Legal Counsel
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 March 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£105,000 / year
CATEGORY
Legal
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
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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