Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Tech & Deals - REMOTE London​/Amsterdam - PQE - Tech giant

Senior Legal Counsel
- Commercial Tech & Deals - REMOTE London/Amsterdam - 8-10 PQE
- Tech giant

Location:
Remote, Europe / Hybrid
- London/Amsterdam

Sector: Global Technology / IT Services

Experience: 12+ years PQE

We are partnering with a leading global technology organisation to appoint a Senior Commercial Counsel to support its growing Services & Solutions business across Europe and the Middle East & Africa.

This is a highly commercial, customer-facing legal role supporting complex technology and services transactions, including Device-as-a-Service (DaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Managed Services and industry-specific solutions
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The successful candidate will work closely with sales, commercial, finance, delivery and legal teams to help structure, negotiate and close sophisticated, multi-country transactions while providing pragmatic advice on legal and commercial risk.

You will act as a key legal partner to the Services & Solutions business, taking ownership of the legal workstream across complex transactions from initial negotiation through to contract execution.

• Lead the legal workstream for complex, multi-country services and solutions transactions, supporting negotiations and driving resolution of contractual issues through to execution.
• Work directly with customers and counter parties in negotiations, building trusted and commercially constructive relationships.
• Partner closely with sales and commercial teams to structure and close large, strategic transactions.
• Advise the business on existing contractual commitments and support the development and launch of new services, software and technology solutions.
• Provide pragmatic advice on a broad range of commercial, regulatory and contractual issues.
• Work collaboratively with lawyers, subject matter experts and business stakeholders across multiple international regions.
• Develop and maintain practical playbooks, templates and contracting tools to support the Services & Solutions business.
• Support the creation of standard contractual frameworks for emerging services and commercial models.
• Identify when specialist legal input is required and coordinate with internal subject matter experts and external counsel.
• Ensure transactions align with contracting policies, risk frameworks, AI governance and other relevant corporate governance requirements.
• Provide clear visibility to legal and business leadership on deal status, key risks, escalation points and potential solutions.
• Help the business find commercially viable solutions to contractual issues while maintaining appropriate legal and risk protections.

We are looking for a senior commercial lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and is comfortable operating in a deal-driven, fast-moving environment
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• A J.D. or equivalent legal qualification.
• 12+ years' experience negotiating complex, multi-country technology, IT or telecommunications services contracts.
• Significant experience with enterprise technology, managed services or other complex services agreements.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate legal risk into clear, practical commercial advice.
• Experience partnering closely with sales and commercial teams in a transaction-focused environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of the key drivers of profitability and deal execution.
• Excellent judgement, particularly around prioritising legal risk and finding pragmatic solutions.
• Experience working within large, global organisations with multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Confidence representing the legal function directly with customers and third parties.

Experience in one or more of the…