Native-level or fully fluent in English, with experience in drafting and negotiating complex legal documents.
Fully qualified lawyer in an EU jurisdiction with 3-5 years of post-qualification experience, preferably from top-tier law firms or tech environments.
Extensive experience in negotiating complex enterprise technology agreements with global corporate clients.
Strong understanding of European regulatory frameworks related to tech, including data protection and privacy.
Commercially minded with a focus on balancing business growth and legal risk management.
Ability to work flexibly across international time zones in a fast-paced startup environment.
Responsibilities
Draft, review, and negotiate complex SaaS and partnership agreements, including regulatory addenda.
Support the General Counsel in managing international negotiations while independently handling contracts and projects.
Implement AI-powered legal tools and improve contracting workflows.
Collaborate with technical teams to ensure contracts reflect operational practices and security controls.
Advise internal teams on commercial legal matters and prepare necessary agreements and templates.
Benefits
100% remote work opportunity for candidates based in Europe.
Full Job Description
The Role
We're seeking a commercially minded Commercial Counsel based in Europe to work closely with and support our General Counsel, who is based in the New York City area. You'll help manage sophisticated international commercial transactions with leading global banks, financial institutions, and other multinational companies, advise internal business teams, and support the development of our legal operations and AI capabilities. This is a hands-on role requiring strong commercial judgment, technical understanding, and the ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory requirements across jurisdictions worldwide.
Where You'll Work
This is a 100% remote role open to candidates based in Europe. What You'll Be Doing
Draft, review, and negotiate complex SaaS, partnership, and other commercial agreements, including DPAs, DORA Addenda, information security exhibits, and jurisdiction-specific regulatory and outsourcing addenda.
Support the General Counsel in managing international commercial negotiations, while independently handling assigned contracts and projects.
Implement AI-powered legal tools, improve contracting workflows, and drive legal operations and process improvements.
Work with Security, Engineering, and other technical teams to ensure contractual commitments accurately reflect Notabene's technology, security controls, and operational practices.
Advise Sales, Customer Success, and other teams on commercial legal matters and prepare the agreements, templates, and other documents they need.
What You'll Need
Native-level or fully fluent written and spoken English, with a track record of independently drafting and negotiating complex legal documentation in English.
Fully qualified lawyer in an EU jurisdiction with 3-5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained within top-tier law firms, fast-growing tech environments, or a mix of both.
Extensive experience driving end-to-end negotiations for complex enterprise technology agreements, particularly with highly regulated or global corporate clients.
Strong foundation in European regulatory frameworks relevant to tech companies, including data protection, privacy, and sector-specific operational/outsourcing requirements, along with the ability to adapt to international regulatory regimes.
A commercially minded approach to risk management - able to balance business growth with legal exposure, articulate clear risks to stakeholders, and discern strict legal/regulatory imperatives from negotiable commercial points.
Ability to deliver rapid turnarounds in a fast-moving startup environment, with the willingness to work flexibly across international time zones.
About Notabene
Notabene is a legal technology company that provides software solutions for compliance and risk management. The company's platform enables financial institutions to manage their regulatory obligations more efficiently and effectively. Notabene's software is designed to help financial institutions comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations. The company was founded in 2018 by former employees of blockchain startup Chain.
