Team

TripleLift’s Legal team supports our rapidly evolving and growing global advertising business. Our mandate is to provide strategic and practical legal advice to all functions throughout the organization – and our day to day work is diverse, ranging from drafting and negotiating contracts to evaluating product offerings to monitoring and addressing legislative and regulatory developments that affect the future of the internet. We are energized by the challenges of serving a dynamic, fast-growing company that’s shaping the future of online advertising in a complex ecosystem – and we’re looking for a new commercial counsel to join the team and assist our continued growth.

Role

The Commercial Legal Counsel will manage and oversee a broad legal portfolio in support of our commercial initiatives, including negotiating and executing a variety of complex and cutting-edge commercial agreements critical to our expanding business and platform. In this role, you will work closely with internal clients spanning multiple functions across TripleLift to understand and assess legal and business risks and make sound decisions under tight deadlines. You will improve and build out the team’s forms, processes and procedures to more efficiently drive TripleLift’s growth. You will also advise on related international, policy, privacy and regulatory matters related to our expanding product offerings. This role will report to the Vice President of Legal and includes significant opportunity for growth.  

The ideal candidate is a business-minded lawyer who takes the time to understand technology and business objectives to strategically and effectively balance legal risks in advising the business. They are a motivated, creative problem-solver who thrives in a high growth environment working on exciting and complex legal issues that may even influence new legal precedent and shape the internet of the future. They are a collaborative team player comfortable making decisions. 

Responsibilities 

• Review, negotiate and draft a variety of technology and commercial agreements, including terms governing access to our core advertising services, platform vendor and data provider agreements, SAAS, privacy and other technology agreements.
• Lead highly complex, cross-border, commercial negotiations with strategic partners and some of the biggest names in digital advertising.
• Support product, technology and commercial teams in evaluating, protecting and commercializing new products and features.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Revenue, Finance, Product, Marketing, Engineering, and People, on legal matters related to our products, services and bringing them to market.
• Ensure compliance and draft contracts and policies to address a variety of industry standards, laws and regulations impacting online advertising, including intellectual property, gaming, privacy and political advertising.
• Help develop, implement and support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal processes, policies and trainings.
• Exercise strong judgment to advise TripleLift and contribute to the overall success of the business.
• Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment;
• Identify, research, analyze, and advise teams on a wide range of relevant legal topics, issues, and risk (e.g., licensing, intellectual property, commercial, data security, and privacy law).
• Distill and communicate complex legal concepts in layman’s terms.

Qualifications 

• Licensed to practice in New York with superior academic credentials.
• 3+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm or in-house legal department. Prior start-up or ad tech experience is a plus.
• Experience with global privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, etc.).
• An entrepreneurial spirit and passion for working in a high-growth environment. 
• Ability to understand technology and the interplay between legal, policy and strategy.
• Excellent business judgment and ability to assess legal risk while also thinking strategically and providing practical advice.
• Strong work ethic and ability to multi-task and understand and manage shifting priorities and multiple projects.
• Exceptional communication, analytical and writing skills.
• Ability and desire to work both autonomously but also collaboratively as part of a growing legal team.
• Strong project-management and operational skills.