Commercial Counsel

Overview

A financial infrastructure platform serving millions of businesses worldwide is seeking an exceptional transactional lawyer to join their commercial legal team supporting the fast-growing business in the Americas. This role involves working with a global technology company that builds infrastructure for online commerce, handling billions of transactions annually, and innovating in areas such as cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and agentic commerce.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations for complex and strategic agreements supporting the Americas Sales team.
• Advise on a wide range of commercial and legal issues, including launching new products and supporting international expansions.
• Collaborate closely with Product Legal to bring new products and features to market.
• Contribute to building and scaling the commercial legal infrastructure, including drafting and maintaining agreements and playbooks.
• Lead and participate in projects to improve internal processes and leverage AI tools to optimize workflows and collaboration.
• Partner with global teams across sales, operations, product, tax, risk, and others.
• Drive scaled support and efficiency within the global Commercial Legal team.
• Develop and deliver training and resources to assist the Sales team in selling products.
• Serve as a point of escalation for outside counsel.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in-house or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
• Qualified with good standing membership in at least one US state bar with a JD degree or foreign equivalent.
• Intellectually curious and creative problem solver, comfortable with complex and evolving products and industry.
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and proactive approach.
• Clear and concise communicator, able to explain complex issues in plain terms.
• Natural collaborator capable of guiding cross-functional teams to win-win solutions.
• Familiarity with legal issues and commercial risks related to hosted data and technology services.
• Team player committed to contributing to collective success.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in payment or fintech industries and knowledge of related regulatory issues.
• In-house experience advising high-growth companies.
• Working knowledge of large language model (LLM) tools.
• Experience improving legal processes using AI technology.
• Working knowledge of data protection laws such as CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA.

Location

This role supports the Americas region and involves collaboration with global teams.