Job Description
Quartr is the intelligence layer financial AI runs on. Our structured, real-time IR data is trusted by leading financial institutions and technology companies worldwide. We're headquartered in Stockholm, with offices in New York, Dublin and Gothenburg, and a team of 150+ people, more than 50 of them in our commercial organisation.
We're hiring our first Legal Counsel in New York: the person who owns legal, across a Swedish parent company and US and Irish subsidiaries. You'll report directly to our CFO/COO and work closely with sales, product and leadership to keep Quartr moving fast without cutting corners.
This isn't a role where you inherit a legal department. You'll be the first in-house lawyer at a company already doing serious B2B and enterprise volume, which means you set up the structure, tools and judgment calls yourself, and you own the outcome.
What you'll do - Take full legal responsibility for the group: a Swedish parent, a US subsidiary and an Irish subsidiary.
- Build a legal function from the ground up: process, templates, playbooks and tooling that scale with the business, not against it.
- Own commercial contracting end to end, with a focus on API and data licensing agreements: MSAs, DPAs, order forms, SOWs.
- Work directly with B2B and enterprise customers to discuss and resolve legal redlines, translating commercial and technical requirements into contracts that protect Quartr without slowing down deals.
- Advise product and engineering teams on data use, IP and liability as we build and ship.
- Manage outside counsel across Sweden, the US and Ireland, and keep cross-jurisdictional matters moving.
- Partner with the CFO/COO on risk, compliance and governance as Quartr grows.
Who you are - 8-12 years of relevant legal experience, in-house or at a firm, with deep commercial contracting expertise.
- Direct experience negotiating API, SaaS or data licensing agreements with B2B and enterprise customers.
- Comfortable being the only lawyer in the room: confident owning legal risk end to end without a large team around you.
- Technical enough to work closely with product and engineering, and to understand what you're actually contracting around.
- Fluent with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, AI-assisted contract review, and e-signature/document workflow platforms, and comfortable choosing and rolling these out from scratch to ensure we build a modern scalable legal function.
- A builder's mindset: you've stood up legal infrastructure before, not just maintained it.
- J.D. and active admission to the New York State Bar (or ability to obtain it promptly).
Nice to have - Experience across multiple jurisdictions, ideally including Sweden, Ireland or similar.
- Background at a high-growth data company.
- A data-driven approach to legal ops: tracking contract turnaround, risk exposure and outside counsel spend.
What we offer - Do your life's work: The world's leading finance professionals use Quartr daily. We do fewer things better and hold a very high bar for quality.
- Join the foundational team: We're still at the very beginning of a multi-decade journey. You'll have a big influence on how we build and scale the company.
- Meritocracy over hierarchy: You'll join a culture where the best idea wins. We value clear thinking, leave ego at the door, and obsess over the details.
- Office culture: This role is based mainly on-site at our Manhattan office. We value being together, while also offering flexibility to work from home when needed.
- Compensation & well-being: We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and a generous wellness allowance to support your physical and mental health.
At this time, we are not able to sponsor work visas for this position; candidates must already be authorised to work in the US. Quartr is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.
Department Corporate Locations New York
Job Tags
Contract work, Work at office, Work from home, Worldwide, Visa sponsorship, Work visa