Senior Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join Synthesia, a rapidly growing AI video communications company, as a Commercial Counsel. You will be a key member of the legal team, working closely with various departments to support sales, partnerships, and vendor relationships. This role involves drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, advising on legal matters, and developing company knowledge in areas like intellectual property and data protection. You will need significant experience in commercial transactions and in-house legal work, ideally within the tech sector. Synthesia offers a competitive salary, stock options, flexible work arrangements, generous paid time off, and a vibrant company culture.

Requirements

• Completion of a law degree from an accredited institution, and qualified to practice law as an in-house attorney
• 6+ years of post-qualification experience working on different kinds of commercial transactions (e.g., strategic alliance, SaaS, IP licensing, software licensing, product resale, and distribution, working with contractors, outsourcing, facilities, etc.), including with large enterprise companies, companies in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, etc.), government, and edu companies
• Experience working in an in-house legal department, ideally in the tech sector
• Comfortable negotiating data processing agreements, including a working knowledge of GDPR and CCPA as they relate to commercial contracts
• Clean and concise drafting of documents, policies, Slack messages, emails, and other communications in a manner that is digestible for non-lawyers
• Understanding of cloud services, technology, and professional services contracts
• Knowledge of non-legal business processes gained in-house relating to sales operations and revenue recognition
• Experience managing workload on tight timelines with multiple competing demands

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements to support sales, partnerships, and the purchase of software and services from vendors
• Advise on various legal areas, including intellectual property, data privacy, data security, software licensing agreements, and go-to-market strategy
• Provide input on processes, policies, and playbooks to improve team effectiveness and efficiency
• Provide effective advice by staying updated on relevant laws, regulations, and developments
• Develop the company’s knowledge in areas of special interest, including intellectual property, data protection, financial services, healthcare, and other regulatory matters
• Operate independently and provide practical, decisive guidance to business teams, balancing business objectives with legal risk

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of the use of training data for building AI models

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + stock options
• Flexible role based either remotely or hybrid from one of our offices in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Zurich, New York, or Munich
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Established company culture with regular socials and company retreats
• Generous referral scheme
• Huge opportunity for a career defining role as we go from a series D scale-up with strong PMF to the next phase of growth