Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Commercial

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

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All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

What this job can offer you

• This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as a Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial and Product, joining our Legal Team. We are looking for a talented and eager commercial and product lawyer, who is interested in helping with our team’s mission, namely: supercharging our business through the provision of excellent legal advice and implementation of solid legal processes.
• Remote’s well established Legal team is a bunch of friendly, talented highly motivated lawyers from a whole host of different countries, with some awesome experiences.
• The Legal Commercial and Product is a sub team within our Legal Team and principally supports:
  • Our Product Team, and internal stakeholders at large with product counselling, ensuring legal compliance with our product development and as they launch;
  • Our Sales Team with commercial negotiations on the different agreements we utilise for our products and services,
  • Our Collections Team with litigation advise and strategies to ensure compliance with debt collection laws and to effectively manage and resolve disputes with overdue accounts.
  • Our wider Legal Team, by drafting excellent commercial templates, and generally contributing to the team’s processes.

What you bring

• Handle sales negotiations and client collections including overseeing related litigation
• Manage all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution, including identifying potential legal issues, formulating strategies, executing action plans, coordinating with the collection team and external …