Commercial Legal Counsel

The role

This person will lead and support commercial activities end-to-end, focusing on sales and procurement engagements. They will provide legal advice to various departments and negotiate complex technology agreements.

What you will do

• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to company departments
• Structure, draft, and lead the negotiation of complex agreements
• Engage with sales professionals, internal stakeholders, and representatives of customers and partners
• Apply expertise across technology agreements including sales, licensing, consulting, services, OEM, vendor, NDA, open-source, channel partner, and strategic alliance agreements
• Monitor and guide the business on data privacy and other applicable laws and regulations
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve standard templates, business processes, and internal policies

Required qualifications

• Law degree (Juris Doctor / LL.B or equivalent)
• Admission to at least one bar
• 5-7+ years of experience in commercial law from global high-tech companies and private practice
• Strong background from the technology, data, and security industries
• High capability of independently, effectively, and proactively negotiate various commercial agreements
• Relevant experience negotiating and finalizing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) agreements and software licenses agreements
• Knowledge and understanding of privacy and data protection laws and regulations
• Fluent in English
• Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills
• Experience working in a cross functional global organization

Nice to have

• German is highly preferred (written and spoken)

About the company

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era. The company provides a unified, cloud-native platform to prioritize risks and stop threats in real time.