Legal Counsel

Commvault; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Commvault is seeking a self-driven Corporate Counsel to support its EMEA operations from the UK or France, with remote work flexibility. You will negotiate software license agreements, SaaS contracts, and data privacy provisions, while guiding deal teams and ensuring governance.

This role targets 3–5 years of international in-house experience and a business-friendly, proactive approach. The successful candidate will collaborate across Legal, Finance, and Deal Desk, advise on regulatory matters,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of post-educational professional experience in a similar contract/legal role in an international in-house environment.
• Legal or commercial degree as educational background.
• Excellent negotiation skills with emphasis on software licensing and SaaS contracts.
• Team player with strong client management skills in a fast-paced, client-facing role.
• Able to communicate at all company levels.
• Self-motivated with ability to work remotely with limited supervision.
• Pro-active communicator with problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day Contracts partner and liaison to the business with focus on EMEA region sales teams and professional service teams.
• Review and negotiate software license agreements, SaaS contracts, service provider agreements, and support service agreements based on templates.
• Review and provide counsel on data privacy, cybersecurity and sovereignty laws and related legislation.
• Provide training on standard agreements to the sales community.
• Support the Deal Desk -/ Bid Desk Team with tender offers and special licensing provisions.
• Collaborate across Legal, Finance, Deal Desk and other internal teams.
• Support the Professional Service Team with SoW and other service-related agreements.
• Assist with Corporate Governance in EMEA and APAC regions.

Skills

Contract negotiation

SaaS contracts

Data privacy

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Law degree

Job description

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) delivers continuous recovery for the AI era. We help organizations stay ready for constant disruption by returning critical data, applications, identities, and AI systems to a clean, trusted state. Our purpose-built recovery solutions span cloud-native and hybrid environments, leveraging AI to enable resilience at enterprise scale.

Commvault is looking for a self-driven individual with a solution-oriented mind set to join its legal department in UK or France as Corporate Counsel to support business growth.

What to know:

• Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
• We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.
• Commvault recruiters may contact prospective candidates through LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms regarding career opportunities. If you are unsure whether a recruiting communication is legitimate, review the profile to ensure they have a badge verifying them as a Commvault employee.

Position Responsibilities:

• Serve as “day to day” Contracts partner and liaison to the business with focus on EMEA region sales teams and the professional service teams.
• Review and negotiate software license agreements, SaaS contracts, service provider agreements, support service agreements based on Commvault’s standard templates and customer contract templates.
• Review and give counsel on data privacy, cybersecurity and sovereignty laws and other data related legislation as necessary.
• Provide training on Commvault’s standard agreements to the sales community.
• Supporting the Deal Desk -/ Bid Desk Team e.g., with tender offers and special licensing provisions.
• Collaborate with and facilitate cross team decision making among the Legal team, Finance team, Deal Desk team and other internal teams.
• Supporting the Professional Service Team with SoW and other service-related agreements.
• Assist with Corporate Governance in EMEA and APAC region.

Position Requirements:

• At least 3 to 5 years of post-educational professional experience in a similar Contract/Legal professional role within an international commercial in-house environment.
• Legal or commercial degree as educational background.
• Excellent negotiation skills, with emphasis on software licensing and SaaS contracts.
• Team player with good client management skills and a track record of success operating in a fast-paced environment and client facing role.
• Be comfortable to communicate on all company levels.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work remotely under limited supervision.
• Pro-active communicator with problem solving mindset.

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