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CognitionCognitionNew York, NY

Commercial Counsel - US

Manage high-volume negotiations of AI SaaS licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements for US enterprise deals. Provide legal guidance to GTM, technical, and operational teams while balancing risk and ensuring swift closures. Requires 7+ years in commercial contracts.

Salary not listed
On-site7+ YOELegal

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Focus on Enterprise (US) deals and contract work
  • 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 national and international requirements and parlaying that to the technical and operational team
  • Engage with enterprise-level counsel, ensuring swift and fair deal closures

Requirements

  • 7+ years experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
  • Experience with high-velocity, high-growth tech company preferred
  • Diverse body of work, including inbound and outbound contracts

Skills

Contract NegotiationSaas AgreementsLicensing AgreementsNdasCommercial ContractsRisk AssessmentEnterprise DealsLegal GuidanceContract Compliance

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