Legora
Senior Legal Lead - Commercial (EMEA)
Stockholm HQ. Posted a month ago
The role
You will build and lead the commercial legal function in EMEA. You will act as a legal partner to Growth leaders and manage the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex customer contracts.
What you will do
- Lead and develop the EMEA commercial legal team
- Set priorities and coach team members
- Act as the senior legal partner to Growth on strategic customer engagements
- Lead the drafting, review and negotiation of complex customer contracts
- Handle escalations from the team
- Own the approach to commercial risk allocation, pricing structures, liability and contractual protections
- Build scalable, repeatable contracting practices by developing templates, playbooks and negotiation guidelines
- Manage data protection and compliance considerations within commercial contracting
- Work with legal leadership on team structure, hiring and ways of working
Required qualifications
- Law degree (LL.M. or equivalent) from Sweden, or an EU-jurisdiction
- Qualified to practice in that country
- 10+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house
- Experience leading, mentoring or managing lawyers
- Deep experience negotiating B2B SaaS agreements
- Experience supporting commercial teams
- Strong legal judgment
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Ability to manage work across time zones
Nice to have
- corporate matters experience is valuable
- Genuine interest in AI and legal tech
About the company
Legora is a legal technology company with an AI-native workspace. They serve over 2,100 customers across 80+ countries.