General Counsel
- Recruiter
- Robert Walters Ltd
- Location
- England
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 08 Sep 2021
- Closes
- 01 Oct 2021
- Ref
- 50691793/001
- Contact
- Aleisha Murray
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Company / Commercial, Corporate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
General Counsel opportunity, within a high-growth tech unicorn. London-based.
Our client, a multinational tech unicorn, is seeking its first UK-based General Counsel to join the team, as they prepare to float. The successful candidate will report into the Founder and join an incredible team of innovators from all over the world, including The UK, Korea, China, the US, and more.
Role Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the founder and senior leadership to drive forward the business' growth strategy, while identifying and mitigating risk;
- Take a hands on approach in establishing legal infrastructure and processes;
- Review and negotiate commercial and supplier contracts and manage the client's IP;
- Generally advise across the business on areas of law including Compliance, Governance, Employment, Fundraising and Bids.
The successful candidate will be:
- 10+PQE UK (or other common-law) qualified lawyer with commercial and corporate experience (all candidates will be considered on merit);
- Experienced with both pre and post-IPO stages of a company (both restructuring and execution);
- Hard working, adaptable and innovative;
- Exposure to technology and other start-up/ scale-up environments will be essential;
- Strong interpersonally and be able to liaise with stakeholders within the leadership team.
For more information, please reach out to Aleisha Murray for confidential discussion -