商业法律实习生

About HighLevel:
HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies, entrepreneurs and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. Today, HighLevel supports SMBs across 150+ countries, fueling community-driven growth rooted in real customer outcomes.
To date, businesses operating on HighLevel have generated over $7 billion in ecosystem value, demonstrating the impact of shared infrastructure at scale. By centralizing conversations, automation and intelligence into one system, we help businesses move faster, reduce complexity and execute efficiently.
Behind the platform, HighLevel powers more than 4 billion API hits and 2.5 billion message events daily. With 250 terabytes of distributed data, 250+ microservices and over 1 million domain names supported, our architecture is built for performance, resilience and long-term scalability.
Our People
With over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, HighLevel operates as a global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership. We value initiative, clarity and execution, creating space for ambitious people to build systems that support millions of businesses worldwide. Here, innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated and people come first, no matter where they call home.
Our Impact
Every month, HighLevel enables more than 1.5 billion messages, 200 million leads and 20 million conversations for the more than 1 million businesses we support. Behind those numbers are real people building independence, expanding opportunity and creating measurable impact. We’re proud to be a part of that.
Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts.
About the Role:
We're looking for a Commercial Legal Apprentice to join our Legal team for a 6-month apprenticeship. This role supports HighLevel’s Legal Team across two core areas: go-to-market contract management (affiliate, sponsorship, event, and speaker agreements) and vendor contract review (MSAs, Order Forms, SOWs, NDAs, and Amendments). It is a hands-on, learning-intensive position designed for candidates with a genuine interest in contract law, technology transactions, and legal operations.
Please note that you may be required to accommodate the schedules of cross-functional teams and external stakeholders across IST, EST, PST, and CDT time zones.
Programme Details:

• Work Type: Apprenticeship

• Department: Legal

• Sub Department: Legal

• Duration: 6 months

• Monthly Stipend: 45000 INR

• Location: India (Remote)

• Programme Start: October 2026

• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST

Responsibilities:
The Commercial Apprentice will support the Legal Team across contract management, compliance, legal operations, and cross-functional collaboration, spanning both go-to-market and vendor agreements. Key responsibilities include:

• Assist with drafting, reviewing, and updating agreements, including affiliate agreements, service contracts, supplier agreements, sponsorship agreements, event contracts, speaker agreements, NDAs, MSAs, Order Forms, SOWs, and Amendments, ensuring alignment with HighLevel's legal and business requirements.

• Identify key commercial and legal terms, flag deviations from HighLevel's standard positions, and escalate questions or non-standard provisions to senior team members using approved playbooks, toolkits, and fallback positions.

• Assist with reviewing counterparty redlines on draft agreements, prepare comparison summaries highlighting material changes, and assist in preparing internal briefing notes on negotiation points, risk implications, and recommended responses.

• Track and compare contract terms and proposed deviations against approved templates, playbooks, and fallback positions. Maintain a working understanding of MSA structures and how child documents (Order Forms, SOWs, Amendments) interact with the parent agreement.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders across Affiliate, Events, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, IT, and Security teams to gather context, confirm requirements, communicate contract status and timelines, and support the legal team in aligning legal input with broader business objectives.

• Conduct legal research on relevant regulations, contract laws, and industry standards under the direction of the Legal team. Review speaker presentations and promotional content for compliance with applicable law, including FTC guidelines on endorsements and testimonials.

• Maintain contract trackers, logs, filing systems, and CLM platforms (including Ironclad). Track deadlines, renewal dates, and milestones across active contracts and prepare regular status reports.

• Support with contract due diligence by reviewing contact terms and supporting documentation against established checklists and guidelines, verifying counterparty information, and escalating gaps or potential risk areas for review. Build and update quick-reference guides, checklists, clause libraries, and review playbooks.

• Partner with the legal team on compliance-related research and reviews across all contract types, and assist with ad hoc legal operations projects and process improvement initiatives as needed.

Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you must meet the following qualifications:

• Recent Bachelor’s degree in Law, or currently pursuing a law degree from an accredited law school.

• Strong academic record and genuine interest in corporate, contract, or commercial law.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex legal concepts clearly.

• Ability to read dense documents carefully and flag inconsistencies, gaps, or risks.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and follow-up skills; ability to manage multiple contracts at different stages.

• Genuine curiosity and eagerness to learn.

• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

• Collaborative mindset; comfortable reaching out across teams to gather information and resolve issues.

• Proactive and reliable, with the ability to take ownership of assigned tasks while knowing when to ask questions or seek guidance.

• Comfortable working with Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Office, and AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) for research, drafting, and summarization.

• A safe, secure computer system and fast internet connection.

Nice to Have:
The following qualifications are preferred but not required:

• Coursework, internship, or project experience involving contract review, commercial law, or legal operations.

• Familiarity with SaaS business models or technology transactions.

• Basic proficiency in Google Sheets for tracking and reporting.

• Exposure to contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, especially Ironclad.

What will you gain?
Through this role, you will gain practical exposure to the following:

• Hands-on experience managing commercial and vendor contracts in a high-growth SaaS company.

• Practical use of a contract lifecycle management platform (Ironclad).

• Go-to-market legal operations, including affiliate, sponsorship, and event agreements.

• End-to-end vendor contract review, including how MSAs, Order Forms, SOWs, Amendments, and NDAs function together.

• Key legal and commercial terms in technology and SaaS agreements.

• Legal operations processes: contract tracking, template management, and compliance workflows.

• Cross-functional coordination across Procurement, Finance, IT, Security, Marketing, and Events.

• Risk identification and escalation in a commercial contracting environment.

• Process documentation and knowledge management for a legal function.

• Global, remote-first collaboration across multiple time zones.

• A strong foundation for a career in legal operations or commercial law.

HighLevel India Apprenticeship Policy:

This Apprenticeship Policy is issued pursuant to and in compliance with the Apprentices Act, 1961 (as amended), the Apprenticeship Rules, 1992, the National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM) Guidelines (if applicable), and the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) Guidelines notified by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

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