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About the Role

Join Clio's high-impact legal team as a Legal Counsel, supporting the commercial business with a focus on sales agreements across SMB, Enterprise, and Public Sector. This role requires a sharp commercial lawyer excited by AI's application in legal practice, contributing to an AI-first company culture and building consistent processes for scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of sales agreements, including NDAs, drafting, redlining, negotiating, and closing.
• Develop relationships with internal stakeholders like Compliance, Security, and Channel Partnerships to advance deals.
• Support Public Sector contracting, navigating government procurement frameworks and public sector-specific terms.
• Provide legal advice for partnership strategy and efficiently structure and close referral and revenue partnership agreements.
• Advise on IP, licensing, trademarks, and technology law, staying current with AI and legal landscape evolution.
• Support the privacy compliance program, including policies, data breach response, DPIAs, and regulatory guidance across jurisdictions.
• Contribute to legal operations process improvement and shape the use of AI and legal tools.

Requirements

• Called to the bar in a Canadian province or territory, in good standing.
• 3 - 5 years as a commercial or technology lawyer with depth in SaaS agreements, NDAs, privacy law, and partnerships.
• Enjoys negotiating and excels at the deal side of legal work.
• Comfortable with rapid pace and variable scope, adapting quickly and staying organized under pressure.
• Exercises good judgment, making calls without perfect information and escalating when appropriate.
• Deeply curious about AI and legal tech, with a desire to use these tools in practice.
• Strong communicator, able to translate legal risk clearly for non-lawyers.
• A cohesive team player.
• Experience with public sector or SLED transactions and government procurement processes (bonus).

Skills

• SaaS agreements
• NDAs
• Privacy law
• Partnerships (legal)
• Negotiation
• Adaptability
• Organization
• Judgment
• AI (curiosity/usage in legal tech)
• Legal tech (curiosity/usage)
• Communication (translating legal risk)
• Teamwork
• Public sector transactions
• SLED transactions
• Government procurement processes

Location

• Vancouver
• Calgary
• Toronto
• Dublin
• London
• New York City
• Sydney
• Manchester
• Barcelona
• Bogotá

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 3 - 5 years of experience

Education Level

• Called to the bar in a Canadian province or territory

Salary/Compensations

• $131,800 to $178,200 CAD (for this role)
• Separate salary bands for other regions based on local currency

Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary
• Top-tier health benefits
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible time off policy (encouraged 20 days off per year)
• $2000 annual counseling benefit
• RRSP matching
• RESP contribution
• Clioversary recognition program (at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years)

About the Company

• Global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms.
• Transforming the legal experience by bettering lives of legal professionals and increasing access to justice.
• Building the Intelligent Legal Work Platform, the legal industry’s first System of Action.
• Expanding into the enterprise with solutions like Clio Operate and Vincent by Clio.
• Achieved Centaur status in 2022.
• Honoree of Forbes Cloud 100 and Fortune’s Future 50.
• Named Innovator of the Year.
• Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.
• Consistently recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and a Top Employer for Young People.
• International offices recognized on Great Place to Work’s Best Workplaces lists.
• Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with over 2,000 employees globally.

Equal Opportunity

• Dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering an environment where teams feel included, valued, and enabled.
• Believes different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences lead to higher-performing teams and better innovation.
• Committed to equal employment and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
• Provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process.