[Hiring] Commercial Legal Apprentice @HighLevel

Role Description

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 and vendor contract review. 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

• 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
  • Amendments
• Identify key commercial and legal terms, flag deviations from HighLevel's standard positions, and escalate questions or non-standard provisions to senior team members.
• Assist with reviewing counterparty redlines on draft agreements and prepare comparison summaries highlighting material changes.
• Track and compare contract terms and proposed deviations against approved templates and maintain a working understanding of MSA structures.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders across various teams to gather context, confirm requirements, and support the legal team.
• Conduct legal research on relevant regulations, contract laws, and industry standards.
• Maintain contract trackers, logs, filing systems, and CLM platforms (including Ironclad).
• Support with contract due diligence by reviewing contact terms and supporting documentation.
• Partner with the legal team on compliance-related research and assist with ad hoc legal operations projects.

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.
• Ability to read dense documents carefully and flag inconsistencies, gaps, or risks.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and follow-up skills.
• Genuine curiosity and eagerness to learn.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Collaborative mindset; comfortable reaching out across teams.
• Proactive and reliable, with the ability to take ownership of assigned tasks.
• Comfortable working with Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Office, and AI tools.
• A safe, secure computer system and fast internet connection.

Nice to Have

• 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?

• 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.
• Key legal and commercial terms in technology and SaaS agreements.
• Legal operations processes: contract tracking, template management, and compliance workflows.
• Cross-functional coordination across various teams.
• 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.