REMOTE, Senior Commercial Counsel EMEA, AI,Cloud – UK BASED

Kingsley Green Recruitment; West Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and services organisation is seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel to join their team. This remote role involves negotiating high-value cloud and infrastructure agreements, managing contract teams, and providing legal guidance to stakeholders across EMEA. Candidates should have a strong background in commercial contracts and proven negotiation skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a top-tier legal environment with flexibility in work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in large-scale outsourcing and managed services transactions.
• Strong understanding of financing mechanisms for technology deals.
• Skilled negotiator with experience in high-value, complex contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead on large-scale outsourcing and managed services deals.
• Provide legally focused guidance to stakeholders.
• Manage and develop contract managers, ensuring collaboration.

Skills

Commercial contracting skills

Strong negotiation skills

Collaboration and team management

Legal risk management

Education

Qualified commercial contracts lawyer

Job description

Overview

REMOTE, Senior Commercial Counsel EMEA, AI, Cloud – UK Based. We’re seeking a senior deals/commercial Counsel to join a leading technology and services organisation. The role requires a rare blend of deep infrastructure expertise and strong commercial contracting skills, ideally complemented by financial services knowledge.

This UK-based remote opportunity is with a top-tier legal team that embraces remote work with occasional UK meet-ups.

The Role

This role involves negotiating and structuring high-value outsourcing, managed services, and cloud infrastructure agreements (often exceeding £150m) with leading global consultancies and technology providers. It combines servers, data centres, hyper-cloud, and storage expertise with understanding financing aspects of large-scale hardware/software deals.

You’ll play a key role in new service development, providing commercial and contractual support from concept through execution. Leadership is central: you’ll manage and develop contract managers, ensure collaboration across regions, and act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, maintaining visibility and inclusivity across the team.

The focus is primarily EMEA (with some APAC exposure); strong technical contract knowledge and the ability to navigate complex financial structures underpinning major technology transactions are required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on large-scale outsourcing, managed services, and infrastructure deals (£150m+)
• Advise on hardware/software sales and financing structures
• Partner with business leaders on new service development and delivery models
• Provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal guidance to senior stakeholders
• Manage and develop contract managers, fostering visibility and collaboration
• Support cross-border transactions, primarily across EMEA with some APAC involvement

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified commercial contracts lawyer with strong infrastructure and cloud background, based in the UK
• Proven experience in large-scale outsourcing and managed services transactions
• Strong understanding of financing mechanisms for technology deals (bonus)
• Skilled negotiator with experience in high-value, complex contracts
• Collaborative leader with experience managing and developing teams
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial goals

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal