Global Public Sector Transactions Counsel

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Global PubSec Transaction Attorney to support public sector commercial transactions across the U.S. federal market, state and local government, and select APAC and EMEA opportunities.

This attorney will partner with Sales, Public Sector, Finance, Deal Desk, Security, Privacy, Product, and other legal and operational stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions with government customers and public sector partners.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of legal experience, with substantial time spent on public sector transactions.
• Strong experience negotiating U.S. federal and/or state and local government contracts.
• Working knowledge of APAC and/or EMEA public sector or regulated contracting preferred.
• Experience with SaaS, cloud services, cybersecurity, software, or technology procurement strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with government procurement concepts, public sector compliance constraints, and common deal structures.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
• Sound judgment, responsiveness, and the ability to operate independently in a highly collaborative environment.
• Eagerness to use AI in a manner that makes work more efficient but always accountable for outputs.
• Comfort balancing legal rigor with business pragmatism.

Responsibilities

• Advise on and negotiate public sector commercial agreements, including federal, state, local, and quasi-government contracts.
• Support transaction strategy for public sector deals in the U.S., APAC, and EMEA, coordinating with regional legal and sales teams as needed.
• Draft, review, and negotiate MSAs, order forms, amendments, DPAs, security exhibits, procurement terms, and related transactional documents.
• Identify and resolve commercial, legal, privacy, data protection, security, and compliance issues in a practical, business-oriented way.
• Partner with internal teams to create and improve scalable contracting processes, playbooks, templates, and approvals.
• Help evaluate RFPs, RFIs, security questionnaires, and other procurement materials.
• Escalate issues appropriately and provide crisp risk-based recommendations to business partners.
• Build strong working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.
• Help translate negotiated terms and procurement requirements into a complete post‑award handoff: obligation, accountable owner, due date or cadence, required evidence, and escalation path for compliance management.

Skills

Bar admission

Public sector deals

U.S. government contracts

SaaS/Cloud/Tech procurement

Negotiation & drafting

APAC/EMEA contracting

Risk assessment

Time-management across time zones

Education

JD from an accredited law school

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Global PubSec Transaction Attorney to support public sector commercial transactions across the U.S. federal market, state and local government, and select APAC and EMEA opportunities.

This attorney will partner with Sales, Public Sector, Finance, Deal Desk, Security, Privacy, Product, and other legal and operational stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions with government customers and public sector partners.