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[Remote] Legal Counsel

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LawVu is the leading legal workspace for in-house legal teams, unifying matter, contract, and spend management. They are seeking a Legal Counsel to support commercial contracting, data/privacy matters, and legal operational processes across the business, driving timely and effective legal support for global sales and customer-facing activities.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, and DPAs
  • Assist with supplier and customer contracting, working under guidance from senior legal team members
  • Ensure agreements align with LawVu’s commercial objectives, product offering, and risk profile
  • Take end-to-end ownership of negotiations on enterprise-level customer contracts
  • Balance legal risk with commercial outcomes, proposing pragmatic options and trade-offs
  • Join customer calls and meetings to support Sales and Customer Success in landing key deals
  • Support developing and maintaining negotiation playbooks and fallback positions for key clauses
  • Advise on intellectual property ownership and licensing, including software, content, know-how and trade secrets
  • Provide guidance on privacy and data protection requirements in a SaaS context, including cross-border data transfers and data processing arrangements
  • Own and continuously improve customer-facing templates and online terms
  • Draft in plain, modern language that is clear for both internal stakeholders and customers
  • Keep templates aligned with product roadmap, security posture, market practice and regulatory changes
  • Develop a deep understanding of our SaaS product and emerging technologies provisioned by LawVu
  • Manage a high and varied workload, often under time pressure and with competing priorities
  • Work autonomously on day-to-day matters, while knowing when to seek input or escalate
  • Help refine and streamline ways of working so the legal team can support growth at scale
  • Build strong relationships with Sales, Customer Success, Product, Security, Finance and other stakeholders
  • Be seen as a problem-solver who helps the business get to 'yes' safely, not a blocker
  • Provide concise, solution-oriented advice to non-lawyers, tailored to different audiences
  • Exercise sound legal judgement and take clear ownership of issues from start to finish
  • Improve and maintain contracting processes and legal operations
  • Contribute to broader legal and compliance initiatives, such as policy development, internal training and risk management

Skills

  • Qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate (or equivalent)
  • 5+ years of PQE in gained in a reputable law firm and in-house environment
  • Experience in commercial contracting—preferably involving technology or SaaS—or a strong interest in building capability in this area
  • Interest or exposure to privacy/data protection issues
  • Experience with in‑house legal operations or contract operations is a plus
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams
  • A practical, solutions‑oriented mindset with willingness to learn and grow

Benefits

  • Equity participation
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Professional development budget
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Leadership coaching

Company Overview

  • Create better business outcomes with the Legal Workspace for in-house legal teams. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Tauranga, Gisborne, NZL, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.lawvu.com.
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