Commercial Counsel

Join Fivetran, a leading data integration company, as a Commercial Counsel. In this role, you will be a key partner and liaison to various departments and stakeholders across the EMEA region. You will review, revise, and negotiate commercial contracts, provide strategic guidance on contracting, and contribute to the development of best practices for contract lifecycle management. The ideal candidate will have approximately 5 years of experience in negotiating commercial contracts, fluency in English and French, and a strong understanding of global commercial transactions.

• Review, revise, and negotiate commercial contracts with customers and prospects, including customer paper agreements, for the EMEA region.
• Serve as one of the designated legal contacts on the EMEA commercial legal team to Fivetran’s EMEA enterprise sales team, including sales team education, training, and communications related to any changes to customer agreements.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices for commercial contract lifecycle management, ensuring efficient review, negotiation, and approval processes.

• We’re looking for a business-minded Commercial Legal Counsel, with approximately 5 years of experience drafting and negotiating customer agreements with leading global and domestic organizations
• The ideal candidate is a high impact individual contributor who brings strong legal expertise, sound business judgment, and the ability to operate independently on commercial matters while working closely with senior members of the Commercial Legal Team
• Professional fluency in both English and French is required, as this role will support customers and internal stakeholders across EMEA, including French-speaking markets
• Qualified solicitor/lawyer (or equivalent) admitted to practice in Ireland, England & Wales, or another European jurisdiction
• High attention to detail, with demonstrated self-initiative that drives a desire for impact and achievement
• A strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, able to clearly articulate complex legal concepts to both a technical and non-technical audience
• A negotiator with a solid understanding of global commercial transactions, including experience in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing agreements, such as sales agreements, SaaS and enterprise B2B transactions, and data processing agreements (compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws), including on customer paper
• A commercial attorney with approximately 5 years of experience in negotiating commercial contracts at high-growth technology companies, with interest in data and privacy
• A track record of achieving high-volume, quick turn on execution of agreements constructed to mitigate risk and support revenue growth, including customer paper review
• Professional fluency in both English and French is required, including the ability to independently review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements in both languages
• A process-oriented lawyer with an interest in building and optimizing processes and procedures in partnership with legal operations
• Experience using AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to enhance legal workflow efficiency, including contract review, drafting, and research
• Experience negotiating partner contracts
• EU AI Act knowledge