What you will be doing

We are looking for a Commercial Counsel who can balance excellent legal analysis with a proactive, pragmatic and business-friendly approach. You will be comfortable with change and relish the challenges of being part of a fast paced, highly data-driven digital organisation. You will understand and interact with the highest levels of the organisation while having a command of the technical and legal details every day.

In role, the Commercial Counsel will 

• Review, draft, and negotiate a range of commercial agreements with customers, vendors and partners, in compliance with company policies and risk tolerances.
• Provide ad hoc legal advice to Sales, Marketing, Engineering and Product teams, summarising and communicating legal concepts and risks in a way that is meaningful for business teams.
• Drive the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal knowledge databases/FAQs and legal training materials.
• Help develop scalable review and approval processes and procedures.
• Be an excellent communicator who understands how to manage both team and client expectations. 
• Be confident in working with a large degree of autonomy.

About you

Commercial Counsel candidates will 

• Be a qualified lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction, with at least 6 months of post qualification experience in private practice and at least 1 year of work experience driving commercial contracting projects across multiple jurisdictions to completion.
• Have a willingness to roll up your sleeves and dig in on the details of projects working as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal partners.
• Be able to make pragmatic decisions, balancing legal and commercial drivers.
• Be self-motivated with the ability to identify and do work without being instructed.
• Have excellent communication skills and high proficiency in English. 

Nice to haves:

• Experience of working in a startup or scale up environment. 

About us 

ComplyAdvantage is the financial industry’s leading source of AI-driven financial crime risk data and detection technology. Our mission is to neutralize the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and other financial crime. 

More than 1000 companies rely on us to understand the risk of who they’re doing business with through the world’s only global, real-time database of people and companies. Our solutions identify thousands of risk events daily from millions of structured and unstructured data points.

We have four global hubs in New York, London, Singapore, and Cluj-Napoca and are backed by Goldman Sachs, Ontario Teachers, Index Ventures, and Balderton Capital. 

Since 2014, we have raised over $100 million in funding, and in 2022 alone grew by over 40% to over 500 people globally. Over the next 12 months, as our revenue increases, we plan to increase to 600.

No fight against crime is complete without the right values, and we take ours very seriously!

 Focus on the Team - We’re Collaborative, Human and Humble

 Kaizen - We’re Curious, Proactive, and Agile

 Deliver Results - We’re Tenacious, Accountable, and Focused

We can only defeat financial crime if we have the right people with the right values in place, and we’re committed to investing in passionate people who are experts in their field. Our culture and working environment are second to none. Don’t believe us? See what our employees have to say on Glassdoor.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building 
• Unlimited Time Off Policy- A work-life balance and focus on our wellbeing are critical to keeping us performing at our best.
• Hybrid working- We want you to strike a balance and be where you do your best work.  You will work with your manager to agree on what is best for you and your team.
• You will also get an annual budget of £215 to kit out your home office
• Opportunity to work on innovative projects with smart like-minded people who are keen to share their knowledge and continuously improve
• Annual learning budget to drive your performance and career development
• Enhanced parental leave and childcare benefits
• Life Insurance to protect your loved ones 
• Medical insurance through Bupa with pre-existing conditions covered
• Pension contribution through The Peoples Pension

What will happen next

• Your application will be reviewed
• Telephone Interview with the Talent Team
• Hiring Manager Interview 
• Presentation Interview/ Team Interview
• Final Interview 
• Offer 
• Pre-Employment Checks 
• You will start at ComplyAdvantage!