Senior Commercial Counsel

EMEA | Remote•EU | Remote

Remote

Senior

Full Time

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Requirements

•JD, LLM, or equivalent law degree/qualification from an accredited institution
•5–12 years of experience in legal practice, in-house, at a firm, or both
•Demonstrated strength in commercial transactions internationally, particularly across UK/EU and APAC markets
•Fluency in IP, privacy, data security, and data licensing issues
•Practical experience with data protection regimes and structuring cross-border transfer mechanisms
•Comfortable giving clear and actionable advice in legal grey areas
•Exceptional writing skills—precise, plain, and compelling

•Structure, negotiate, and close enterprise sales and partnership agreements, along with supporting a range of other commercial deals (including vendor and services agreements, data licenses, and marketing arrangements)
•Serve as a trusted partner to sales and business development teams
•Bring customer empathy to negotiations to craft agreements that close faster and hold up longer
•Design and implement scalable legal processes, standardizing deal terms, building templates, and streamlining agreement signing
•Provide clear, practical guidance on privacy, intellectual property, data security, and AI-specific legal issues
•Navigate cross-border commercial and regulatory issues across UK/EU and APAC and structure appropriate data transfer mechanisms
•Stay ahead of evolving legal landscape for AI technologies and translate developments into actionable guidance
•Handle a broad range of legal issues typical of a fast-growing startup

•Experience helping a high-growth startup scale its sales motion and build legal infrastructure
•Hands-on experience with commercial and legal issues in the AI space
•Prior experience supporting a U.S.-headquartered company’s commercial expansion into the UK/EU and/or APAC