What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Legal Counsel position at Fivecast?
Our Corporate Counsel will provide hands-on, commercially focused legal support across Fivecast’s global operations, with a primary focus on commercial contracting, government adjacent engagements, and supplier negotiations. This role will operate as an inhouse lawyer, working closely with Sales, Product, and Executive stakeholders across multiple regions.
The role will support global commercial contracts spanning the US, APAC, and EMEA. This is a pragmatic, execution focused role suited to a lawyer who enjoys operating close to the business in a fast-growing technology environment, balancing legal risk with commercial velocity.
Responsibilities:
- Contract Management: Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a range of commercial and government adjacent agreements, including US government contracts, NDAs, software licence agreements, partner/reseller agreements, and supplier agreements. Provide clear, risk based advice and escalate material issues to the Executive Team as appropriate.
- Sales & Commercial Negotiation: Partner with Fivecast sales teams to support negotiations with customers, and partners, including engagement with counterpart legal representatives, to resolve complex issues and enable timely commercial outcomes.
- Standard Fivecast Contracts: Maintain, review, and improve Fivecast’s standard contract suite, including EULAs, confidentiality agreements, and reseller/partner agreements, to support consistent and scalable contracting across regions.
- Advice: Provide practical legal advice to Fivecast leadership on Privacy, laws, authorities and relevant government policies. Propose strategies to streamline adoption of Fivecast technology by customers.
- Supplier Engagement: Work with Product and Engineering teams to engage with suppliers, support trials, review NDAs and commercial terms, and negotiate supplier agreements and pricing models aligned to business needs.
Required skills and Experience
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.
- Admission to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction (Virginia admission desirable but not required).
- 3–6 years’ post qualification experience, gained in a law firm and/or inhouse legal role.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating commercial technology agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, partner/reseller, supplier, and NDA frameworks.
- Experience supporting multijurisdictional or global commercial contracting, either in-house or as part of a broader legal team.
- Working knowledge of US government contracting and procurement frameworks (e.g. FAR/DFARS), or exposure to government adjacent commercial agreements.
- Ability to operate effectively as part of a lean in-house legal function, managing competing priorities with limited supervision.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate legal risk into practical, business focused advice.
- Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to keep executives and cross functional teams informed on progress, risks, and timelines.
- Comfortable working across time zones and collaborating with international teams.