Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join AlphaSense's growing legal team as a Commercial Counsel, based in London or remotely within the UK. You will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, focusing on revenue-generating agreements with customers. This role involves advising on global privacy and data protection, developing privacy compliance functions, and collaborating with various teams to support AlphaSense's high-growth goals. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified lawyer with 4+ years of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial software and technology agreements. You will be a key player in ensuring AlphaSense's continued success in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer and admitted to practice law in the U.K
• Minimum of 4+ years’ experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial software and technology subscription agreements and either in-house or with a nationally recognized law firm (or a combination of the two)
• Proven second nature ability to review and negotiate commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs; etc
• Superior business acumen with an unrivaled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive client service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business-friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk
• Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humor; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner
• Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds

Responsibilities

• Draft and review data privacy agreements, addenda, and amendments
• Advise on global privacy and data protection requirements, including the GDPR, U.S. state privacy laws such as the CCPA, and other global privacy laws and regulations
• Draft and review the company’s commercial contracts and provide general transactional support across the organization with a heavy emphasis on sales
• Remain informed of the shifting legal landscape relating to applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact commercial agreements
• Help create and enhance playbooks, particularly concerning privacy and data protection, to establish company parameters to scale the legal function as the company grows
• Work effectively in a dynamic environment across different functional groups and time zones
• Provide legal and strategic business advice to ensure agreements are consistent with playbooks, internal policies, and processes
• Support the AlphaSense legal team on corporate and general legal matters as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with contract management systems, information security, intellectual property, and/or financial services is a plus