Commercial Counsel

Posted 16 Days Ago
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Austin, TX
127K-188K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Retail
The Role
The Commercial Counsel at eBay will handle a variety of commercial agreements focused on marketing, licensing, SaaS, and professional services. Key responsibilities include negotiating contracts, risk mitigation, ensuring compliance, and enhancing legal processes while working collaboratively with different business units to align with company objectives.
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At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

About the team:

We play an instrumental role in connecting people with the things they need and love, anytime, anywhere. We help deliver a personalized shopping experience and flawless access to inventory from down the street and around the world, as well as tailored shopping experiences, including customized buying and selling. eBay seeks to drive growth into new markets and drive value in the shopping and selling experience through “building, accelerating, and redefining.”

eBay’s innovative Legal Department is looking for a commercial attorney to be a key member of our team. The commercial attorney is responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of expense and revenue transactions. This position will provide legal counseling and work directly with the business units to ensure alignment with business goals and objectives.

Responsibilities
 - Provide strategic counsel and proactively lead the review and negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements with a strong focus on marketing, licensing, SaaS, and professional services agreements.
- Contribute to the improvement of current processes and procedures, such as by creating templates and developing legal trainings and playbooks.
- Identify and assess legal risks associated with commercial agreements and provide actionable advice to mitigate those risks.
 - Provide timely and practical guidance on risk management, internal policy compliance and contractual obligations.
- Develop strong, collaborative relationships cross-functionally and within the legal team, including with strategic partners such as security, privacy, procurement, and finance to ensure alignment and compliance with company objectives, contractual obligations and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
- J.D. degree from ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar.
- 5+ years of experience in commercial transactions, ideally with a focus on the technology industry.
- Experience in an in-house legal department, ideally specializing in technology transactions.

  • Experience in intellectual property, commercial real estate/leasing or construction agreements is helpful.
  • Ability to balance legal and business risk

- Outstanding communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and working collaboratively with various teams in a matrixed organization
- Strong relationship-building skills.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail. Good sense of humor & team player.

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eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
26,035 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world.

We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.

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