Senior Commercial Counsel - Tech & Services Deals (Remote)

Kingsley Green Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingsley Green Recruitment is partnering with a leading global technology organisation to appoint a Senior Commercial Counsel to support its Services & Solutions business across Europe and the Middle East & Africa. The role involves advising on complex, multi-country technology contracts and leading negotiations with customers.

You will work closely with sales, commercial, finance, delivery and legal teams to structure, negotiate and close sophisticated transactions while ensuring risk is

Qualifications

• 12+ years' experience negotiating complex, multi-country technology, IT or telecommunications services contracts.
• Significant experience with enterprise technology, managed services or other complex services agreements.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate legal risk into clear, practical commercial advice.
• Experience partnering closely with sales and commercial teams in a transaction-focused environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of profitability drivers and deal execution.
• Excellent judgement prioritising legal risk and pragmatic solutions.
• Experience working within large, global organisations with multiple stakeholders.
• Confidence representing the legal function directly with customers and third parties.

Responsibilities

• Lead the legal workstream for complex, multi-country services and solutions transactions, supporting negotiations and driving resolution of contractual issues through to execution.
• Work directly with customers and counterparties in negotiations, building trusted and commercially constructive relationships.
• Partner closely with sales and commercial teams to structure and close large, strategic transactions.
• Advise the business on existing contractual commitments and support the development and launch of new services, software and technology solutions.
• Provide pragmatic advice on a broad range of commercial, regulatory and contractual issues.
• Work collaboratively with lawyers, subject matter experts and business stakeholders across multiple international regions.
• Develop and maintain practical playbooks, templates and contracting tools to support the Services & Solutions business.
• Support the creation of standard contractual frameworks for emerging services and commercial models.
• Identify when specialist legal input is required and coordinate with internal subject matter experts and external counsel.
• Ensure transactions align with contracting policies, risk frameworks, AI governance and other relevant corporate governance requirements.
• Provide clear visibility to legal and business leadership on deal status, key risks, escalation points and potential solutions.
• Help the business find commercially viable solutions to contractual issues while maintaining appropriate legal and risk protections.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Contract drafting

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Multi-country transactions

Legal advisory

Job description

Kingsley Green Recruitment is partnering with a leading global technology organisation to appoint a Senior Commercial Counsel to support its Services & Solutions business across Europe and the Middle East & Africa. The role involves advising on complex, multi-country technology contracts and leading negotiations with customers.

You will work closely with sales, commercial, finance, delivery and legal teams to structure, negotiate and close sophisticated transactions while ensuring risk is