Legal Counsel

The role

You will run commercial contracting and legal operations end to end. You will also support the Head of Legal on corporate governance, data privacy, employment, IP, and compliance.

What you will do

• Draft, review and negotiate customer agreements, MSAs, DPAs, SaaS terms, NDAs, partner and vendor contracts.
• Run deals with Sales and Revenue from first draft to signature.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, fallback positions, and playbooks.
• Provide pragmatic, business-oriented advice on contract interpretation and risk.
• Review procurement, vendor, and advisor contracts.
• Set up and run contract lifecycle management.
• Automate routine work including self-serve NDAs and approval routing.
• Report on contract volumes, cycle times and open matters.
• Assist with entity management, corporate filings and board documentation.
• Support equity, compensation, and cap table-related processes.

Required qualifications

• 3-6 years of post-qualification experience (in-house tech/SaaS and/or private practice).
• Qualified to practise law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Hands-on commercial contracting experience.
• Exposure to at least one area beyond contracting (privacy, corporate, IP or compliance).
• Working knowledge of GDPR.

Nice to have

• Experience in a startup, scale-up, or international business environment with venture capital experience
• Experience supporting global, distributed teams
• Familiarity with legal tech, CLMs, and AI-enabled workflows
• Exposure to life sciences, biotech, or data-driven platforms

Benefits

• 23 days for vacations per year
• 3 days given by Seqera in December
• National/public holidays according to your location
• Equity
• Private health insurance
• Private life insurance
• Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD)
• Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)

About the company

Seqera is the company behind Nextflow and the Seqera Platform, enabling enterprises and researchers to scale complex data workflows. It is a global, remote-friendly team with headquarters in Barcelona.