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Senior Commercial Counsel

New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Sept 2025

💰 $220,000/yr($178,000/yr – $220,000/yr)

About the role

About the role:

We are currently looking for our next star in-house counsel to provide generalist legal expertise and support with a focus on commercial transactions and data privacy. This position will lead significant aspects of Forter’s legal function, supporting sales and business teams in the Americas on all aspects of the business with an emphasis on contract drafting, review and negotiation, as well as compliance with local laws, including data privacy laws. This position will be located in New York with the requirement to be in-office at least 3 days per week.

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.

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

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