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Commercial Counsel (13-Month Contract)

Office Location Vancouver, BC Department Legal Work Type Fixed-Term Contract, hybrid Apply to this job About GeoComplyWe’re GeoComply! We are at the forefront of geolocation, cybersecurity, and anti-fraud innovation, developing and delivering cutting-edge technologies to help ensure regulatory compliance, combat bad online actors, alleviate user friction, and protect businesses from fraud.Achieving significant business and revenue growth over the past three years and dubbed a tech “Unicorn,” GeoComply has been trusted by leading global brands and regulators for over ten years. Our compliance-grade geolocation technology solutions are installed on over 400 million devices and analyze over 12 billion transactions a year.At the heart of it all is the people, united by a deep commitment to problem-solving and revolutionizing how people and businesses use the internet to instill confidence in every online interaction. With teams across five countries, three continents, and a global customer base, we have no plans to slow down.

The Role

Are you an ambitious lawyer who thrives at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and law? Do you want to work in a highly collaborative environment and contribute meaningfully to the success of a hyper-growth global tech company?

GeoComply is seeking a talented Legal Counsel to join our busy and growing central Legal team. In this role, you will manage a variety of interesting and challenging legal projects, serving as a trusted business partner across commercial and operational functions. We are looking for a self-starter who is eager to learn the ins-and-outs of our business, manage complex legal matters, and drive strategic initiatives to support our global growth and protect our interests.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing, drafting, interpreting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including non-disclosure, customer, license, consulting, leasing, vendor, and data processing agreements.
• Together with the broader Legal team, developing and implementing comprehensive and coordinated legal strategy and activities across various commercial functions (including revenue, business development, marketing, product, and customer success) and departments (including OneComply, Betting Hero, and other current or future subsidiaries or affiliates).
• Strategizing with internal stakeholders on global expansion matters; enabling and empowering the company to maximize new business opportunities in a legally compliant manner.
• Advising with respect to a variety of privacy and data protection initiatives, including legal compliance, privacy risk identification and mitigation, internal privacy and data governance structures, and privacy-related contractual matters including data processing agreements and other similar instruments.
• Supporting the company and its global subsidiaries and affiliates on employment, intellectual property, legal process, equity plan management and other similar legal matters.
• Conducting research on emerging areas of law and best practices in tech transactions; assessing legal risks and their impact on business operations; advising key business stakeholders accordingly.
• Managing relationships with strategic commercial counterparties (including various customers, vendors, and their legal counsel), professional advisors, and government authorities.
• Developing and maintaining legal templates, precedents, playbooks, databases, guidelines, and other materials and resources.
• Any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the company or your manager from time to time, consistent with your position.

Who You Are

• Law degree from a highly-ranked university and full qualification to practice law in an in-house environment in North America.
• Approximately 3 to 8 years’ experience as a lawyer in a top-tier law firm or in-house department (or some combination thereof); prior in-house experience, especially in a high-growth tech company environment, is highly valued.
• A proven track record of working with and advising North American headquartered, global businesses on cross-border legal functions would be an added benefit.
• Experience reviewing, analyzing, and negotiating commercial contracts for products, services, and technology; and working with a variety of vendors, suppliers, and service providers.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with privacy, data protection and other similar areas of law.
• Comfortable working with outside resources, contractors, and legal counsel.
• Impeccable attention to detail, well-organized, and takes initiative to anticipate future needs, identify issues, and propose and implement solutions.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills; plus the ability to distill and concisely communicate complex legal issues and advance clear, confident, and strongly supported recommendations and decisions.
• Sound business judgment and reasoning. Thinks and acts strategically; grasps complex ideas and issues; can evaluate and act on alternative solutions quickly and concisely.
• A hard-working team player who welcomes rolling up their sleeves. Thrives in a dynamic, transaction-focused, rapidly evolving environment with multiple projects and tight deadlines.

Salary Range

• 116000 - 159500 CAD, per-year-salary

The typical salary range for this position is from $116,000-$159,500 CAD annually. The base pay offered may vary depending on a variety of factors including, your qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to our competitive salary package, we also offer the following personal and professional development benefits:

Generous paid vacation and sick days
Extended health benefits
Team-building events