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At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. As the pioneer of the Website Experience Platform (WXP), we’re redefining how teams Build, Manage, and Optimize for the web – combining visual development, powerful content management systems, AI-driven personalization, seamless hosting, and end-to-end analytics in a single, unified platform. With AI at the core, Webflow helps teams move faster, create more performant digital experiences, and scale without heavy engineering support. From independent designers and creative agencies to global enterprises, hundreds of thousands of organizations use Webflow to turn ideas into reality – and to power what’s possible on the web.

We’re expanding our legal team internationally and looking for a Senior Commercial Counsel, EMEA to serve as a strategic legal partner to our EMEA Sales and broader teams! As our first international legal hire, in this impactful and highly-visible role you’ll drive complex deal negotiations and scale and streamline our commercial legal function in EMEA, directly enabling our business teams to close deals with leading EMEA companies and organizations across all market segments, including SMBs, regulated-companies, and large enterprises.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fun, supportive, and high-functioning legal team as we expand our international footprint and grow with the business. This is a high-ownership, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, rapid-growth environments and knows how to balance risk on a sliding scale to enable revenue. You’ll be a key partner throughout deal cycles while also providing strategic counsel on the unique legal and regulatory considerations for Privacy and responsible AI deployment throughout the EMEA region.

About the Role

• Location: London, UK (Hybrid) – 1‑2 days per week in‑office
• Full‑time, Permanent
• Compensation dependent on geographic cost of labor and other factors; participation in company‑wide bonus program also applies.

Responsibilities

• Be a founding member of Webflow’s international legal footprint, building out our EMEA legal function and GTM legal playbook in close coordination with the global legal team.
• Serve as a key strategic advisor to sales leadership on complex commercial deals and contractual matters across SMB to large enterprise clients.
• Lead negotiations and successfully close a variety of sophisticated commercial contracts with diverse EMEA companies and organizations, including SaaS deals, channel/distribution/reseller agreements, DPAs, professional services agreements, marketing agreements, NDAs, and vendor contracts on an as‑needed basis.
• Navigate, anticipate, and proactively manage risks from applicable emerging and rapidly-evolving EMEA regulatory and jurisdiction-specific requirements (e.g., Privacy and AI technologies).
• Design and implement scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, resources, and processes to support and enable our fast-growing EMEA sales organization.
• Provide triage support to the US‑based legal team for general (non‑commercial) company requests on an as‑needed basis.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years PQE/in‑house tech experience, ideally at fast‑scaling SaaS/cloud companies.
• Admitted and in good standing as a lawyer or solicitor in a relevant EMEA jurisdiction (e.g., England & Wales, Ireland, or the Netherlands) with experience in-house and at a law firm.
• Deep experience drafting and negotiating both high‑touch and high‑volume commercial agreements in multi‑jurisdictional contexts, especially B2B/Enterprise SaaS.
• Know privacy inside‑out (GDPR, cross‑border transfers, DPAs) and are comfortable advising (and educating) business teams as they navigate these novel and evolving hurdles in commercial negotiations.
• Excel at providing practical, actionable, and risk‑balanced advice with legal discipline.
• Bold self‑starter who thrives in a high‑velocity, change‑oriented culture and enjoys building from the ground up and wearing multiple hats.
• Adept at navigating uncertainty and ambiguity; able to thrive autonomously and engage cross‑functional collaboration.
• Systems‑savvy: familiarity with CLMs (IronClad or similar), DocuSign, Salesforce, Google Workspace, and Slack.
• Curious and open to growth – actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact.

Our Core Behaviors

• Build lasting customer trust – we put customer trust first.
• Win together – we play to win and win as one team.
• Reinvent ourselves – we imagine what’s possible and improve what exists.
• Deliver with speed, quality, and craft – we move fast because the moment demands it and we do so without lowering the bar.

Benefits & Wellness

• Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately‑owned company.
• Employer‑paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents (full‑time employees working 30+ hours per week).
• Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, and therapy.
• Monthly stipends to support health, wellness, smart work, and professional growth.
• Internal learning & development programs.

Equality – At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job‑related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Webflow will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Upon interview scheduling, instructions for confidential accommodation requests will be administered.

To join Webflow, you’ll need a valid right to work authorization depending on the country of employment. If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.

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