestyle.

Development: Through world-class training, you will have the opportunity to become a leading expert in Software, Cloud, Mobility, Security, Collaboration, or Data Center. You will be given real responsibility from day one and the opportunity to build creative solutions to significant business challenges.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

For non-sales roles, employees may also be eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.