In-House Legal Counsel
Salary: £100,000 (full-time)
Location: Hybrid - Remote working/London Office
As an In-House Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in safeguarding our company's interests by providing legal expertise and guidance. Your primary focus will be to gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of our extensive "framework agreement" and effectively handle client pushback and contract negotiations. This is a senior position, and you'll have the opportunity to work remotely for the majority of your working days. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of working part-time or full-time during the interview stage.
About us :
Ruleguard is a SaaS application company serving the financial sector compliance market. As a leading firm within the innovative "RegTech" sector we delight in creating cutting edge business software to make it as easy as possible for banks, brokers, and investment firms to comply with regulation.
We run a highly efficient Agile development team who use Slack, Zoom, Email and a range of cloud tools to manage our application lifecycle. We provide a flexible working environment to enable our people to enjoy the best of their home, family, and social life alongside the work they love.
We've established ourselves as a leader in the ‘RegTech' sector with our product ‘Ruleguard' and we're now looking for an accomplished database administrator to help scale-up our company.
The Role:
- Thoroughly understand our company's framework agreement, including its nuances, provisions, and implications
- Provide legal advice to internal teams regarding the framework agreement's interpretation and application.
- Handle client pushback and markup related to the framework agreement
- Collaborate with clients, addressing their concerns while ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including IT contracts and software agreements to ensure the company's full legal rights
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties as required
- Ensure the company adheres to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards
- Give accurate and timely counsel to internal teams on a variety of legal topics
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to internal teams.
Your knowledge & experience:
- Minimum 5 years PQE
- Proven experience as a Legal Counsel in a business environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of contract law, intellectual property, and technology-related legal matters
- Established expertise advising on SaaS (software-as-a-service) contracts
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a business.
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies.
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgment and ability to analyse situations and information.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) certification (preferred).
Benefits we offer our In-House Legal Counsel
- 25 days (FTE) of annual leave increasing by 1 day each year up to 30 days.
- Employer pension scheme
- Private Health Insurance
- Medical Cash Plan
- Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Gym/fitness benefits
- Flexible working
- Home workspace equipment allowance
- Wellbeing and social events.
If you are looking for a new challenge, please click apply now to be considered as our In-House Legal Counsel – we'd love to hear from you!