Commercial Contracts Attorney

Latitude Legal Recruitment Limited; California; Remote; USD 160,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing 6–8%

Comprehensive benefits for employee +

Discretionary time away

Paid sick time

Job summary

Latitude Legal is seeking an experienced Privacy & Commercial Contracts Attorney to join a national financial services law firm as outside general counsel to credit unions and financial institutions. This fully remote, full-time role requires West Coast hours and offers a competitive compensation range of $160,000–$275,000 with a profit-sharing plan and comprehensive benefits.

The role emphasizes contract drafting/negotiation with a privacy/data security center, GLBA/CCPA/GDPR knowledge, and the

Qualifications

• Deep experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Privacy and data security terms integrated into vendor contracts.
• Licensed to practice law in any U.S. state; JD required.

Responsibilities

• Draft, redline, and negotiate technology vendor agreements for financial institutions.
• Lead negotiations with sophisticated vendor and fintech legal teams from draft to execution.
• Advise on contract risk allocation: indemnities, liability caps, SLAs, terminations, audits, data use.
• Assess hosted vs on-prem, proprietary vs licensed products, and data flows to reflect business needs.
• Draft data processing addenda, information security exhibits, incident response provisions, and breach language.
• Spot privacy/data security issues (GLBA, CCPA, GDPR, state laws) in commercial contracts.
• Counsel on third-party risk management and regulator-facing considerations.
• Advise on IP ownership/licensing in tech/fintech collaborations.
• Help build the privacy practice while handling a full contract workload.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Privacy & data security

Regulatory awareness

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bar admission in any U.S. state

IAPP CIPP/US certification

Job description

Latitude Legal is seeking an experienced Privacy & Commercial Contracts Attorney with deep contract drafting and negotiation experience to join a nationally recognized financial services law firm that serves as outside general counsel to credit unions and financial institutions across the country. This is a fully remote, full-time direct hire. Candidates may be located anywhere in the U.S., but must be reasonably available during West Coast business hours.

The firm operates differently than a traditional law firm, functioning as embedded outside counsel for its financial services clients. This role is built around the contract itself: drafting, redlining, and negotiating the technology and vendor agreements that drive clients’ operations, with privacy and data security terms at the center of that work. The firm is looking for a contracts practitioner first, someone who reads an agreement closely, understands how the vendor’s product works in the client’s environment, and can distinguish the terms worth fighting for from the operational decisions that can be negotiated to serve the client’s goals. Financial services experience is not required; the firm values proven contract and privacy depth over industry familiarity.

Compensation range: $160,000–$275,000, depending on experience. Benefits include a firm-funded profit sharing plan (the firm contributes 6–8% of compensation with no employee contribution required), fully covered medical, vision, and dental coverage for the employee and their family, life and disability insurance, discretionary time away, and paid sick time.

What You’ll Do Includes

• Draft, redline, and negotiate technology vendor agreements for credit unions and banks (SaaS, hosted platforms, cloud services, licensing, fintech partnerships, payment systems, outsourcing arrangements);
• Serve as the primary negotiator with sophisticated vendor and fintech legal teams, leading deals from first draft through execution;
• Advise clients on contract risk allocation: indemnities, limitation of liability, SLAs, termination rights, audit rights, data use, transition and exit provisions;
• Evaluate how vendor products are structured (hosted vs. on-prem, proprietary vs. licensed, integration points, data flows) and negotiate terms that reflect operational realities and the client’s business objectives;
• Draft and negotiate data processing addenda, information security exhibits, incident response provisions, and breach notification language;
• Issue-spot privacy and data security considerations (GLBA, CCPA, GDPR, and state privacy laws) within commercial agreements;
• Counsel clients on third-party risk management expectations and regulator-facing considerations;
• Advise on IP ownership and licensing in technology and fintech collaborations;
• Take on a growing share of the firm’s privacy work and help build out the privacy practice while carrying a full contract workload.

Who You Are

• Attorney with deep, hands‑on experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating commercial agreements on behalf of clients, with a strong emphasis on vendor and technology services contracts;
• Substantive contract depth matters more than years of experience: candidates with 3+ years of focused, hands‑on contract work will be considered, and the range extends to more senior attorneys;
• Proven privacy and data security experience, including negotiating data protection and security terms within commercial agreements. This experience can come from any industry (healthcare, SaaS, and others are welcome); familiarity with GLBA is a plus, as is an IAPP CIPP/US certification;
• Comfortable independently leading negotiations and making sound, practical judgments about which terms to press and which to concede;
• Commercially minded and comfortable advising business clients in real time;
• Interested in doing both heavy contract work and helping built out a privacy practice;
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or at a bank or credit union is a plus, but not required;
• Available during West Coast business hours and comfortable working fully remotely;
• Licensed to practice law in any U.S. state and in good standing;
• J.D. from an accredited law school;
• Type of Role: Permanent
• Schedule: Full-Time
• Location: Remote (United States)

Compensation

• Pay: The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $275,000, plus applicable bonuses. Pay is based on multiple factors including but not limited to work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand.
• Benefits: In addition to pay, a competitive benefits package is also provided, including a firm-funded profit sharing plan (the firm contributes 6–8% of compensation with no employee contribution required), fully covered medical, vision, and dental coverage for the employee and their family, life and disability insurance, discretionary time away, and paid sick time.

Confidentiality

Latitude will not propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

About Latitude

Latitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. From Fortune Global 100 companies to start‑ups and Global 50 law firms to boutiques, clients turn to us for top‑tier attorneys and other legal professionals.

Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in‑house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions in dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more.

Founded in 2013, Latitude is a Chambers & Partners globally‑ranked flexible legal staffing company.

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Outstanding attorneys and other legal professionals who are seeking contract assignments or consulting/secondment roles choose to work with Latitude because of our competitive compensation and benefits, sophisticated and engaging work, a chance to work with great clients and peers, and a refreshing blend of freedom with self‑designed boundaries. Our own experience as practicing attorneys and our client relationships enable us to effectively tailor our candidate proposals to the specific practice strengths and interpersonal attributes that matter most to our clients and to match our candidates with the opportunities that will be most fulfilling to them.

Our Specialty

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