Commercial and Product Counsel

As Commercial and Product Counsel at Everlaw, you will represent Legal in two critical areas: commercial transactions and product counseling. Reporting directly to the Legal Director - Head of Commercial and Product, you will work cross-functionally to drive Everlaw’s business objectives while mitigating legal risks. In this role, you’ll combine strategic vision with practical expertise to develop scalable legal processes and partnerships, negotiate complex commercial agreements, and ensure compliance across product and commercial initiatives.

Getting started

• We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. 
• We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.

In your role, you'll...

• Be the Commercial and Product Legal Advisor: Partner with Everlaw’s commercial, R&D, and Legal Teams to identify and manage legal issues and risks during all stages of our product development and go-to-market activities. Embed with those teams to monitor updates and advise on legal implications as the product and business evolves.
• Negotiate Commercial Agreements: Draft and negotiate agreements with strategic partners, customers, resellers, and vendors. Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks to stakeholders and leadership.
• Enhance Operational Efficiency: Partner with Legal Operations to identify and develop scalable ways to deliver legal services and drive business results, including maintaining playbooks, training programs, and self-service tools to empower the legal and business teams.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with Business Development, Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance teams to solve problems, build partnerships, and close deals efficiently. 
• Drive Product Compliance: Provide full lifecycle legal counsel for global products, ensuring compliance with U.S. and international regulations in areas like privacy, intellectual property, marketing, and security. 

About You

• Business and Legal Advisor: Track record of business and solution oriented counseling in a fast-paced environment and under tight deadlines.
• Strong Issue Spotter: Proven ability to identify, prioritize and resolve issues quickly and independently.
• Scaling and Efficiency Skills: Skilled in implementing legal processes that streamline operations and enable growth. Fluent in translating legal advice into actionable guidance for business teams.
• Highly Motivated and Entrepreneurial: A proactive problem solver who finds creative and practical solutions to complex challenges in a fast-paced environment.
• Qualified to Practice Law in the U.S.: JD or equivalent, licensed in California or eligible to become Registered In-House Counsel in California. 
• Multidisciplinary Counsel: A minimum of 4 years of relevant legal experience, with a focus on complex commercial transactions (within the SaaS space), including 2 years at a law firm and 1 year in-house.

Benefits

• The expected salary range for this role is between $145,000 and $185,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate’s experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Find out more about our Benefits and Perks

Perks

• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities 
• Ranked #9 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies
• One of Wealthfront’s 2021 Career Launching Companies, and ranked #2 on the “2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work” list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal
• One of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022 and proud contributor of free ediscovery resources to benefit the greater good through “Everlaw for Good”
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Salary : $145,000 - $185,000