Senior Corporate Counsel

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Boston, MA
Hybrid
180K-200K Annually
5-7 Years Experience
Cloud • eCommerce • Information Technology • Retail • Software • Database
The global leader in composable commerce
The Role
The Senior Corporate Counsel will provide legal support for corporate governance, manage M&A transactions, advise on compliance and entity structure, prepare corporate filings, and maintain equity programs. This role requires strong collaboration with various departments and stakeholders, ensuring legal processes are scalable and effective.
Summary Generated by Built In

Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team.

  • Drive Results: We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce
  • Cultivate Belonging: We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork
  • Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential
  • Adapt Boldly: We’re curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures



The Opportunity:
We are seeking a talented attorney to join our experienced and collaborative Legal team to work on corporate transactions, M&A deals, and general company secretarial and corporate governance matters. You’ll work alongside and report into our General Counsel and have the opportunity to work on various corporate, legal and strategic projects. As our Senior Corporate Counsel, you should have a minimum of seven years of experience at a large international law firm or combined firm/in-house experience advising clients on a variety of corporate legal matters including M&A, IPO, corporate restructuring, and shareholding matters.

 

 

Your Mission:

  • Lead legal support to the organization with corporate governance and corporate law matters across our global affiliates
  • Advising and executing changes to our entity structure, implementing intercompany agreements, and assisting with local compliance requirements
  • Assist with board agendas and develop and review corporate governance materials, including resolutions and other materials for board meetings
  • Provide legal advice and manage a variety of complex merger and acquisition transactions or other corporate strategic transactions, including structuring, diligence, drafting and negotiating term sheets and definitive transaction documentation, and supporting closing transactions and post-closing integration
  • Assist in preparation of corporate or regulatory filings, press releases and review of marketing materials, research and investor presentations, analysis of securities law obligations and listing requirements
  • Help with other confidential corporate projects and such other activities as may be assigned by the General Counsel and CFO
  • Maintain and support our equity program, including drafting relevant agreements
  • Being the Global Legal Corporate go-to person for compliance and legal support with corporate law, working closely with our Corporate Strategy and Finance teams
  • Play a key role in building and maintaining a fruitful and cooperative relationship with other departments and stakeholders

What you need to succeed:

  • Active membership with the Law Society, or a US state bar (NY or CA preferred), or equivalent.
  • Positive attitude, and willingness to roll up sleeves (no job too big, no job too small).
  • Collaborative team member with a high level of professionalism and outstanding business judgment.
  • Ability to work well in a fast-paced business and evolving legal environment and to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Creating legal and compliance processes designed for scalability

Nice to have:

  • Experience with German law is considered a plus 
  • Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and with a global legal team 
  • In-house legal experience


We care about your growth and well-being

💰 Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks

☀️ Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country  

💻 Learning & Development Budget

📚 Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses

🙌 Our Benefits: Check them out by office here

⌚️ Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees

🚀 Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment


For US-based roles

🩺  Well-Being: 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents

🌴 Work-Life Balance: Generous time off for personal time, vacation, parental leave, holidays, well-being, and volunteering

💰 Prepare For Your Future: 401k with company match

👐 Get Involved: Opportunities to join our Employee Resource Groups, fitness challenges, artistic channels, and more!


Our Durham Office:

  • Newly updated modern office at the American Tobacco Campus in the heart of Downtown Durham
  • Do you have a dog? We're a dog friendly office 
  • Kombucha on tap, coffee, tea, snacks, and catered lunches
  • Semi-monthly team events
  • Need a break? We have foosball, darts, ping pong, and a golf putting simulator
  • Combination of individual work spaces and cozy meeting rooms


Come grow with us!

We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.

At commercetools, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fair hiring practices regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

US Pay Range

$180,000$200,000 USD

What the Team is Saying

María Barrena
Yahia El Tai
Anita Temple
The Company
HQ: Munich
700 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

commercetools founded the headless commerce concept, and is the industry-leading composable commerce platform enabling brands to adapt and lead evolutions in digital commerce. commercetools provides its customers with the agility and tools needed to innovate and iterate on the fly, merge on and off-line channels, take advantage of new markets, drive new and higher revenue-generating opportunities, and future-proof their eCommerce business –– without incurring technical and operational risks.

Today, commercetools is trusted by some of the world's most iconic brands including Audi, Danone, Eurorail, NBCUniversal, Sephora and Volkswagen Group, and many more.

Why Work With Us

Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do: Drive Results, Cultivate Belonging, Champion Customers, and Adapt Boldly. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with.

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