Commercial Counsel
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MorphoDecentralized finance
Remote - Europe or US (EST only)., US (EST only); ability to work across European and US Eastern time zones.Full-TimeSenior
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5 to 8 years in commercial contracting
- Required Skills
- CRM
Requirements
- Be a qualified lawyer or hold an equivalent law degree.
- Have 5 to 8 years of commercial contracting experience, including some in-house experience at a fast-growing technology company.
- Have independently negotiated partnership, integration, or licensing agreements on both own and counterparty paper.
- Have US-style commercial drafting experience.
- Have hands-on experience building legal operations, including contract lifecycle tooling, playbooks, intake, and reporting.
- Use AI tools to write prompts and skills and automate document workflows, with judgment about when lawyer review is required.
- Be comfortable working with Finance on payment mechanics, milestones, and budgets.
- Be comfortable using a CRM as the source of truth.
- Be able to hold a position with a deal team under time pressure.
- Communicate clearly and concisely with non-lawyers.
- Work autonomously with ownership in a fast-paced startup and adapt to ambiguity and shifting priorities.
- Be able to work across European and US Eastern time zones.
Responsibilities
- Triage partnership team requests and manage NDAs on Morpho and counterparty paper.
- Draft and negotiate standard partnership and incentive agreements through signature packs and signing summaries.
- Maintain a contract repository linked to the CRM and an obligations register with alerts for deal owners and Finance.
- Build negotiation playbooks, a clause library, templates, a Legal FAQ, and AI workflows for intake, drafting, and review.
- Track outside counsel budgets and report monthly on legal throughput.
- Manage standard vendor and SaaS terms, renewals, insurance calendars, due diligence, and security questionnaires.
- Maintain internal policies and data room hygiene.
- Support corporate housekeeping and employment, IP, and privacy matters as capacity allows.
- Work with the partnership team, Finance, RevOps, BizOps, and outside counsel.
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