Chainguard

3 weeks ago

Legal Counsel, Commercial

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Job Summary

Senior Commercial Counsel located in the UK, partnering with Go-To-Market teams across EMEA and US to draft, negotiate, and finalize SaaS, enterprise and professional services agreements while ensuring open source licensing compliance, GDPR/DORA/privacy considerations, and cross-functional alignment in a fast-growing, remote-first environment.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as the primary legal partner to the Go-To-Market team for EMEA-based deals, supporting customer transactions from initial structuring through execution
•Provide coverage for East Coast US deals, working in close coordination with the US legal team
•Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements, enterprise customer agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, and partner and channel agreements
•Draft and maintain standard form agreements and online terms, including platform terms, universal license agreements, and order forms
•Negotiate directly with sophisticated customer counsel, including those at financial services, insurance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical organizations

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 132,000 - 155,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal qualification with active bar or solicitor membership in good standing
•5+ years of commercial legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house technology company experience
•Strong experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, subscription, and professional services agreements
•Demonstrated ability to draft standard form agreements and online terms from the ground up — not solely negotiating third-party paper
•Experience negotiating with highly regulated customers and familiarity with the regulatory considerations impacting those industries

Experience:5+ yearsOpen source licensingTechnologySaas

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:CommunicationNegotiationCollaborationProblem-solvingRisk management

Languages:English

Company Brief

Chainguard

Builds software supply chain security solutions for containerized and Kubernetes-native environments, offering tools for secure builds, attestations, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement to help organizations deploy trustworthy software at scale.

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Funding: Series C

Headquarters: Seattle, United States

Founded: 2020

Website LinkedIn

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Chainguard

3 weeks ago

Legal Counsel, Commercial

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as the primary legal partner to the Go-To-Market team for EMEA-based deals, supporting customer transactions from initial structuring through execution
•Provide coverage for East Coast US deals, working in close coordination with the US legal team
•Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements, enterprise customer agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, and partner and channel agreements
•Draft and maintain standard form agreements and online terms, including platform terms, universal license agreements, and order forms
•Negotiate directly with sophisticated customer counsel, including those at financial services, insurance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical organizations

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 132,000 - 155,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal qualification with active bar or solicitor membership in good standing
•5+ years of commercial legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house technology company experience
•Strong experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, subscription, and professional services agreements
•Demonstrated ability to draft standard form agreements and online terms from the ground up — not solely negotiating third-party paper
•Experience negotiating with highly regulated customers and familiarity with the regulatory considerations impacting those industries

Experience:5+ yearsOpen source licensingTechnologySaas

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:CommunicationNegotiationCollaborationProblem-solvingRisk management

Languages:English

Company Brief

Chainguard

Industry: Cybersecurity

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Funding: Series C

Headquarters: Seattle, United States

Founded: 2020

Website LinkedIn