Commercial Counselor

Legal.io; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote within United States

Job summary

Legal.io is seeking a Commercial Counsel to support the Procurement Legal team on a high-volume repapering and integration initiative. You will review, draft, and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, NDAs, and related documents, ensuring alignment with templates, privacy, security, and procurement standards.

Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years in commercial contracting or technology transactions, with strong drafting and negotiation skills, and ability to work remotely within the United States.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active U.S. bar status.
• Experience in commercial contracting, procurement or tech transactions.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across supplier agreements.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and redline supplier/vendor agreements including MSAs and SOWs.
• Repaper inherited vendor agreements using company templates and terms.
• Negotiate with suppliers and external counsel to meet integration timelines.
• Prioritize requests based on criticality, renewals, and risk.
• Identify non-standard or high-risk clauses in privacy, security and IP.
• Collaborate with procurement, privacy, security, and business teams.
• Manage agreements through execution and record-keeping in CLM.
• Track progress and provide updates on milestones.
• Contribute to refining contract playbooks and templates.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal analysis

Communication

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Active bar admission in at least one U.S. state

Tools

CLM tools

Electronic signature platforms

Job description

Legal.io is seeking a Commercial Counsel to provide interim legal support to the Procurement Legal team of a leading global technology company following a recent acquisition.

This engagement will focus on a high-volume supplier contract repapering and integration initiative, helping transition inherited vendor agreements onto the company's standard legal templates and contractual terms. The selected attorney will review, draft, and negotiate a range of commercial and technology agreements while helping ensure business continuity and alignment with established legal, privacy, security, and procurement standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercial attorney with strong contract negotiation skills and experience supporting procurement, technology transactions, or vendor agreements in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and redline a high volume of supplier and vendor agreements, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), NDAs, Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), order forms, and amendments.
• Repaper inherited vendor agreements using company-approved templates and contractual terms, identifying gaps and deviations from established legal standards.
• Negotiate directly with suppliers and external counsel to resolve contractual issues and reach agreement within integration timelines.
• Prioritize contract requests based on business criticality, renewal dates, and potential operational or continuity risks.
• Identify and elevate non-standard or high-risk provisions involving liability, indemnification, data privacy, information security, and intellectual property.
• Collaborate with Procurement, M&A Integration, Privacy, Security, and business teams to resolve contractual questions and requirements.
• Manage agreements through execution and maintain accurate records in the contract lifecycle management (CLM) system.
• Monitor repapering progress, track outstanding negotiations, and provide regular updates on project milestones.
• Support the refinement of contract playbooks, fallback positions, and templates to improve efficiency throughout the integration process.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Approximately 2–5 years of experience in commercial contracting, procurement, or technology transactions, gained in-house, at a law firm, or a combination of both.
• Strong drafting, redlining, and negotiation skills across a variety of commercial and supplier agreements.
• Ability to manage a high-volume contract workload while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong legal judgment, with the ability to identify contractual risks and determine when escalation is necessary.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with legal and non-legal stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous in-house legal experience at a technology or SaaS company.
• Familiarity with data protection requirements, including GDPR and CCPA, information security addenda, and software/SaaS licensing agreements.
• Experience using contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools and electronic signature platforms.
• Work Arrangement: Fully remote within the United States.
• Schedule: Full-time, approximately 40 hours per week.
• Duration: November 23, 2026 – January 29, 2027.

If you are a commercial attorney with strong supplier contracting and negotiation experience and are available for a full-time contract engagement, we would love to hear from you.