Legal Counsel

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 March 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£105,000 / year
CATEGORY
Legal
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SKILLS

Commercial Contracting SaaS FinTech Stakeholder Management Legal Advice Regulatory Compliance

FULL DESCRIPTION

Legal Counsel | SaaS Scale-Up | London (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

🔎 The Role

You’ll take ownership of SaaS and commercial contracting while supporting strategic growth initiatives across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements (customer, supplier and partnership contracts)
  • Supporting Sales and Customer teams through deal cycles with pragmatic, solutions-focused legal advice
  • Advising on liability, indemnities, termination rights and risk allocation
  • Building scalable contracting processes (templates, playbooks, approval workflows)
  • Supporting strategic projects, partnerships and potential M&A activity
  • Advising on broader commercial and regulatory considerations, including new product initiatives

Requirements

✅ What They’re Looking For

UK-qualified and degree holding Solicitor with 3–5 years PQE - essential

Strong commercial contracting experience (ideally SaaS/technology)

Experience in FinTech, software, e-commerce or financial services is helpful but not essential

Confident operating autonomously in a growing business

Commercially astute with strong stakeholder management skills

Comfortable in a dynamic, scale-up environment

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