Senior Counsel, Commercial

Job Summary

Supporting a global sales organization, the remote Senior Counsel, Commercial will provide pragmatic legal advice, manage complex customer negotiations, and ensure the identification and mitigation of legal and commercial risks while fostering collaboration with various business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with Sales and other stakeholders to support customer and channel transactions
• Lead the review, drafting, and negotiation of a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS and professional services contracts
• Provide practical legal advice to manage material legal, regulatory, and commercial risks during negotiations

Required qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with 10-15+ years of post-qualification experience, including significant in-house experience
• Strong background in commercial contracts, ideally within the software or technology sector
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills with extensive experience in complex agreements
• Demonstrated ability to provide succinct and commercially focused legal advice
• Experience advising on privacy and data protection issues related to commercial technology transactions