Commercial Counsel,APAC
Core
Transactional lawyer supporting Stripe's commercial legal team for APAC sales, product launches, and international expansions.
Role type
Senior in-house commercial counsel (APAC)
Builds
Commercial agreements, playbooks, and legal infrastructure for Stripe's global commerce platform
Domain
Fintech / Payments / SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Complex contract negotiation, commercial legal advisory, cross-functional collaboration, legal process improvement, AI tooling for legal work, training development, outside counsel management
Preferred skills
Mandarin fluency, China region experience, payment/fintech regulatory knowledge, high-growth company in-house experience, LLM tool usage, data protection law expertise
Technologies
AI tools, LLMs
Responsibilities
Lead negotiations for complex strategic agreements with APAC Sales; Advise on commercial/legal issues including new product launches and international expansion; Draft and maintain commercial agreements and playbooks; Partner with global teams (sales, ops, product, tax, risk); Develop training resources for Sales team; Act as escalation point for outside counsel
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC