Forter Senior Commercial Counsel 

United States, New York, New York 

783599558

What you’ll be doing:

• Support Sales, Business Development and Customer Success organizations, predominantly in the Americas region
• Independently negotiate commercial agreements, including privacy components.
• Support business teams in drafting and negotiating agreements with vendors.
• Advise business teams on legal compliance, including on data protection and privacy issues.
• Advise business teams on recommended courses of action and legal risk, with the ability to judge when to escalate identified issues as appropriate.
• Assist in updating contract templates, drafting global corporate policies and processes, and helping build internal processes and enable the company on such policies.

What you’ll need:

• At least 5 years of relevant legal experience, preferably with at least 2 years in a law firm counseling rapid-growth technology companies.
• Accredited law degree from a top university.
• Admission to the bar and a current license in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Requires substantive experience with drafting and negotiating complex legal agreements (sales, partnership, procurement, NDAs, data processing agreements, others); experience with other internal company functions or areas of law is desired (such as intellectual property or privacy).
• Substantive experience with commercial technology transactions.
• Substantive experience dealing with/collaborating with Sales, Sales Management, Executive team on complex contract negotiations.
• Experience advising on privacy and data protection laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision, while adapting quickly to a rapidly changing and challenging environment.
• Practical yet creative problem-solving approach that emphasizes addressing business needs while protecting Forter’s interests.
• Ability to balance priorities and know when to seek executive direction.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones.
• Fluent in English.

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:

• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023 2024, and )
• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023, 2024 and )
• #3 on of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
• Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (2024)
• SAP Pinnacle Awards “ ” (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Matching 401K Plan
• Comprehensive and generous health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
• Home office allowance
• Generous PTO policy
• Half day Fridays

Salary Range: $178,000 - $220,000 annually + bonus + equity + benefits