Commercial Transactions Counsel — SaaS, Cloud & AI Deals

Relativity

Illinois

Hybrid

USD 158,000 - 236,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Relativity in the United States is seeking a Counsel, Commercial Transactions to support our commercial contracting function and strategic business initiatives, with a focus on SaaS, software licensing, cloud services, and AI-enabled offerings. You will draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing agreements and provide business-focused legal guidance.

You will partner with Sales, Finance, Security, and Product teams to enable growth, improve contracting processes, and manage risk.

Qualifications

Four to six years of relevant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology transactions.
Experience negotiating SaaS, software, cloud services, professional services, data processing, and enterprise commercial agreements.
Experience supporting complex commercial contracting environments.
Understanding of technology, including legal technology, cloud services, software licensing models, information security, privacy, IP, and regulatory considerations.
Experience supporting AI-enabled products, and emerging technology issues.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, resourcefulness, responsiveness, and strong communications skills.
Basic knowledge of data privacy issues and SaaS security practices (desirable).
Understanding of software development, SaaS infrastructure, open-source concepts (desirable).
JD degree and bar admission in the United States (minimum).
Ability to research and analyze legal issues.

Responsibilities

Lead customer, procurement, strategic commercial negotiations, transactions, and technology著related legal work by drafting, reviewing and negotiating software, SaaS and hybrid, cloud services, AI-related offerings, and strategic partnership agreements.
Provide legal advice and business counsel on commercial and operational issues, negotiating a high volume of contracts with clear problem-solving.
Engage with customers to ensure they feel heard and deliver effectively.
Suggest and implement process improvements, including standard forms and variations to enhance efficiency.
Embrace AI legal tech tools to improve efficiency and be flexible with new technologies.
Support pricing initiatives, pricing governance, and commercial model optimization with Finance and stakeholders.
Participate in internal approval workflows, prioritise contracts, and respond to questions from stakeholders and clients.
Work with AI tools, Microsoft O365, Salesforce and Ironclad.