Commercial Counsel, APAC

Cloudflare • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Cloudflare's business pushes the boundaries of what the Internet can do, and our customers expect no less. We need a world-class commercial legal team to meet the needs of our business. Our team is composed of accomplished lawyers and staff who bring their unique expertise and backgrounds to a global team. Our work product may often be contracts, but we understand that each contract defines the intangible and clarifies the possible. We believe that doing this with clarity creates strong and elegant agreements that can meet the needs of the business now and as Cloudflare continues to grow. In this role, you’ll be a key member of Cloudflare’s APAC commercial legal team. We are looking for a commercially savvy lawyer who can confidently navigate complex and high value transactions. You will collaborate and work cross-functionally with other internal groups, across the sales, deal desk, finance, privacy, product legal and security compliance teams and be a trusted advisor, accelerating deal velocity while protecting the company’s interests. This is a unique opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment where your legal expertise directly drives business growth. The position is based in Singapore or Sydney and frequent communication with our other offices will be required.

Requirements

• LL.B. or JD degree with strong academic credentials.
• Admitted to practice law in Singapore, UK, US, Australia or Japan.
• At least 4 years relevant experience including a mix of law firm and in-house experience for a technology company (either on secondment or after leaving the law firm).
• At least 2 years of experience working for an internationally recognized law firm.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems and tools, the better to adapt to AI tooling.
• Substantive experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of complex commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements and consulting services statements of work.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate and draft fluently in English.
• Resourceful self-starter with an eye for detail, excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, negotiation, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Good strategic, business sense, and demonstrated negotiation skills with respect to legal issues.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume workloads, multiple stakeholder demands and ever-shifting priorities all while instilling confidence.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Japanese or Mandarin Chinese.
• Solid understanding of local and international privacy and data protection laws.
• Experience using administrative management systems such Salesforce, DocuSign, Ironclad and/or JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of complex commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements and consulting services statements of work.
• Collaborating and working cross-functionally with other internal groups, including sales, deal desk, finance, privacy, product legal, and security compliance teams.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to accelerate deal velocity while protecting the company’s interests.
• Identifying and explaining non-standard terms and associated risks to relevant business stakeholders.
• Interpreting contract requirements, obligations, and risk exposure and advising on the same.

Benefits

• Project Galileo: Equipping journalism and civil society organizations with tools to defend against attacks.
• Athenian Project: Ensuring state and local governments have high-level protection and reliability for free access to election information and voter registration.
• 1.1.1.1: Building a faster, more secure, and privacy-centric public DNS resolver.
• Equal employment opportunity for all people.
• Value in diversity and inclusiveness.
• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior