[Remote] Legal Counsel

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LawVu is the leading legal workspace for in-house legal teams, unifying matter, contract, and spend management. They are seeking a Legal Counsel to support commercial contracting, data/privacy matters, and legal operational processes across the business, driving timely and effective legal support for global sales and customer-facing activities.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, and DPAs
• Assist with supplier and customer contracting, working under guidance from senior legal team members
• Ensure agreements align with LawVu’s commercial objectives, product offering, and risk profile
• Take end-to-end ownership of negotiations on enterprise-level customer contracts
• Balance legal risk with commercial outcomes, proposing pragmatic options and trade-offs
• Join customer calls and meetings to support Sales and Customer Success in landing key deals
• Support developing and maintaining negotiation playbooks and fallback positions for key clauses
• Advise on intellectual property ownership and licensing, including software, content, know-how and trade secrets
• Provide guidance on privacy and data protection requirements in a SaaS context, including cross-border data transfers and data processing arrangements
• Own and continuously improve customer-facing templates and online terms
• Draft in plain, modern language that is clear for both internal stakeholders and customers
• Keep templates aligned with product roadmap, security posture, market practice and regulatory changes
• Develop a deep understanding of our SaaS product and emerging technologies provisioned by LawVu
• Manage a high and varied workload, often under time pressure and with competing priorities
• Work autonomously on day-to-day matters, while knowing when to seek input or escalate
• Help refine and streamline ways of working so the legal team can support growth at scale
• Build strong relationships with Sales, Customer Success, Product, Security, Finance and other stakeholders
• Be seen as a problem-solver who helps the business get to 'yes' safely, not a blocker
• Provide concise, solution-oriented advice to non-lawyers, tailored to different audiences
• Exercise sound legal judgement and take clear ownership of issues from start to finish
• Improve and maintain contracting processes and legal operations
• Contribute to broader legal and compliance initiatives, such as policy development, internal training and risk management

Skills

• Qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of PQE in gained in a reputable law firm and in-house environment
• Experience in commercial contracting—preferably involving technology or SaaS—or a strong interest in building capability in this area
• Interest or exposure to privacy/data protection issues
• Experience with in‑house legal operations or contract operations is a plus
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams
• A practical, solutions‑oriented mindset with willingness to learn and grow

Benefits

• Equity participation
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Professional development budget
• Flexible work arrangements
• Leadership coaching

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