Counsel, Commercial (EMEA)

Clickhouse; United States; Remote; USD 120.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Healthcare - Employer contributions

Equity in the company - Stock options

Time off - Flexible time off

Home office setup (USD$500)

Global Gatherings

Zusammenfassung

ClickHouse is seeking an experienced commercial lawyer to join its business-focused Legal team in the United States. You will support the company’s global revenue-generating activities, with a focus on negotiating SaaS and technology agreements for the EMEA region and advising on data protection and regulatory matters.

As an early member of the EMEA legal function, you’ll help build playbooks, templates, and scalable processes while partnering with sales, product, finance, and compliance teams

Qualifikationen

• 3–6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience.
• Experience supporting high-growth infrastructure SaaS companies is a plus.
• Proven experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial technology transactions and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners, and resellers across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with EU/UK data protection regulations in commercial negotiations and familiarity with regulated customer requirements (i.e., DORA) is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Partner with the EMEA sales team to provide pragmatic legal counsel.
• Negotiate cross-border technology transactions with complex counterparties across multiple jurisdictions.
• Monitor regulatory developments impacting the business in the EMEA region and collaborate with the broader Legal team.
• Provide training and enablement on contract processes to internal stakeholders.
• Help maintain and update our legal agreements, policies, and templates; develop scalable workflows for growth.
• Contribute to building playbooks, templates, and processes for the regional function with mentorship from the broader Legal team.

Kenntnisse

Contract negotiation

SaaS contracts

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

EU data protection

Ausbildung

Law degree

Tools

Contract management systems

Jobbeschreibung

OverviewClickHouse is seeking an experienced commercial lawyer to join the company’s elite and business-focused Legal team. You will be responsible for supporting the company’s EMEA sales team in reviewing and negotiating customer agreements and providing legal support for the company’s revenue-generating activities. You’ll be a trusted advisor and business enabler in a rapidly growing company while maintaining high standards for both legal practice and business ethics.

What You’ll Do:

• Cultivate strong relationships with the EMEA sales team and act as a solutions-oriented business partner to the company’s EMEA sales team by providing pragmatic, sound legal counsel.

• Negotiate complex cross-border transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across multiple jurisdictions, with increasing ownership of complex deals.

• Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance, or legal developments impacting the business in the EMEA region, and partner with the broader Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders where required.

• Provide training and enablement to internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes.

• Help maintain and update our legal agreements, policies, and templates; develop and improve scalable workflows to enable rapid revenue growth and stability for the company.

• As an early member of the company’s EMEA legal function, contribute to building the playbooks, templates, and processes the region will run on, with mentorship and support from the broader Legal team.

What You Bring Along:

• 3-6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience. Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS companies is a plus.

• Exceptional academic performance and training, including a law degree from a highly ranked university and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space.

• Proven experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial technology transactions and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners, and resellers across multiple jurisdictions. International legal experience is a plus.

• Strong understanding of commercial legal issues related to SaaS and software licensing (i.e., data privacy, security, intellectual property, open-source, revenue recognition, and tax), professional services, and other go-to-market programs (such as partner/reseller programs).

• Excellent judgement, strong business orientation, and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice within the context of business objectives.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and management skills; ability to build trust and strong relationships with the company’s sales team, cross-functional stakeholders, and the company’s customers.

• Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Experience with EU/UK data protection regulations in commercial negotiations and familiarity with regulated customer requirements (i.e., DORA) is a plus.

• Experience negotiating on customer paper and working with negotiation playbooks and fallback positions is a plus.

• Fluency in additional European languages is a plus.

Perks

• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.

• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.

• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.

• A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.

• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

Culture - We All Shape It

As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

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