We’re looking for a Commercial Counsel to be a key member of Dropbox’s global commercial legal team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to have company-wide impact supporting a broad array of Dropbox’s cross-functional teams and strategies, from AI strategy, to customer deals, to marketing, to infrastructure, and everything in between.
This role is for an experienced in-house or law firm attorney in the commercial legal space with a client-first mindset and experience working closely with tech clients to innovate and leverage technology to create and drive efficiencies in a world class commercial legal function in support of Dropbox’s business goals. You’ll be part of a team of attorneys and professionals responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a high volume of complex commercial contracts with Dropbox business partners, vendors, and customers around the world. Willing to act as both a team player and an independent contracts expert, you'll be responsible for partnering with our sales, procurement, finance, product, and other business teams to deliver efficient, scalable approaches to commercial matters.
The ideal candidate is an experienced commercial attorney who has partnered closely with in-house teams, and is passionate about supporting the business and who thrives in solving legal, technology and business issues. The ideal candidate must be empathetic and a team player who is effective in collaborating with others and enjoys having a bit of fun (and hopefully many laughs!) along the way.
Responsibilities- Review, draft and negotiate a broad spectrum of commercial agreements, including enterprise sales, procurement, infrastructure, branding and marketing, business development agreements (and more!).
- Partner closely and create strong working relationships with Dropbox’s business teams.
- Engage personally in complex deals and work collaboratively with various company teams to implement company initiatives.
- Develop and collaboratively implement an innovative strategy to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering commercial legal support to Dropbox’s business.
- Partner with our Legal Operations team to increase process automation, legal technology, and other efficiencies.
- Be an active and trusted team member, problem solver, and innovator to key stakeholders across the company.
- Minimum of 4+ years as a practicing commercial attorney, including substantive experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including SaaS, licensing, technology, equipment, and marketing agreements
- Experience partnering with globally distributed in-house business teams, particularly procurement teams, at a SaaS company to handle a high volume of complex commercial transactions
- Process and tool focused innovator who drives performance and efficiencies while building trusted relationships and empowering business partners
- Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and simple guidance, and to partner effectively across all levels of the company
- Passion for client service and efficiency
- High integrity, strong ethics, and an unflappable demeanor
- J.D. from an accredited law school, with strong academic credentials and demonstrated record of success as a lawyer
- Member in good standing of bar and (if applicable) in-house counsel registration
- 5+ years of experience as a commercial attorney in a law firm setting, with at least 1+ year of experience as an in-house attorney at a technology company
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple types of cross-functional commercial matters, including customer facing agreements, M&A integration and support, and commercial disputes
- Expertise in data privacy law (e.g., CIPP certification), AI rules and regulations, and intellectual property
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