Fonoa
Legal Counsel, Commercial
Zagreb, Croatia, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
The Commercial Counsel will draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts including SaaS, reseller, MSP, and distribution agreements. This person will provide risk assessments and support sales and channel teams in a fast-paced technology company.
What you will do
- Draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts such as SaaS, reseller, MSP, and distribution agreements
- Provide risk assessment of contract terms and offer alternative approaches to mitigate risk
- Support with vendor security/privacy questionnaires and vendor contracts
- Build close cross-functional relationships with team members
- Support wider legal team initiatives
- Advise customer-facing teams and business unit leaders of key legal risks
- Provide advice based on the balance of risk mitigation and business interests
- Coordinate with outside counsel as needed
Required qualifications
- 3+ years of experience drafting and negotiating technology commercial contracts including SaaS, reseller, MSP, and distribution agreements
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- Excellent business judgment and critical thinking
- Communicate exceptionally well, both in writing and verbally
- Excellent problem-solving and organisational skills
- Can explain complex legal concepts clearly to those without a legal background
- Ability to prioritise effectively, multitask, and drive commercial deals to closure
- Ability to advocate confidently for a position while remaining open to different perspectives
- Hold a law degree and qualification in the EU, UK, or US
- 3+ years of post-qualification experience
- Comfortable with data privacy and security issues, with experience drafting and negotiating related terms
- Experience working within the enterprise SaaS industry
Nice to have
- Keen interest in learning about new and emerging technologies
About the company
Fonoa is the Tax Operating System for autonomous tax. The company operates across 120+ countries and is trusted by companies like Canva, Netflix, Spotify, Uber, Zoom and Booking.com.