Commercial Counsel, EMEA

Rogo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Rogo is looking for a Commercial Counsel to partner with the Head of Legal and scale the company’s contracting function. This role is high-impact, requiring an attorney who can operate independently and build scalable legal infrastructure to support rapid growth.

You will lead negotiations, manage data licensing, and collaborate with Sales, Product, Security and Operations to ensure business-aligned agreements and efficient workflows.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
• JD from a top law school with 3–6 years of legal experience, preferably in tech transactions, IP or emerging companies.
• Demonstrated experience closing commercial agreements independently; knowledge of IP licensing, privacy and data-use rights.
• Experience implementing and managing legal tech tools; ability to build scalable systems from scratch.
• Genuine interest in technology, software and finance; strong commercial judgment.

Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders on legal issues and concepts.
• Lead end-to-end negotiations of high-value MSAs and other commercial agreements with major banks and financial institutions.
• Own negotiations with data and content providers, including data-licensing and partnership agreements.
• Partner with Sales, Product, Security and Operations to structure business-aligned agreements and translate concepts into guidance.
• Implement and manage Rogo’s commercial contracting infrastructure: design templates, playbooks and workflows.
• Collaborate with Head of Legal on high-impact strategic initiatives.

Skills

Licensed to practice law

3–6 years experience

Commercial agreements experience

IP licensing knowledge

Privacy & data-use rights

AI familiarity

Legal tech tools

Commercial judgment

Startup environment experience

Education

JD from a top law school

Tools

Contract management tools

Data licensing platforms

Job description

Why Rogo

Our mission is to transform global finance by empowering professionals at the world's top investment banks, private equity funds, and investment firms with AI that delivers unparalleled speed, accuracy, and insight. We're not just improving financial workflows; we're redefining them.

This is a unique opportunity to join a generational company driving transformation in one of the most important industries in the world. With a rapidly growing, global client base, proven product-market fit, and backing from world-class investors, we are scaling quickly and defining a new category of enterprise AI.

Our team is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to Rogo’s mission. We take ownership of complex problems and stay relentlessly focused on our users. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, demand excellence, and want to help build the future of finance, we invite you to join us.

The Role

Rogo is hiring a Commercial Counsel to partner with our Head of Legal and scale the company’s contracting function. This is a high‑impact role for a business‑minded attorney who’s able to work independently and build the legal infrastructure that enables Rogo to scale with speed and consistency.

What You’ll Do

• Advise stakeholders on legal issues and concepts.

• Lead end-to-end negotiations of high‑value MSAs and other commercial agreements with major banks and financial institutions.

• Own negotiations with data and content providers, including data‑licensing and partnership agreements.

• Partner closely with the Sales, Product, Security and Operations teams to structure business‑aligned agreements and translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance.

• Implement and manage Rogo’s commercial contracting infrastructure: operationalize legal tech tools to increase efficiency and design negotiation templates, playbooks and approval workflows.

• Partner with the Head of Legal on high‑impact strategic initiatives.

What You’ll Need

• Must be licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.

• A JD from a top law school and 3-6 years of legal experience, with a strong preference for top‑tier law firm training in a technology transactions, IP or emerging companies practice group and/or in‑house experience at a high‑growth SaaS, data or AI company.

• Demonstrated experience owning and closing commercial agreements independently and strong working knowledge of IP licensing, privacy, data‑use rights and AI.

• Prior experience implementing and managing legal tech tools and enthusiasm about building scalable systems and processes from scratch.

• Genuine interest in new technologies, software and finance.

• Sound commercial judgment and comfort making decisions in a fast‑moving start‑up environment.

Who You Are

• You thrive in fast‑paced environments. You are high‑intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup.

• You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.

• You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance.

• You are an owner. You are autonomous, self‑directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity.

• You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind.

Who You Are

• You thrive in fast‑paced environments. You are high‑intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup.

• You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.

• You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance.

• You are an owner. You are autonomous, self‑directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity.

• You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind.

Why Join Rogo?

• Up and to the right: Rogo has strong product adoption with the world's leading financial institutions, and we are still early. The upside is enormous.

• Extraordinary team: we take talent density seriously. You'll do the best work of your career alongside some of the sharpest people in AI and finance.

• A one-of-one problem: bringing AI to the core of how Wall Street works is one of the most ambitious, technically demanding, and consequential problems today. There is nowhere else you can work on it at this scale.

• Real ownership: You'll own real surface area and watch the world's most sophisticated users rely on your work.

• Always at the frontier: we work at the edge of what the best models can do and turn it into products people trust. If you're obsessed with AI, this is where it's happening.