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The Legal Counsel, Commercial reports directly to the Director of Legal, Commercial and collaborates with external and internal clients across GitLab on a broad range of matters related to commercial contracting including the negotiation and review of complex contracts, review of regional specific legal requirements to drive templates and process, and act as a trusted advisor to internal clients. In addition to the general Responsibilities and Requirements above, this role specifically requires the ability to:

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts including partnership, services, consulting, marketing, licensing, data privacy, and other commercial and technology related agreements
• Engage on top priority and complex Agreements tied to large value and material transactions
• Review regional specific legal requirements, including with outside counsel, for terms and policy creation and enforcement
• Create and present training materials for both Contract Managers and Sales Team Members
• Understand GitLab and GitLab products in order to identify risks, develop solutions, mitigation and negotiation strategies
• Add information and feedback to playbooks and other supporting documentation to support the development of other legal team members
• Become a trusted advisor to the Sales Team Members and Leadership across multiple functions
• Work closely with members of the Legal team to develop and improve applicable standardized forms, processes, and procedures
• Perform risk analysis review for all contractual documents and recommend mitigating options