# Senior Commercial Counsel

**Company:** [Deepgram](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/deepgram)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Commercial Transactions, Enterprise Sales, Partnership Agreements, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Data Security, Data Licensing, Data Protection, Standard Contractual Clauses, Adequacy Decisions, Binding Corporate Rules, Artificial Intelligence, Cross-Border Transfers, Legal Writing
**Posted:** 2026-09-09

> Senior commercial counsel will negotiate strategic transactions and advise sales and business development while building scalable legal infrastructure. The role requires 5+ years of legal experience, international commercial expertise across UK/EU and APAC, and knowledge of privacy, IP, data security, and AI issues.

## Job Description

## 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.

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