Tech Legal Counsel

Overview

Remote role in Europe (ideally Zug or London). Reports to the CEO.

This position owns the organization’s customer and data-related contracts end to end, with a focus on keeping agreements short, clear, and written for business teams.

Responsibilities

• Own customer contracts end to end, including:
  • NDAs
  • Pilot and production agreements
  • Renewals
  • Data processing agreements (DPAs)
  • General terms and conditions (GTCs)
  • R&D agreements
• Draft, negotiate, and close agreements directly, including:
  • Pilots
  • Production agreements
  • Data processing agreements
  • Group agreements and partnerships
• Build and maintain legal frameworks used by go-to-market, including:
  • Contract templates
  • Standard and fallback positions
  • A negotiation playbook
  • A register of commitments and renewal dates
• Own the data and model terms in agreements, ensuring contracts clearly state in plain language:
  • What data is processed
  • What is learned
  • What is kept
  • What the customer owns
• Lead data protection and AI compliance work, including:
  • GDPR
  • The Swiss FADP
  • The EU AI Act
  • US state privacy law
  • International data transfers
• Run security and compliance reviews with enterprise customers in coordination with Engineering, including:
  • Vendor due-diligence pack
  • DPIAs and transfer assessments
  • SOC 2
  • Customer questionnaires
• Partner with the CEO, Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering in the deal process to ensure contracts reflect how the technology actually works while staying short and readable.
• Handle additional legal needs as they arise, including:
  • Corporate and investor documentation for the next round
  • Employment across 10+ countries
  • Intellectual property
  • Judgment on when to involve outside counsel

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with at least 6 years of experience in:
  • M&A, venture, or technology in a top-tier firm
  • Followed by in-house experience at a technology company (ideally as the first lawyer)
• Experience negotiating technology contracts directly with enterprise counsel and closing them, including:
  • Licensing, API, and SaaS agreements
  • Data processing agreements
  • Partnerships
• Strong preference for simple, clear contract drafting (e.g., three-page offers rather than overly long agreements).
• Ability to understand the technology and translate it into contract terms, including:
  • API specifications and data flows
  • What is processed, what is learned, what is owned
  • Performance-related promises
• Strong familiarity with privacy requirements for data-heavy products:
  • GDPR application
  • International transfers
  • What the EU AI Act requires
  • Swiss law governs contracts
• Demonstrated ownership mindset: take the lead on negotiations, determine which risks matter, explain remaining items succinctly for non-lawyers, and close.
• Cross-border experience, including US counterparties or US-law contracts, and drafting/negotiating in English at native level.
• Eligible to work in Europe.

Compensation & Benefits

• Europe-based salary: €100k–€120k gross.
• Full remote flexibility across Europe.

Location

• Remote in Europe (ideally Zug or London).
• Reports to the CEO.

Success Metrics

• After 3 months:

  • Read every signed contract and maintain a register of commitments and renewal dates.
  • Go-to-market frameworks are in place (templates and playbook updated), with Sales closing standard deals without lawyer involvement.
  • Every live customer is on the new contract stack; standard deals can be completed using templates and return signed.
  • Data protection work is handled in-house; the due-diligence pack is current.

• After 12 months:

  • CEO is out of contract negotiations; open deals are led by this role.
  • Every customer is on one contract stack with no legacy terms.
  • Security and privacy reviews pass without friction; the due-diligence pack answers questions before customers ask.