Legal Counsel, EMEA

Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely. We are transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice . Summary: Commercial Contracting Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor and procurement contracts, DPAs, professional services agreements, and statements of work. Independently manage routine and mid-complexity contract negotiations, escalating novel or high-risk issues as appropriate. Support internal stakeholders in understanding contractual obligations and risk exposure. Assist in maintaining and improving contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidance, including the ongoing development of the contract repository and standard fallback positions. Assist with partner, reseller, and subcontractor agreement reviews and negotiations. Support Sales and the wider commercial team on enterprise deal execution, including review of customer-proposed terms, redlines to Clio’s standard agreements, and legal input on complex or high-value negotiations. Provide legal input and support on RFP and bid responses, including review of customer-proposed contractual requirements and legal questionnaires. Advise Sales and Customer Success on customer contractual queries, non-standard commercial requests, and escalated issues arising from enterprise accounts. Business Partnership Act as a trusted legal partner to Sales and business teams across EMEA, providing commercial, pragmatic advice that supports deal execution while managing risk appropriately. Help manage legal intake, triage, and prioritisation across the EMEA region. Partner with business owners to facilitate efficient and compliant deal execution. Support customer escalations involving legal and contractual issues, providing risk-based guidance to the business. Privacy and Data Protection Review and negotiate data processing agreements and data protection terms across a range of commercial relationships. Support routine privacy and data protection enquiries, including queries relating to GDPR compliance. Assist with compliance initiatives across the group, including data subject requests and privacy reviews of new products or features. Support intragroup data transfer reviews and maintenance of data protection documentation. Legal Operations and Process Improvement Contribute to the development of scalable legal processes, self-service tools, and knowledge management resources. Support contract management workflows, including intake, execution tracking, and template maintenance. Identify opportunities to streamline legal workflows and improve the stakeholder experience. What you will find here: Compensation is one of the main components of Clio’s Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture. Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include: Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits and dental coverage Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office minimum twice per week. Flexible time off policy Pension contribution Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years ​ The expected salary range for this role is €86,400 to €116,800 EUR. Initial placement within the range is informed by geographic region, experience, and skillset, with room to progress as impact and tenure grow. Final offer amounts will vary based on candidate profile. Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion . We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Learn more about our culture at We're a Human and High Performing AI company, meaning we use artificial intelligence to improve all of our operations. In recruitment, AI helps us streamline the process for greater efficiency. However, we've built our systems to ensure that a human always reviews AI-generated output, and we never make automated hiring decisions. Disclaimer: We only communicate with candidates through official @clio.com email addresses.