Head of Legal
Thirdfort
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £110,000 - £140,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Provide strategic legal advice to the Co-Founders, C-Suite and broader leadership team as required.
- Set and manage objectives and key results for the team and contribute to the broader planning and management requirements of the business.
- Line management responsibility for an Associate Legal Counsel.
- Support Commercial teams to manage and close a wide variety of commercial deals with clients and partners. Improving legal and contracting processes, playbooks and templates.
- Enable teams by helping answer questions and solve problems on privacy, commercial law, AI and more.
- Give strategic and regulatory advice across the organisation, whilst being able to pay particular regard to the commercial context, to ensure the Legal function is an enabler of company growth.
- Manage the legal aspects of Supplier contracts, draft and negotiate outbound SaaS agreements, complex technology contracts, and key vendor agreements. Constantly iterate on the process for managing suppliers alongside other key procurement colleagues.
- Responsibility for managing and constantly iterating on the company’s data privacy compliance program.
- Work with the founders, Associate Legal Counsel and external counsel on potential corporate transactions i.e. fund raising or M&A.
- Constantly be refining and iterating ways of working so the legal team can work more efficiently and support the needs of the business as they develop, considering process, people or tool improvement.
- Coordinate and implement any commercial litigation needs of the business.
Requirements
- Are a qualified solicitor (England and Wales) with at least 6 year’s PQE in an in-house legal department and/or a well-respected law firm.
- Have experience at a startup or high-growth company is a significant plus
- Are an excellent communicator, negotiator, and have top tier writing skills. You'll have the capacity to communicate Legal concepts and jargon clearly to the rest of the business, at pace.
- Have high motivation and the ability to operate independently and act decisively on BAU as well as novel legal issues, within a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
- Are hungry to learn about the world of fraud and money laundering and use your legal and professional background to add value to the business.
- Are pragmatic, output focussed and enjoy working with and learning from colleagues from different teams and backgrounds.
- Are passionate about Legal Ops, AI and leveraging technology and smart ways of working to efficiently scaling a legal function. You won't be driven by building a big team, but will instead be focused on how you can drive the most value and impact whilst staying lean.
Benefits
- Compensation - £110,000 - 140,000 p.a. base salary
- Flexible Working Hours
- Enhanced parental leave
- Customisable wellness budget and £250 WFH Budget
- Up to 30 days Working from Abroad
- Uncapped holiday
- Enhanced sick leave
- Private healthcare with our provider, AXA
- Regular company and team socials
- Uncapped budget for personal development
- Share options for all employees
- Enhanced employer matching pension scheme with salary sacrifice options
- Access to our Cycle to Work scheme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal advicecontract negotiationdata privacy compliancecommercial lawSaaS agreementstechnology contractscorporate transactionsM&Alegal writingregulatory advice
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationproblem-solvingindependencedecisivenessmotivationpragmatismoutput focuscollaborationadaptability
Certifications
qualified solicitorPQE