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Commercial Legal Counsel – Part-Time
Boxbar Tech. Draft, review and negotiate customer and client agreements .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements while providing practical legal advice to senior leadership. Capable of identifying legal risks and improving contract processes across multiple jurisdictions.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Commercial Contracts ExperienceDrafting And Negotiating AgreementsAdvising Senior StakeholdersStrong Negotiation SkillsQualification As A Solicitor
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Hard Skills
Drafting AgreementsNegotiating ContractsReviewing Commercial TermsIdentifying Legal RisksCreating Contract TemplatesManaging External CounselAdvising On Legal RisksImproving Contract ProcessesSupporting NDAsProviding Legal Advice
Soft Skills
Excellent Written CommunicationExcellent Verbal CommunicationConfidence To Work IndependentlyCommercially Pragmatic ApproachStrong Negotiation Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Qualification As A Solicitor In England & Wales
Industry Keywords
Technology AgreementsSaaSSupplier AgreementsPartnership AgreementsDistribution AgreementsIn-House Legal WorkCommercial ArrangementsInternational Commercial AgreementsScale-Up BusinessesFractional Legal Roles
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Draft, review and negotiate customer and client agreements
- Review and negotiate supplier and subcontractor agreements
- Support negotiations involving technology, software, hardware and service provision
- Review commercial terms, liabilities, warranties, indemnities and termination provisions
- Support NDAs, confidentiality agreements and heads of terms
- Advise on partnership, reseller, distribution and strategic collaboration agreements
- Support joint ventures and other commercial arrangements
- Provide practical legal advice to the CEO and senior leadership team
- Identify material legal and contractual risks before commitments are made
- Support negotiations with major customers, suppliers and strategic partners
- Help resolve contractual disputes before escalation
- Improve contract creation, approval and storage processes
- Develop and maintain contract templates, legal playbooks and standard negotiating positions
- Maintain visibility of contractual obligations, renewal dates and notice periods
- Provide guidance to create greater legal self-sufficiency across the business
- Support commercial arrangements across multiple jurisdictions
- Identify when local or specialist legal advice is required
- Coordinate and manage external counsel where necessary
- Advise on legal risks associated with entering new markets, partnerships and commercial structures
- Control external legal expenditure by handling routine commercial work internally where appropriate
- Work directly with the CEO and senior leadership team on major commercial decisions
Requirements
What you’ll need- Significant commercial contracts experience, ideally around 5+ years
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
- Experience advising senior stakeholders on commercial legal risk
- Experience with customer, supplier, technology and service agreements
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Confidence to work independently and take ownership of matters
- Commercially pragmatic approach to legal advice
- Qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales or equivalent would be highly desirable
- Experience in technology or SaaS, hardware or physical technology products, manufacturing, hospitality, events, venues, stadiums or live environments, international commercial agreements, partnerships, distribution or reseller arrangements, scale-up or founder-led businesses, in-house legal work, or fractional/portfolio legal roles would be advantageous
Benefits
Comp & perks- Part-time employment or fractional/consultancy arrangement
- Flexible working arrangement
- Hybrid/flexible working with occasional travel
- Opportunity to work closely with the founder and senior leadership team
- Opportunity to support major international customers and strategic partnerships
- Opportunity to shape commercial legal risk management as the company scales
- Opportunity to build legal processes from the ground up
- Opportunity to work across technology, hardware, hospitality and international markets
- Opportunity to make a visible and measurable impact on the business