Commercial Counsel,APAC
Core
Transactional lawyer supporting Stripe's commercial legal team in APAC, leading negotiations for complex agreements and advising on commercial/legal issues for new product launches and international expansions.
Role type
Senior in-house commercial counsel (transactional)
Builds
Commercial agreements, playbooks, and internal processes for Stripe's APAC business
Domain
Fintech / Global Commerce / Technology Infrastructure
Deliverable
Production legal agreements and client/partner support
Required skills
Complex contract negotiation, commercial legal advisory, cross-functional collaboration, legal process improvement, AI tooling for legal work, training development
Preferred skills
Mandarin fluency, payment/fintech regulatory knowledge, high-growth in-house experience, LLM tool usage, data protection law knowledge
Technologies
AI tools, LLMs
Responsibilities
Lead negotiations for complex and strategic agreements; Advise on commercial and legal issues including new product launches and international expansions; Draft and maintain agreements and playbooks; Partner with global teams (sales, ops, product, tax, risk); Develop training resources for the sales team; Act as escalation point for outside counsel
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC