Commercial Legal Counsel
Job details
Reporting directly to the Head of Legal - US of a rapidly growing international SaaS platform, the Legal Counsel will handle a wide range of high-volume SaaS, licensing, software and commercial agreements. The ideal candidate will have experience in-house at a B2B SaaS client. This role is hybrid and 3 days per week in New York City. Client Details SaaS platform. Description The Legal Counsel will report to the Head of Legal for the US and will join a growing legal team. As a Legal Counsel, you will serve as a legal point of contact and provide legal support to our teams in the US. Your responsibilities will include:
- Partner with and provide legal advice to internal clients, including sales, procurement and customer success
- Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, data processing addendums, business associate addendums, platform integration, and partnership agreements
- Work closely with the Head of Legal and other attorneys on the legal team to meet deadlines and collaborate on projects
- Manage a high volume of deals and support colleagues in the US and internationally
- Keep up to date on legal developments that affect the tech industry and support future initiatives accordingly
- JD from a US ABA-accredited law school
- Admission to NY State Bar
- 4-8 years of experience dealing with SaaS, SLAs, DPAs, change orders, licensing agreements in-house, ideally at a B2B SaaS company with privacy experience
- Must have experience partnering directly with clients on a daily basis
- Ability to provide clear and pragmatic legal advice to business people
- Ability to handle a high volume of contracts, managing tight deadlines
- Team player with excellent communication skills
- Must be able to work autonomously
- Brand new office space
- Hybrid 3 days in office
- Competitive base salary: $185,000-$200,000
- Bonus
- Great benefits
- Catered breakfasts
- FSA
- Ability to grow with a legal team
- Mentorship opportunities
- Please note that remote working and visa sponsorship are not available for this role
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