Senior Commercial Counsel, Europe, CoStar - London

CoStar is seeking a senior‑level attorney to serve in the role of Senior Commercial Counsel, Europe. This is a great opportunity for a senior commercial lawyer to be a key contributor to the growth of the business across Europe, and beyond. The position will be a leader on commercial law matters, and report directly to the Associate General Counsel - Head of Legal, Europe (based in London). You will provide commercial contracts and other general commercial, product and legal advice across CoStar’s leading products, including CoStar (database of real estate information), Loopnet (commercial real estate marketplace), OnTheMarket (residential property portal) and Matterport (3D digital twin technology).

Location: The position is based in CoStar’s European head office, Blue Fin Building on the Southbank (beside the Tate Modern), London. We are an office‑based company, and this is core to our culture in allowing us to make and execute quickly on key decisions. The successful candidate will work primarily with teams based in the UK, France, Germany and Spain but also globally where required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be the lead legal point of contact and trusted business partner to the European sales teams and other key business stakeholders.
• Provide strategic legal advice regarding all aspects of the contracting life cycle, and run legal negotiations end-to-end.
• Advise on legislative changes and suitable implementation of new processes across the business in order to comply with such changes.
• Build close cross‑functional relationships with stakeholders of all levels in supported business operations and obtain and maintain a solid knowledge of the products, services and objectives of those operations.
• Draft and negotiate a variety of domestic and international commercial agreements, including licensing, SaaS, manufacturing, supply, consulting, marketing and other sales and operational agreements.
• Build and maintain templates and processes for jurisdiction‑specific commercial contracting.
• Maintain and manage notices, policies and other related documents.
• Develop an initial strategy for responding to contractual legal claims and threats of litigation, including assisting with fact development in pre‑litigation and/or litigation matters.
• Manage and collaborate with external counsel in multiple jurisdictions where required, including negotiation of fees and monitoring of spend against budgets.
• Work collaboratively with peers in the wider global legal team to create global process efficiencies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• England and Wales qualified solicitor (or equivalent European jurisdiction qualification).
• Degree from a reputable university (or UK law school) with excellent academics.
• More than 5 years’ PQE, including 2 years’ experience at a top law firm.
• A candidate with some in‑house legal experience would be preferred.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, including UK, US, France, Germany and Spain.
• Fluent or advanced level in any of the following languages is highly desirable: French, German and/or Spanish.
• Experience in negotiation of contract terms on data privacy and protection of intellectual property rights is helpful.
• Ability to provide pragmatic and risk‑based advice to the business.
• Experience working for a US‑headquartered and/or publicly listed business is desirable.
• Be extremely organized, detail‑oriented and efficient with very strong follow‑through on accountability.
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to be flexible and adapt to frequently changing workload and responsibilities.
• Thrive in new and potentially uncomfortable situations and be able to manage multiple client demands.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Working at CoStar Group means you’ll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. As well as having an outstanding working environment based in the Blue Fin or one of our key UK‑wide hubs. Other perks include full private medical cover, dental cover, Life Assurance and member rewards, 28 days annual leave, a competitive pension, season ticket loans, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and much more!

At CoStar, we recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds including but not limited to people of all genders, of all ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and beliefs. CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing.