Commercial Counsel, EMEA at Anthropic

Company: Anthropic
Location: London, UK
Employment type: full-time
Posted: 2026-08-21

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the Role

Anthropic is seeking an exceptional Commercial Counsel to join our founding Commercial Legal team in EMEA. You'll serve as a strategic legal partner to our sales teams, supporting complex deal negotiations and commercial activities that fuel our expansion with leading EMEA companies and organizations across all market segments, from SMB to large enterprises. In this highly impactful role, you'll guide sophisticated technology transactions across diverse industries and client sizes while providing strategic counsel on the unique legal and regulatory considerations for responsible AI deployment throughout the EMEA region.

Key Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, with a primary focus on GTM/Sales transactions in EMEA, including enterprise customer contracts
Partner closely with Sales and Go-to-Market teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance
Help build and maintain our commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements
Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business momentum
Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies
Foster relationships with external stakeholders, including clients of all sizes, regulatory bodies, and industry partners across the EMEA region

Minimum Qualifications

Law degree and qualification to practice law in a relevant EMEA jurisdiction
Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, such as enterprise customer contracts or SaaS agreements
Strong legal writing skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts for non-lawyer audiences

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, or technology transactions
In-house experience at leading technology companies with EMEA operations
Experience with AI, machine learning, or other experimental technologies in commercial contexts
Experience supporting sales teams across diverse client segments in deal negotiations
Experience navigating multi-stakeholder agreements involving technical and policy considerations
Curiosity about AI technology and AI policy, and a commitment to responsible AI development
A collaborative, low-ego approach and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed
Comfort working in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
4+ years of legal experience

Role-specific policy: For this role, we expect all staff to be able to work from our London office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

£125,000—£165,000 GBP

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate wi

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