Counsel, Commercial Contacts EMEA

Were creating a new Counsel Commercial EMEA role to support our continued growth across the region. Based in our London office this role sits at the heart of our Go-To-Market organization and partners closely with Sales Finance Product and Compliance teams to enable smart scalable commercial outcomes.

Reporting to the Senior Counsel Commercial EMEA youll be a trusted legal advisor to the business balancing speed with sound judgment and pragmatism with risk awareness. This is a highly collaborative deal-driven role for someone who enjoys being close to the action shaping how we contract partner and operate as we scale across EMEA and the public sector.

Youll have the opportunity to influence how Legal shows up as a business enabler not a blocker bringing clarity consistency and confidence to complex commercial conversations.

• Draft review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts including sales agreements software licenses and SaaS agreements for enterprise-level and public-sector clients.
• Collaborate with EMEA and other global-based sales teams and other key stakeholders (including finance product and compliance teams) to close deals with customers and partners managing multiple high-priority transactions under tight deadlines.
• Develop and negotiate agreements for partner programs including Reseller Distribution and Teaming agreements ensuring alignment with the companys business objectives.
• Adapt existing contracts and draft new documentation to reflect changes in services products or commercial relationships.
• Develop and provide training to internal teams on key legal issues contract management and risk mitigation strategies.
• Proactively identify and address potential legal risks providing strategic solutions to minimize exposure.  Assist in editing and management of playbooks and global templates.
• Support with ad hoc legal queries that come in from all areas of the business.
• Support the Legal Team in improving operational efficiency assisting in the implementation of tools and processes for contract management. 
• Foster supportive cross-functional relationships and be seen as a standard bearer for excellence and practicality by colleagues.

Qualifications :

• 3 years of post-qualification legal experience (PQE) with a strong focus on commercial contracts particularly in the SaaS and cloud services industry.
• Licensed to practice law in the UK.
• Experience negotiating complex enterprise-level contracts with a strong understanding of various licensing models including SaaS on-premises and cloud-based offerings.
• Proven ability to work closely with sales teams in fast-paced deadline-driven environments particularly during quarter-end and year-end.
• Working knowledge of global privacy and data protection regulations including experience handling customer security questionnaires and negotiating Data Processing Agreements (DPAs).
• Ability to quickly understand the companys products and services.
• Exceptional communication and drafting skills with attention to detail.
• Comfortable with new technologies (including use of generative AI).  Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint); experience with contract management tools like Salesforce or SharePoint is a plus.

Additional Information :

We are the pioneers and trailblazers of a global IT Market Category (DEX) that is shaping the future of how the world works giving our customers IT Teams total digital visibility across their enterprise. Our innovative solutions integrate real-time analytics automation and employee feedback across all endpoints. This enables our IT teams to solve complex technical challenges create ever more productive workplaces and deliver happy satisfied employees in the digital workplace.

With over 1200 employees across 5 continents Nexthink operates as One Team connecting collaborating and innovating to continuously grow. We call our employees Nexthinkers and our commitment to diversity inclusion and equity is second to none. We currently have over 75 nationalities working with us from all cultures and backgrounds speaking many different languages.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time