Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LawVu is the leading legal workspace for in-house legal teams, unifying matter, contract, and spend management. They are seeking a Legal Counsel to support commercial contracting, data/privacy matters, and legal operational processes across the business, driving timely and effective legal support for global sales and customer-facing activities.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, and DPAs
- Assist with supplier and customer contracting, working under guidance from senior legal team members
- Ensure agreements align with LawVu’s commercial objectives, product offering, and risk profile
- Take end-to-end ownership of negotiations on enterprise-level customer contracts
- Balance legal risk with commercial outcomes, proposing pragmatic options and trade-offs
- Join customer calls and meetings to support Sales and Customer Success in landing key deals
- Support developing and maintaining negotiation playbooks and fallback positions for key clauses
- Advise on intellectual property ownership and licensing, including software, content, know-how and trade secrets
- Provide guidance on privacy and data protection requirements in a SaaS context, including cross-border data transfers and data processing arrangements
- Own and continuously improve customer-facing templates and online terms
- Draft in plain, modern language that is clear for both internal stakeholders and customers
- Keep templates aligned with product roadmap, security posture, market practice and regulatory changes
- Develop a deep understanding of our SaaS product and emerging technologies provisioned by LawVu
- Manage a high and varied workload, often under time pressure and with competing priorities
- Work autonomously on day-to-day matters, while knowing when to seek input or escalate
- Help refine and streamline ways of working so the legal team can support growth at scale
- Build strong relationships with Sales, Customer Success, Product, Security, Finance and other stakeholders
- Be seen as a problem-solver who helps the business get to 'yes' safely, not a blocker
- Provide concise, solution-oriented advice to non-lawyers, tailored to different audiences
- Exercise sound legal judgement and take clear ownership of issues from start to finish
- Improve and maintain contracting processes and legal operations
- Contribute to broader legal and compliance initiatives, such as policy development, internal training and risk management
Skills
- Qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate (or equivalent)
- 5+ years of PQE in gained in a reputable law firm and in-house environment
- Experience in commercial contracting—preferably involving technology or SaaS—or a strong interest in building capability in this area
- Interest or exposure to privacy/data protection issues
- Experience with in‑house legal operations or contract operations is a plus
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams
- A practical, solutions‑oriented mindset with willingness to learn and grow
Benefits
- Equity participation
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Professional development budget
- Flexible work arrangements
- Leadership coaching
Company Overview
Create better business outcomes with the Legal Workspace for in-house legal teams. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Tauranga, Gisborne, NZL, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.lawvu.com.