Legal Counsel, Commercial, Compliance
Curri
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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About the role
- Provide legal support across the organization to improve and scale Curri’s commercial and compliance programs.
- Manage Curri’s commercial contracting processes, including contract templates, playbooks, and workflows, and managing Curri’s contract database through a CLM solution.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer, vendor, partner, and technology agreements.
- Serve as a trusted legal partner to cross-functional teams including Sales, Operations, Finance, Product, and People.
- Research and analyze legal and regulatory issues relevant to Curri’s business and industry.
- Develop and help implement compliance, risk management, and governance frameworks that address key risks as Curri scales.
- Actively manage compliance development programs, using legal research to create work plans, identify key stake holders to collaborate with, and manage execution of work plans through to completion.
- Translate legal analysis into clear, practical, and actionable guidance for business stakeholders.
- Support continuous improvement of legal processes, documentation, and internal controls.
- Identify opportunities to proactively mitigate legal and compliance risk while enabling business objectives.
- Manage outside counsel as needed and support special projects and strategic initiatives across the business.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in California
- 3–5 years of experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal role (combination preferred)
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts
- Expert legal research, analysis, and writing skills
- Ability to operate independently with a high ownership mindset in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively with non-legal stakeholders
- Highly self-motivated, well-organized, and an effective self-manager
- Exceptional ability to translate legal risk and analysis into practical, business-oriented solutions
Benefits
- Meaningful ownership
- Broad exposure to the business
- Opportunity to play a key role in building Curri’s legal foundation for long-term growth
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationlegal researchlegal analysiscompliance frameworksrisk managementgovernance frameworkscommercial agreementscontract lifecycle management (CLM)internal controls
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationeffective communicationself-motivationorganizational skillsindependenceownership mindsetproblem-solvingadaptabilitystakeholder managementpractical guidance
Certifications
Juris Doctor (JD)licensed to practice law in California