Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial - (Remote)
$143,500–$239,500 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of customer-facing technology and commercial transactions, including SaaS subscriptions, strategic partnerships, and data use agreements. Drive significant transaction volume from inception to completion while developing agreement templates and form contracts. Identify, anticipate, and communicate legal and business risks to internal stakeholders, providing actionable assessments tailored to executive leadership. Analyze complex issues related to technology development, content licensing, and software integrations. Assist with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions as required. This role reports to the Head of Commercial Legal and involves mentoring other positions in the department.
Required Qualifications
- JD from a top tier law school
- Licensed and in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. state
- 5+ years of experience at a top tier or Am Law 100 law firm or in-house in a sophisticated commercial environment
- The ideal candidate will have a combination of both law firm and in-house experience with a minimum of 3+ years spent at a top tier or Am Law 100 law firm
- Substantial experience in counseling companies on technology services arrangements and core contractual terms, and the ability to assess impact of those terms to the company's business arrangements
- Ability to clearly and concisely draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, with minimal supervision
- Solid ability to balance risks and opportunities, analyze and resolve challenging legal issues including thinking creatively to enable the business to accomplish its goals, and communicate sound, clear, practical and concise advice in a fast-paced business setting
- Proactive with deadlines with ability to prioritize conflicting demands
- Team player with outstanding professionalism, poise, judgment and ability to reliably multi-task and manage numerous projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, with a positive attitude
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer
- This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department
- Ability to sit and/or stand at a desk and work with a computer for extended periods of time
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, tools, and to handle other computer components
- Regular and predictable attendance required
- It is essential that applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in strictest confidence
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with product counseling, intellectual property and/or navigating privacy and regulatory issues is particularly desirable
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