Commercial Counsel
About The Position
As Commercial Counsel for EMEA, you will sit at the centre of a fast-moving commercial legal function, managing a high-volume workflow of complex negotiations across AI SaaS licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements. You will be the primary legal voice in enterprise-level deals, balancing risk and reward with pragmatism and speed, and ensuring closures that are both fair and commercially sound. This role carries real weight. You will serve as the connective tissue between EMEA markets and a US-based technical and operational team, translating local legal and regulatory requirements into guidance that non-legal stakeholders can act on. That means deep fluency in GDPR, the EU AI Act, DORA, and the broader compliance landscape across the region, and the confidence to advise clearly under pressure. Beyond day-to-day deal work, you will play a meaningful part in the company's regional expansion, working cross-functionally to establish and launch new markets across EMEA. If you want a legal role with genuine strategic scope, this is it.
Requirements
- 7+ years experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including international trans-national commercial arrangements
- Transnational body of work, including Europe, Middle East, and Asia/South Asia
- Must have experience working from local market for US-based company
Nice To Haves
- Experience with high-velocity tech company preferred
- Bonus if experience includes launching new markets in EU/MENA localities
Responsibilities
- Lead responsibility for all GTM deals and contract work out of EU and MENA
- Manage GDPR compliance and DPAs
- Manage local regulatory compliance (DORA, EU AI Act, EU Data Act, etc.)
- Manage a high-volume workflow, redlining and negotiating key legal documents, including Licensing, SaaS agreements, and NDAs
- Provide crucial legal guidance, balancing risk/reward, with an understanding of local requirements and parlaying that to a US-based technical and operational team
- Engage with enterprise-level counsel, ensuring swift and fair deal closures
- Advise on compliance with local regulations, including GDPR, EU AI Act, and DORA
- Work collaboratively across teams to establish and launch new markets in EMEA, including providing regulatory and compliance guidance for operating in new regions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
