Legal Counsel

About Swap

Swap is the infrastructure behind modern agentic commerce. The only AI-native platform connecting backend operations with a forward-thinking storefront experience.

Built for brands that want to sell anything - anywhere, Swap centralizses global operations, powers intelligent workflows, and unlocks margin-protecting decisions with real-time data and capability. Our products span cross-border, tax, returns, demand planning, and our next-generation agentic storefront, giving merchants full transparency and the ability to act with confidence.

At Swap, we’re building a culture that values clarity, creativity, and shared ownership as we redefine how global commerce works.

About the Role

We are hiring a mid-level Commercial & Product Counsel (3-6 PQE) to become the second member of our legal team. This is a unique opportunity to influence the foundations of a global legal function within a fast-scaling, post-Series C technology company. You will work closely with our Senior Legal Counsel and partner cross-functionally on commercial contracting, product development, privacy, and regulatory matters across the US, UK, and EU. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, thrives in fast-paced environments, and is motivated to build structure where none exists.

Key responsibilities

• Lead commercial and partner contracting across customer, vendor, and procurement work streams, including SMB, mid-market, and enterprise negotiations.

• Maintain, develop, and improve contract templates, playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and scalable legal processes.

• Support product development initiatives, including our agentic shopfront and broader platform capabilities, by delivering pragmatic legal guidance.

• Contribute to global privacy maturity efforts (e.g., UK GDPR/US privacy), including DPAs, SCCs, data mapping, and privacy-by-design reviews.

• Advise cross-functional teams (Sales, Success, Ops, Product, Engineering, Security) as a hands-on legal partner.

• Support regulatory work streams related to tax and cross-border shipping products.

• Provide region-specific support depending on location (US: commercial and state-law nuances; UK: customer/vendor negotiations and UK privacy requirements).

• Assist with generalist legal work, including corporate governance, employment queries, marketing reviews, and light legal-ops improvements.

What we would like to see:

• 3-6 years working experience as lawyer or internal counsel, with experience in commercial contracting, product counselling, privacy/GDPR, and/or US/UK tech contracting.

• Ability to operate autonomously and make pragmatic, business-first decisions in ambiguous and evolving environments.

• Strong communication skills, capable of translating legal concepts into practical, actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders.

• Experience supporting product development or cross-functional teams in a high-growth tech, ecommerce, logistics, or SaaS setting is a plus.

• Comfort establishing new processes and improving existing workflows.

• A collaborative, humble working style and willingness to partner with teams across the organisation.

• Ability to work independently with globally distributed colleagues.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary.

• Stock options in a high-growth startup.

• Competitive PTO with public holidays additional.

• Private Health.

• Pension.

• Wellness benefits.

• Breakfast Mondays.

Diversity & Equal Opportunities:

We embrace diversity and equality in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Creating a culture of equality isn't just the right thing to do; it's also the smart thing.