Legal Counsel, EMEA Commercial

Overview

In this role you will support Databricks’ SaaS commercial activity across the EMEA region, partnering with sales to enable transactions and protect the company’s risk position. You will review, draft and negotiate customer agreements while contributing to scalable contract processes and adopting AI tools to improve efficiency. You will work within a growing legal team to advise on commercial matters, security and data protection, and cross-functional collaboration. This is an opportunity to shape legal support at hyper-growth scale in a leading data and AI platform company.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements (MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms) to protect Databricks’ risk position and ensure compliance
• Managing the end-to-end contract lifecycle and providing practical, commercially-minded advice to sales and services teams
• Advancing process improvements and scaling of the legal function, including adoption of AI tools for contract review
• Supporting sales teams with key contractual requirements, best practices, and contract management
• Developing understanding of Databricks’ products, security/data protection stance, and internal policies to support negotiations
• Building cross-functional relationships with stakeholders to support go-to-market efforts in EMEA
• Contributing as a team player to elevate the legal department’s role as a valued partner

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field; qualified lawyer with around 3 years PQE
• In-house experience at a leading SaaS company or equivalent private practice support with enterprise sales cycles
• Strong track record negotiating MSAs, NDAs, Order Forms, and amendments with enterprise customers
• Familiarity with Salesforce and contract management systems (e.g., Ironclad) or willingness to learn quickly
• Willingness to test and adopt AI tools to improve efficiency and quality of legal work
• Ability to manage competing priorities and align with business needs
• Experience supporting sales teams and operating in a hyper-growth environment

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Commercially minded problem solving
• Time management and prioritisation
• MSAs, NDAs, SOWs, Order Forms
• Contract management systems (Ironclad)
• CRM familiarity (Salesforce)

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