Foxit
SaaS
LegalCounsel,EMEA
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“Legal Counsel, EMEA at Foxit. Skills: Commercial Contracts, Data Protection, Regulatory Compliance. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements. Provide legal guidance to business teams”
What You'll Achieve.
Support business growth; Manage legal, regulatory, and operational risk; Enable scalable growth across the region; Strengthen legal standards, templates, processes, and compliance practices
Industry & Context.
Ability to advise on complex legal matters; Ability to manage competing priorities
Must be legally authorized to work in Germany
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Qualified lawyer in a European jurisdiction, Must be legally authorized to work in Germany
Nice to Have
Fluent in additional European languages
What You'll Do.
and negotiate commercial agreements
Provide legal guidance to business teams
Assess and mitigate legal risk
Support contract escalations
Advise on data protection and privacy
Provide guidance on legal and regulatory topics
Support product and engineering teams
Improve legal processes
Support implementation of legal policies
Deliver training on legal best practices
Coordinate with external counsel
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with commercial teams; Partner with product teams; Partner with engineering teams; Partner with privacy teams; Partner with security teams; Partner with HR teams; Partner with regional leadership; Partner with sales teams; Partner with customer success teams; Partner with partnerships teams; Partner with procurement teams; Partner with global legal team; Collaborate with internal stakeholders; Collaborate with business stakeholders; Collaborate with technical stakeholders; Collaborate with senior leadership; Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Ability to provide clear, practical, business-oriented legal advice
Full Job Description
## Description Legal Counsel, EMEA (m/f/d) Berlin, Germany — Hybrid About Foxit Foxit is transforming the way the world works with documents through advanced PDF technology and digital document solutions. We are a leading global software provider delivering fast, affordable, and secure PDF tools used by millions of people worldwide. With customers in more than 200 countries, a global footprint across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and a product portfolio that continues to expand, Foxit is challenging the status quo in digital documents. Our proven technology supports organizations of every size, from growing businesses to global enterprises, including customers such as Google and Amazon. For more information, visit us at www.foxit.com. Position Overview Foxit is seeking a Legal Counsel, EMEA (m/f/d) to provide practical, business-oriented legal support across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. This role will be based in Berlin, Germany, and will partner closely with commercial, product, engineering, privacy, security, HR, and regional leadership teams to support business growth while helping manage legal, regulatory, and operational risk. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in technology, SaaS, and commercial contracting, with the ability to advise on complex legal matters in a fast-moving, multinational environment. This role will support a broad range of areas, including commercial agreements, data protection, privacy, employment-related matters, regulatory requirements, and internal legal processes. As part of Foxit’s global legal team, the Legal Counsel, EMEA will play an important role in enabling scalable growth across the region while helping strengthen legal standards, templates, processes, and compliance practices. Key Responsibilities Commercial Contracts & Business Support Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of technology and SaaS-related commercial agreements, including MSAs, SLAs, DPAs, NDAs, RFP responses, EULAs, te
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