Position:
Commercial Counsel
Location
: India (Remote)
Reports to
: VP, Legal
About Us
HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 2 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries. HighLevel empowers users with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 15 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million domain names.
Our People
With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home.
Our Impact
As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 2 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen.Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts
About the Role:
The Commercial Counsel will serve as the primary legal advisor for all commercial transactions across HighLevel, driving excellence in both legal strategy and operational execution. This role requires a business-minded attorney who excels at managing complex deal workflows while maintaining exceptional legal standards. The ideal candidate combines strong negotiation capabilities with outstanding project management skills to enable efficient, scalable, and high-quality commercial legal operations.This role offers significant growth potential for an ambitious commercial attorney who excels at both legal strategy and operational execution
What You'll Do:
Commercial Legal Leadership
- Lead all commercial negotiations across the organization, including procurement, tech services, SaaS subscriptions, and affiliate agreements
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts (MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, DPAs, partnership agreements, influencer agreements)
- Develop sophisticated legal positions that balance risk management with business objectives
- Serve as a key legal contact for the affiliate network and ensure terms are both compliant and business-aligned 2
Process Excellence & Project Management
- Design and implement scalable contract workflows with clear metrics, timelines, and accountability
- Create comprehensive project plans for complex deals and legal initiatives with defined milestones
- Establish and maintain robust tracking systems for contract status, obligations, and renewals
- Proactively identify bottlenecks in commercial processes and implement effective solutions
- Lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives to enhance contract velocity
Template & Knowledge Management
- Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and fallback positions 3
- Develop comprehensive negotiation guidelines that enable consistent, efficient deal execution
- Create and maintain knowledge repositories for commercial legal precedents and best practices
- Build scalable self-service tools for business teams to accelerate routine transactions
Strategic Business Partnership
- Partner closely with finance, procurement, compliance, and business development teams to streamline deal workflows 3
- Provide legal support for new business initiatives involving commercial or third-party relationships 4
- Collaborate with product and marketing counsel where agreements intersect with regulatory or IP issues
- Track legal and regulatory trends in commercial contracting and advise on risk mitigation
What You’ll Bring:
Required Qualifications
- JD/LLB with 6-8years of commercial transactions experience, including significant in-house experience
- Exceptional contract drafting, review, and negotiation skillswith demonstrated business judgment
- Strong project management experience with proven ability to lead complex legal initiatives from conception to completion
- Track record of implementing process improvements that measurably enhance legal operations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams
- Superior organizational abilities with meticulous attention to detail and follow-through
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms, particularly IronClad
- Experience in SaaS, technology, or marketing industries
- Background in developing and scaling legal operations in high-growth environments
Success Metrics
- Accelerated and compliant contract turnaround times with consistent execution against SLAs
- Implementation of measurable process improvements that reduce cycle times and increase quality
- Standardized templates and workflows adopted across teams with high business satisfaction scores
- Successful execution of complex, high-value commercial deals with minimal escalations
- Business teams view legal as a trusted, enabling partner that drives results
Equal Employment Opportunity Information:
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an employer subject to affirmative action regulations, we invite you to voluntarily provide the following demographic information. This information is used solely for compliance with government record-keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Providing this information is voluntary and refusal to do so will not affect your application status. This data will be kept separate from your application and will not be used in the hiring decision.
