General Counsel - global scale-up tech/e-commerce organisation
- Recruiter
- J Matthews Legal
- Location
- Remote/flexible plus central London HQ
- Salary
- Highly competitive package including stock options
- Posted
- 27 Jan 2022
- Closes
- 22 Feb 2022
- Ref
- JML/101042
- Job Title
- General Counsel
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Do you want to work for a rapidly expanding international scale-up in the tech and e-commerce space?
General Counsel
Client
You will be joining a highly ambitious global player in the tech and e-commerce space which is acquiring an ever increasing market share.
Role
You will join as the organisation's 1st dedicated Global General Counsel. You will manage the international legal affairs for this organisation, especially in the UK and the USA. You will report directly to and interact regularly with the Board and you will manage several direct reports.
You will be rewarded with a highly competitive remuneration package including stock options.
You
You will be a qualified senior level Solicitor in the UK, Australia or New Zealand or a qualified Attorney in the USA. Mandarin or Cantonese language skills would be advantageous for this role but this isn't necessarily a pre-requisite. You will have a range of prior experiences working on commercial contracts and diverse commercial issues, significant prior in-house experiences, significant experience of managing direct reports/leading a group or team/demonstrable leadership experience and prior experience of the tech/internet/fintech/scale-up industry or similar.
Please note that we will get back to you should we wish to discuss this role with you further.