Corporate Counsel (EMEA)

Overview

This role supports the Legal team by driving commercial transactions across the EMEA region and globally. The position is solutions-minded and collaborative, serving as a legal frontline for complex, customer-facing transactions and helping establish AI-powered workflow efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial transactions: Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS master agreements, professional services terms, Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), and customer-facing commercial documents. Provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal guidance to fast-moving sales teams.
• Align stakeholders: Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, InfoSec, Privacy, and Professional Services to solve complex legal and business problems while balancing commercial objectives with legal risk.
• Build legal operations and AI frameworks: Help establish the organization’s global Legal Operations Center. Identify opportunities to build, modernize, and refine legal templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and internal workflows using AI and legal technology platforms.
• Lead AI and regulatory initiatives: Monitor current and emerging AI and data privacy regulations, including the EU AI Act and GDPR. Adapt commercial positions and customer-facing terms as regulatory environments and product offerings evolve.
• Provide global and cross-functional support: Support a high-volume commercial contracting workload with proactive ownership, including coverage for EMEA matters and time-sensitive U.S.-based legal matters during EMEA business hours.

Requirements

• Education & qualification: Law degree or equivalent legal qualification from a recognized jurisdiction; admitted to practice in at least one relevant EMEA jurisdiction.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years supporting sales in-house at a high-growth U.S. multinational software/SaaS company.
• Deal execution: Proven experience supporting fast-moving software sales teams and negotiating complex SaaS, cloud services, and technology transactions under tight deadlines.
• Legal operations & AI technology: Hands-on experience using legal AI platforms and legal technology to optimize contract review cycles, playbook development, and Legal Department operational efficiency.
• Regulatory knowledge: Strong working experience with data protection laws (GDPR) and demonstrated working knowledge of emerging AI frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act).
• Mindset: Startup mentality with a solutions-oriented approach—able to build and establish policies and processes from scratch within a global organization.
• Languages: Fluent written and spoken English required. Additional EMEA language capability preferred (German, French, or Spanish).

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

• United Kingdom – Remote Office

Employment Details

• Time type: Full Time
• Department: Legal

Equal Opportunity Employer

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.