Senior Commercial Counsel

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate, and close enterprise sales, partnership, vendor, services, data license, and marketing agreements.
• Advise sales and business development teams on commercial transactions.
• Design scalable legal processes, including standardized deal terms, templates, and streamlined contracting workflows.
• Provide practical guidance on privacy, intellectual property, data security, data licensing, and AI-related legal issues.
• Navigate cross-border commercial and regulatory matters across the UK/EU and APAC.
• Structure data transfer mechanisms, including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), adequacy decisions, and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs).
• Monitor the evolving legal landscape for AI technologies and translate developments into actionable guidance.
• Support the broad range of legal issues associated with a fast-growing startup.

Requirements

• JD, LLM, or equivalent law degree or qualification from an accredited institution.
• 5–12 years of legal practice experience or more, in-house, at a law firm, or both.
• Demonstrated strength in international commercial transactions, particularly across UK/EU and APAC markets.
• Experience with enterprise deals, partnerships, and other strategic relationships.
• Depth of experience in at least some of intellectual property, privacy, data security, and data licensing, with willingness to develop in the remaining areas.
• Practical experience with relevant data protection regimes and cross-border transfer mechanisms.
• Ability to provide clear, actionable advice in ambiguous situations.
• Exceptional precise, plain, and compelling writing.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience helping a high-growth startup scale its sales motion and build legal infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with commercial and legal issues in the AI sector.
• Experience supporting a US-headquartered company’s commercial expansion into the UK/EU or APAC.