
The role As Senior Commercial Counsel, you will lead Whop's commercial legal function, with primary responsibility for our enterprise merchant, platform and channel agreements. You will work directly with business leads on live negotiations, draft and negotiate agreements yourself, and engage outside counsel selectively for specialist issues. The role offers significant ownership and direct visibility into how the business grows. Responsibilities • Payments Network agreements. Draft, negotiate and close enterprise merchant and platform agreements covering pay-ins, payouts, marketplace structures, embedded checkout and API integrations. • Partnerships. Structure and negotiate reseller, referral, channel and strategic partnership agreements as we expand our partner program. • International expansion. Develop commercial terms for launches in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France and Colombia, coordinating with local counsel where appropriate. • Negotiations. Participate in customer and partner calls to resolve open issues in real time and keep deals moving. • Risk allocation. Advise on limitation of liability, indemnification, data protection, SLAs and payment terms, balancing commercial objectives against legal and business risk. • Contracting infrastructure. Build and maintain templates, fallback positions, clause libraries and AI-assisted workflows that let a lean legal team handle growing deal volume efficiently. • Product counsel. Advise on data privacy, DPAs, AI features, and product packaging and sales terms. • Outside counsel management. Select, manage and oversee outside counsel engagements.