Associate Commercial Counsel
Harvey is hiring an Associate Commercial Counsel in Munich, Germany. Level rates it ; you can apply on Harvey.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting allows some remote work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include legal, contract negotiation and commercial law.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 357 other open roles at Harvey.
AI in this role
Join Harvey as an Associate Commercial Counsel in Munich to draft and negotiate commercial AI SaaS contracts.
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
We are looking for an Associate Commercial Counsel to join our legal team in Munich. Reporting to the Head of EMEA Legal in London, you will interface with our Go-To-Market team to help ensure the fast and efficient execution of our agreements with customers.
What You’ll Do
Generative AI has the power to greatly change the world and directly impact how things get done. Harvey is at the forefront of this change, and our mission is to make generative AI actionable and useful for our customers. This is a fast moving environment that is serving some of the world’s most renowned law firms and professional service organizations. And this role will put you in the center of all of this.
More specifically, you will:
Draft, review, and negotiate Commercial AI SaaS contracts
Under the leadership of the Head of EMEA Legal, help to continue to develop the legal function in EMEA, laying down a strong substantive, organizational and relationship foundation for the legal presence in the region
Support the growth of the DACH region as our first in-house counsel in Munich
Work on other legal issues as they arise
We are a growing company, and one of the best things about working in such an environment is that there is lots of opportunity to pick up other aspects of the legal work that supports our company. While the principal job will be as described above, there will be ample opportunities to broaden your wheelhouse here at Harvey!
We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.
What You Have
German qualified lawyer with a minimum of 2+ years post qualification experience, either with the commercial or technology division of a leading private practice law firm and/or in-house with a technology company supporting SaaS or technology Go-To-Market or Business Development teams
Transactional background focused on commercial contracts, including with technology, and/or IP licensing commercial agreements
AI experience welcomed but not required
Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in a fast-paced environment
Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice
Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude, and a love for solving hard problems with a small tight-knit team
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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
How we rate this
Associate Commercial Counsel at Harvey rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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