Corporate Counsel (EMEA)

QAD

22h • Remote

About The Position

The Corporate Counsel (EMEA) is a key member and proactive legal leader within QAD's Legal team, driving commercial transactions across EMEA and globally. The role serves as the Legal frontline for complex customer-facing transactions and provides practical, business-oriented guidance to fast-moving sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

The position also helps establish QAD's global Legal Operations Center and expand AI-powered workflow efficiencies. This includes improving legal templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and internal workflows using AI and legal technology, while monitoring AI and data privacy regulations and adapting commercial terms as regulations and product offerings evolve. The role supports a high-volume commercial contracting workload, covers EMEA matters, and provides coverage for time-sensitive U.S.-based legal matters during EMEA business hours.

Requirements

• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification from a recognized jurisdiction.
• Admission to practice in at least one relevant EMEA jurisdiction.
• At least 7 years of experience supporting sales in-house at a high-growth U.S. multinational software or SaaS company.
• Proven experience supporting fast-moving software sales teams and negotiating complex SaaS, cloud services, and technology transactions under tight deadlines.
• Hands-on experience using legal AI platforms and legal technology to optimize contract review cycles, playbook development, and Legal Department operational efficiency.
• Strong working experience with data protection laws, including GDPR, and demonstrated working knowledge of emerging AI frameworks such as the EU AI Act.
• A solutions-oriented, startup-minded approach and ability to establish policies and processes from scratch within a global organization.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice To Haves

• Additional EMEA language capability, such as German, French, or Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS master agreements, professional services terms, Data Processing Agreements, and other customer-facing commercial documents.
• Provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal guidance and sound judgment to sales teams.
• Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, InfoSec, Privacy, and Professional Services to align stakeholders and solve complex legal and business problems.
• Balance commercial objectives with legal risk using a collaborative, business-enabling approach.
• Help establish QAD’s global Legal Operations Center.
• Identify opportunities to build, modernize, and refine legal templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and internal workflows using AI and legal technology platforms.
• Monitor current and emerging AI and data privacy regulations, including the EU AI Act and GDPR, and adapt commercial positions and customer-facing terms as needed.
• Proactively own a high-volume commercial contracting workload, cover EMEA matters, and support time-sensitive U.S.-based legal matters during EMEA business hours.

What This Job Offers

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