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HarveyHarveyChicago, IL

Senior Commercial Counsel

Senior Commercial Counsel responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex AI SaaS, technology, and IP agreements while supporting sales and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced startup environment. Requires 10+ years transactional legal experience, law degree, and bar admission (able to practice in IL).

210k – 265k/yr
Hybrid10+ YOELegal

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial AI SaaS contracts and other technology and AI-related agreements.
  • Provide training and develop resources in support of our sales and other cross-functional teams.
  • Interface with go-to-market, business, and cross-functional teams (including Engineering, Product, and Security) to ensure fast, efficient execution of agreements with customers.
  • Opportunity to broaden scope to other aspects of legal work supporting the company.

Requirements

  • Law degree from an accredited law school.
  • Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction; able to practice in Illinois.
  • 10+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience.
  • Transactional background with strong experience in complex SaaS, technology, and/or IP licensing and commercial agreements.
  • Ability to think creatively, function independently, and work proactively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges.
  • Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude.
  • Strong project management skills.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with AI.
  • Experience supporting Go-To-Market/Sales teams.
  • Love for solving hard problems with a small tight-knit team.

Skills

Contract NegotiationSaas AgreementsTechnology AgreementsIp LicensingCommercial AgreementsAi ContractsLegal TrainingProject Management

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