Commercial Counsel

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The client is looking for an entrepreneurial Commercial Counsel to join our expanding Legal team in the US. You will report to our Director of Legal (based in U.S. Central Time) and will be a key cross‑functional business partner in particular to the U.S. Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success teams. This is a unique opportunity to be an early member of the legal team and have considerable impact on growth and expansion over the coming years.

• Lead negotiations of all forms of commercial contracts, such as SaaS agreements, self‑hosted software licensing terms, data processing agreements, partner agreements (referral, reseller, tech alliance and integration), MSAs and SOWs, MNDAs and vendor agreements
• Own the maintenance and updating of playbooks, commercial templates, sales enablement materials, etc.
• Apply your expertise in core contractual areas such as indemnification, liability, IP, security and privacy standards to our fast‑paced negotiations
• Work closely with North American GTM sales team to provide world‑class representation
• Support global initiatives such as streamlining legal processes as we develop our product and enter new international markets, and partnering with geographic leads to ensure alignment
• Collaborate with outside counsel on complex or third‑party paper deals as needed
• Help follow, enhance and develop scalable processes for all stages of deal life cycles as part of a legal operations and data‑driven team

• Active good standing status membership to a U.S. Bar
• Minimum 5 years experience with general corporate law (emphasis on commercial transactions)
• Strong negotiator of commercial contracts
• Excellent business judgment – you know when to say no, yes, or it depends
• Customer‑focused mentality – being mindful that your colleagues are your customers and you are there to serve in that capacity
• Understanding of the value of and embracing cross‑functional collaboration in a rapidly scaling environment
• Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and turn your hand to wherever your support is needed
• Embodiment of our core values: speed, soundness and simplicity

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Legal

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