Senior Legal Counsel, Contracts
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Legal Counsel to support global sales with commercial contract negotiations and risk management.
- •We are seeking a commercially minded Senior Legal Counsel to join our growing legal team and support the company's global sales organisation.
- •This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong partnership with Sales and other business stakeholders, providing pragmatic legal advice while ensuring that legal, regulatory and commercial risks are appropriately identified, assessed and managed.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead the review, drafting and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, BaaS, software, professional services, channel (including aggregator, reseller and GSI relationships) and NDAs.
- •Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice to Sales and business stakeholders, supporting negotiations through clear, pragmatic guidance while identifying, communicating and managing material legal, regulatory, privacy and commercial risks.
- •Develop practical and defensible solutions to complex contractual and commercial issues, applying sound judgement to balance risk, identify appropriate mitigations and determine when escalation is required.
- •Support the development and continuous improvement of contract templates, negotiation playbooks and legal processes.
- •Requirements Qualified lawyer with significant (10-15+ years) post-qualification experience gained in a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department but including significant in-house experience.
- •Strong commercial contracts background, ideally within a software, SaaS, cloud technology or broader technology company.
- •Excellent drafting, contract review and negotiation skills.
- •Extensive experience negotiating complex customer and partner agreements.
- •Experience advising on privacy and data protection issues arising in commercial technology transactions.
Required skills
Domain expertise
Benefits & perks
25 paid vacation days, 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care, 24 paid volunteer hours annually, Private medical, dental, and vision insurance with dependent enrolment, Life insurance with enhanced coverage and global 24/7 protection, Income protection after 26 weeks, Defined contribution pension plan with employer match, Worldwide travel insurance for business and leisure, Employee Assistance Program with therapy, legal, and financial support, online GP services, wellbeing programs, Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning