Senior Counsel, Commercial – EMEA

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November 14

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ClickHouse

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SaaS • Enterprise • Artificial Intelligence

ClickHouse is a fast and resource-efficient real-time data warehouse and open-source database that is designed to deliver superior query performance for mission-critical and time-sensitive applications. It is available as a cloud service on major platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a "Bring Your Own Cloud" option and a wide range of integrations for seamless operation within diverse tech stacks. ClickHouse excels in real-time analytics, machine learning, business intelligence, and observability, making it an ideal choice for tasks such as financial services, fraud detection, and gaming analytics. It supports developer-friendly SQL operations, offers cost-effective storage solutions, and provides an open-source alternative to traditional databases. Companies like Sony, Lyft, Cisco, GitLab, and Twilio leverage ClickHouse for its scalability, efficiency, and ease of use.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• Become an important member of the commercial legal team responsible for supporting the go-to-market team by reviewing and negotiating ClickHouse’s customer contracts. Your primary focus will be supporting the EMEA sales team, with opportunities to support APAC and the Americas as we grow the commercial legal function. • Cultivate strong relationships with the EMEA sales team and act as a solutions-oriented business partner to ClickHouse’s EMEA sales team by providing pragmatic, sound legal counsel. • Lead complex cross-border transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across multiple jurisdictions. • Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance or legal developments impacting the business in the EMEA region, and partner with the broader Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders where required. • Provide training and enablement to internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes. • Help maintain and update our legal agreements, policies, and templates; develop and improve scalable workflows to enable rapid revenue growth and stability for the company.

🎯 Requirements

• Law degree and member in good standing in the UK or EU jurisdiction (preferred, UK, The Netherlands or Germany); international legal experience a plus. • Minimum 7 years’ experience practicing both with a law firm and in-house at a high growth technology company. • Proven experience drafting, negotiating and closing complex commercial software and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners and resellers across multiple jurisdictions. • Strong understanding of commercial legal issues related to SaaS and software licensing (i.e., data privacy, security, intellectual property, open-source, revenue recognition, and tax), professional services and other go-to-market programs (such as partner/reseller programs). • Excellent judgement, strong business orientation and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice within the context of business objectives. • Strong interpersonal, communication and management skills; ability to build trust and strong relationships with ClickHouse’s sales team, cross-functional stakeholders and ClickHouse’s customers. • Exceptional attention to detail, strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a high-growth environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries. • Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare. • Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options. • Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries. • A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee. • Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.