Legal Counsel

Euromonitor International; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

Flexible hours

Hybrid work setup

Core Hours policy

Job summary

Euromonitor International in Chicago seeks a talented US Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team. You will partner with US Sales on commercial contracts across the US and Americas, advising on risk and negotiating significant deals.

You will also support procurement, regulatory compliance, data protection, and product initiatives, training global sales teams, and developing contract templates. This role reports to the General Counsel and offers a collaborative, business-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Law degree and Bar Admission to at least one US jurisdiction.
• 3–5+ years of legal experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a broader legal team.
• Strong commercial acumen and pragmatic approach to legal risk.
• Excellent writing, negotiation, and communication skills across all levels.
• Openness to learning new areas of law and regulation.
• Impeccable time and priority management.
• Takes initiative with accountability and problem-solving orientation.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal support on US and Americas deals end-to-end.
• Advise on contractual risk and house positions during negotiations.
• Support procurement contract negotiations and risk assessments.
• Develop and improve global contract templates and governance.
• Provide legal guidance on new product initiatives and GTM contracts.
• Train global sales teams and contribute to playbooks and resources.
• Monitor legal developments and advise on required adaptations.
• Drive improvement initiatives within the legal function.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Independent worker

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Time management

Education

Law degree

Bar Admission (US)

Job description

Requirements

Essential

We're looking for a talented Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team. In this role, you will work closely with our US Sales teams on commercial contracting across the US and the Americas, and be a true business partner to these teams. While this will be your core remit, you will also support our US business with day-to-day matters such as procurement and supplier negotiation, regulatory compliance, with potential to get involved in wider areas around product support, AI, data protection and broader legal advisory.

This is a flexible role within a collaborative team, and the responsibilities set out below are indicative of the role's focus rather than an exhaustive or fixed list. You'll work with the legal and wider business teams to train colleagues and encourage self-serve behaviours to help us scale effectively.

You’ll report to the General Counsel and be part of a team that is customer-centric, solution-orientated and an enabler of the business. We are looking for a self-starter to take ownership of high-value commercial work and help to shape our legal offering to the business, while contributing towards our wider strategy.

Key Accountabilities

As US Legal Counsel at Euromonitor you will:

• Lead legal support on US and Americas deals: Draft, review, negotiate, and provide end-to-end support on a wide range of customer and partner contracts across our global suite of service and product offerings, working closely with Sales and other commercial stakeholders.
• Identify, assess and advise on mitigating legal, financial and operational risks. Go beyond applying existing rules: working with relevant stakeholders, translate the company’s risk appetite and your legal judgement on how risk plays out in practice into clear house positions, owning that guidance as the business's authority on it.
• In negotiations, advise stakeholders on contractual risk and house positions, shape client negotiation strategy, and drive deals through to signature in a timely, commercially pragmatic way. You will be central to balancing legal risk with commercial goals and enabling creative, effective business outcomes.
• Support our procurement team on supplier contract negotiations and procurement-related risk assessments.
• Help to build and improve our global contract templates, and integration of these into the commercial ecosystem.
• Support in providing legal advice on new product initiatives & feature launches.
• Work with GC on developing GTM strategy/contract templates for new service offerings and revenue streams.
• Develop and deliver training for global sales teams; contribute to legal resources, toolkits, and playbooks and standard contractual positions to support consistency and efficiency across the business.
• Monitor and assess developments in applicable laws and regulations, advising the business on emerging legal risks and required adaptations to agreements, policies, or operational practices.
• Proactively identify and lead improvement initiatives across the legal function where operational, compliance, efficiency or process gaps have been identified – driving these through to implementation, leveraging existing tools and systems and consistently looking to find a better way.
• Work with wider legal team to improve contracting governance – e.g. setting legal risk guardrails for commercial deals and escalation processes, collaborating with business stakeholders to develop and roll‑out risk frameworks.
• As capacity allows and based on business needs, potential to expand into other areas of legal support, which may include IP, regulatory compliance and general legal advisory.

Essential Requirements

• Law degree and Bar Admission to at least one jurisdiction in the US.
• 3-5+ years of legal experience with a primary focus on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts (in-house or private practice)
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take ownership of matters end-to-end, while operating effectively within a broader legal team structure.
• Strong commercial acumen; able to take a pragmatic approach to legal risk and advise the business accordingly.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the business.
• Openness and enthusiasm for learning about and taking on new areas of law and regulation
• Impeccable time and priority management.
• Takes initiative and brings a sense of accountability in the workplace - proactive, resourceful, and solution-oriented.
• Highly organised and self-motivated with distinctive problem-solving capabilities
• Strong team player and can-do approach; no job is too big or too small

Desirable

• Experience advising technology, data, or subscription-based businesses, ideally including exposure to product-related or platform legal work
• Experience in AI or IP law is advantageous but not essential

Benefits

Why work for Euromonitor?

Our values

• We act with integrity
• We are curious about the world
• We are stronger together
• We seek to empower
• We find strength in diversity

International: not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office but we are all dealing with our 16 offices worldwide on a daily basis. With 16 offices globally there are regular opportunities for international transfer.

Hardworking but sociable: our staff know how to work hard but also how to enjoy themselves! We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, with flexible hours and regular socialising including frequent after work meet ups, summer and Christmas parties and a whole range of sports and other groups to be involved with.

Committed to making a difference: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Programme gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights, amongst many other activities.

Excellent benefits: we offer highly competitive salaries, healthcare insurance, food vouchers, saving fund, plus generous holiday allowances and in many offices a Core Hours policy allowing flexible start and finish times to each day.

Opportunities to grow: we offer extensive training and development opportunities at all levels. The vast majority of our managers and directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non‑merit factor.

At Euromonitor International, we are committed to transparency and pay equity. Pursuant to Illinois law, we provide salary range and benefit info on all job postings based in our Chicago office. The base salary range for this role is $140,000 to $200,000 based on experience and qualifications. Alongside Salary, we offer a competitive benefits package, including health insurance options, 401k, paid time off, hybrid work set up, core hours and other perks to support a positive work environment.