Legal Counsel - NY

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Big Data Analytics
The Role
Provide U.S. commercial legal support for sales, partnerships, and go-to-market initiatives. Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise SaaS, partner, reseller, vendor, and vendor agreements. Advise stakeholders on legal and commercial risk, develop contract templates and playbooks, and collaborate with Finance, Security, Product, and Compliance to enable strategic transactions and scalable legal processes.
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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced, business-oriented attorney with 8+ years of experience to support Eon's commercial growth and expanding U.S. operations. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to Sales, Partnerships, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership teams, helping drive complex commercial transactions while balancing legal risk and business objectives.

The ideal candidate is a pragmatic and solutions-oriented lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced technology environment and enjoys partnering closely with business leaders to accelerate growth and close strategic deals.

What You'll Do
  • Serve as the primary legal advisor supporting Eon's U.S. commercial operations.

  • Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements, including enterprise customer, partner, reseller, vendor, and SaaS agreements.

  • Partner closely with Sales and Revenue leadership to structure, negotiate, and close strategic enterprise transactions.

  • Advise business stakeholders on legal and commercial risks, providing practical, business-focused guidance.

  • Support strategic partnerships, channel programs, and go-to-market initiatives.

  • Develop and improve contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and scalable legal processes.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Security, Product, and Compliance teams to support business objectives and customer requirements.

What You'll Bring
  • J.D. degree and active membership in good standing with the New York State Bar.

  • 8+ years of legal experience, including significant commercial contracting and transaction experience.

  • Experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house at a SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, or technology company.

  • Strong expertise negotiating enterprise SaaS, technology, and strategic commercial agreements.

  • Proven ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and support revenue-generating initiatives.

  • Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Ability to operate independently and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Skills Required

  • J.D. degree and active membership in good standing with the New York State Bar.
  • 8+ years of legal experience with significant commercial contracting and transactional work.
  • Experience negotiating enterprise SaaS, technology, and strategic commercial agreements.
  • Experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house at a SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, or technology company.
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to operate independently and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
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The Company
HQ: Denver, CO
74 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Eon is a next-generation cloud backup solution that introduces the first backup autopilot for cloud infrastructure. Our platform empowers organizations with cloud backup posture management (CBPM), transforming traditional, hard-to-use cloud backups into valuable assets. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks and BOND, among other prominent investors, Eon is led by the team that founded CloudEndure (Cloud Disaster Recovery and Migration startup, acquired by AWS), and built two native AWS services: AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, and AWS Application Migration Service, supporting the world's largest enterprises

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