Abatable

Legal Counsel

Abatable

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £68,940 - £76,600 per year

About the role

  • Serve as trusted legal advisor to leadership and cross-functional teams, providing commercially focused guidance aligned with company strategy
  • Lead risk identification and mitigation across legal, regulatory and reputational areas, advising early on key business decisions
  • Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, supplier, partnership, NDA and data protection agreements, while building scalable templates and contracting processes
  • Own corporate governance and company secretarial responsibilities, supporting board and shareholder processes, maintaining statutory compliance and managing corporate actions
  • Prepare and coordinate monthly and quarterly investor reporting, ensuring consistency across board materials, shareholder obligations and statutory filings, and support fundraising and M&A processes, including due diligence and data rooms
  • Administer the equity and stock option plan, maintain the cap table and ensure compliance with tax and regulatory requirements
  • Design and maintain the company’s compliance and policy framework, including KYC, AML, anti-bribery, data protection and internal controls, ensuring audit readiness
  • Oversee GDPR and data protection compliance, including privacy notices, DPAs, DPIAs and breach documentation
  • Manage external counsel effectively, controlling legal spend and building scalable legal operations infrastructure
  • Champion ethical leadership and organisational integrity, acting as a guardian of standards and promoting a culture of accountability and early legal engagement

Requirements

  • Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience - qualification in England and Wales is strongly preferred
  • Commercial legal experience, including drafting and negotiating contracts and advising business stakeholders in a practical, solution-oriented manner
  • Experience working in a high-growth environment. Resilient, adaptable and hands-on
  • Industry experience in our sector is desirable. That said, we also welcome candidates who bring strong intellectual curiosity and a proven ability to quickly develop subject-matter expertise
  • Proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives, providing pragmatic advice that enables growth rather than obstructs it
  • Comfortable managing a broad remit across commercial, governance, compliance, equity and investor matters without extensive internal support
  • Strong integrity, sound judgement and independence of mind, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively when required
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and actionable guidance for non-legal teams
  • Highly organised and able to prioritise competing demands in a fast-moving environment
Benefits
  • Choose how to structure your package between salary and generous share options
  • Health and dental insurance, including mental health cover to holistically support your wellbeing
  • Minimum of 2 days in our London office (Tuesdays & Thursdays), additional collaboration in person when needed
  • 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + one extra day off for your birthday
  • Enhanced Family leave & Workplace Nursery Scheme
  • £500 Learning and Development budget per year
  • Tax-efficient pension enrolment
  • Employee referral bonus scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Apple equipment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
commercial agreementsSaaS agreementssupplier agreementspartnership agreementsNDAdata protection agreementscorporate governancestatutory complianceGDPR complianceKYC
Soft Skills
integritysound judgementindependence of mindexcellent communicationorganisational skillsadaptabilityresiliencepragmatic adviceleadershipaccountability
Certifications
qualified lawyerqualification in England and Wales