Hybrid Commercial Counsel

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About the role

  • Commercial Counsel legal role at Zip, supporting EMEA revenue teams and negotiating commercial contracts. Engaging cross-functional teams and ensuring compliance while driving revenue growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead negotiation and drafting of a high volume of commercial agreements, with primary focus on:
  • SaaS agreements
  • MSAs
  • Order forms
  • DPAs
  • NDAs
  • Partner and reseller agreements
  • Vendor and procurement-related contracts, as needed
  • Serve as a trusted legal partner to Sales, Revenue, Partnerships, Procurement, Security, Product, and other cross-functional teams
  • Advise internal stakeholders on legal and commercial risk in a practical, business-forward way
  • Help structure positions that support revenue goals while keeping risk at an acceptable level
  • Build and refine playbooks, fallback language, approval paths, and other tools that shorten deal cycles
  • Identify repeat friction points in the contracting process and design scalable solutions to address them
  • Support privacy and data protection reviews, especially in connection with customer and vendor contracts
  • Partner with internal teams on product, security, and compliance questions that arise during commercial negotiations
  • Help improve legal team workflows through automation, contract lifecycle tools, AI, and other technology
  • Contribute to the development of a fast, pragmatic, high-trust legal function that is known for enabling the business

Requirements

  • 6 to 8+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably with a mix of in-house and top law firm experience
  • Significant experience negotiating and closing customer-facing commercial contracts, especially complex SaaS and enterprise agreements
  • Strong judgment on how to balance legal risk, commercial priorities, and speed
  • Ability to give clear, concise advice that helps the business make decisions quickly
  • Comfort working independently in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities
  • Strong drafting skills and attention to detail, without over-lawyering routine issues
  • A systems-oriented mindset, someone who looks for ways to make legal support more scalable and effective
  • Genuine interest in legal technology, workflow design, and practical uses of AI in legal and commercial work
  • Confidence working cross-functionally with commercial, operational, technical, and compliance stakeholders
  • Qualification to practice law in the UK or another common law jurisdiction preferred, depending on overall experience and fit
  • Experience with data privacy and data protection issues, including GDPR and related contracting questions (nice to have)
  • Experience supporting procurement, vendor contracting, or supply chain matters (nice to have)
  • Familiarity with product counseling, technology transactions, and security review processes (nice to have)
  • Experience building contract templates, negotiation playbooks, intake systems, or self-service legal tools (nice to have)
  • Prior experience in a high-growth SaaS or enterprise software company (nice to have)
  • Experience supporting international business teams across multiple jurisdictions (nice to have)

Benefits

  • Start-up equity
  • Health, vision & dental coverage
  • Flexible PTO
  • Apple equipment plus home office budget

Job title

Commercial Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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