Lead Counsel

Our Opportunity

Snyk is looking for a commercial attorney with an entrepreneurial mindset to support the EMEA and APJ sales teams with commercially-driven legal advice, strong drafting skills and European privacy experience and a tenacious, "can-do" work ethic.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional team members from around the globe, including in Finance, GTM, Sales Operations, Marketing and Procurement. Your approach is pragmatic, customer focused and collaborative – your goal is to reduce friction and enable the business and its customers. You have contract drafting and business negotiation skills gained in both private practice AND in-house. You'll use that knowledge to negotiate and draft agreements with all types of customers, from SMB to enterprise, as well as with channel partners and vendors. You are a motivated self starter and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. You are willing to learn and pick up anything else that gets thrown your way as needed to support a dynamic, innovative company.

You'll Spend Your Time:

• Drafting, reviewing and closing a broad range of commercial agreements, including Snyk MSAs, DPAs, enterprise customer papers and the occasional NDA.
• Collaborating with the internal legal team and the regional sales team, updating legal playbooks and improving contracting documents and processes.
• Providing support, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts related to GDPR and other European data privacy regulations as needed, such as data processing agreements and data transfer agreements.
• Assisting with legal department projects, including efforts to develop, implement and enhance processes that improve transaction velocity without material increases in risk.
• Performing the role of Training Principal for our Trainee Solicitor in London.
• Anything else that gets thrown your way as needed to support a dynamic, innovative company. In your mind, there is no job too big or too small for you. You just want to be part of a team that gets stuff done!

What You'll Need:

• 8+ years commercial experience, of which a minimum of three years has been spent in-house at a high-growth software-as-a-service company
• Experience in drafting and advising clients on technology-related commercial agreements, including software licensing, strategic partnerships, reseller arrangements and data processing agreements in EMEA generally, with demonstrated experience negotiating with customers in Germany and France
• To recognize that success as a commercial lawyer is rooted in a fundamental understanding of the functionality of the products
• A fundamental understanding of GDPR as it applies to commercial transactions
• The ability to juggle multiple priorities and tasks whilst remaining cheerful and resilient
• Strong communication skills, especially communicating legal concepts in simple language to non-lawyers
• Demonstrable ability of how to balance risks and rewards against a backdrop of competing priorities and stakeholders
• To be a strong team player

We'd be Lucky if You:

• Have a CIPP/E IAPP certification and experience with open source software
• Have a privacy background in advising clients on GDPR and other European privacy regulations and/or open source software licensing experience typically reviewing open source software licenses and advising clients on how to comply with such licensing terms