The role
1. As Corporate and Commercial Legal Counsel (3 to 5 years of PQE), you will focus on a number of corporate and commercial legal areas and advise teams across the business.
2. You will take a consultative approach and work closely with the business - never working alone, or able to concentrate on purely legal issues. As a member of a busy legal team you will also be expected to contribute to team-wide initiatives.
3. The key responsibilities of this role include:
4. Supporting on corporate transactions, which could include a mixture of M&A deals (share or asset acquisitions) in different jurisdictions, but also transactions involving the share capital of our holding company
5. Supporting on corporate governance and company secretarial matters
6. Supporting and advising Sales teams in the UK
7. Working on specific projects, for example when we roll out new templates/launch new products
8. Supporting the marketing team with campaigns, using our Marketing Playbook as a guide
9. Working on strategic projects to comply with specific regulations
10. Supervising and training junior lawyers on specific projects and tasks
11. Instructing and managing external legal counsel
12. Supporting on building out and maintaining self-help tools, playbooks and guides for the legal team and for the wider business
13. Focusing on constant process improvement related to high volume work - for example by iterating our contracting automation and management workflows
14. Being prepared to deal with any legal issue, at any time.
Desired skills
We’re looking for a lawyer with private practice training and with broad experience in corporate matters (including M&A), corporate governance but also in contract law and general commercial matters. You will be driven, able to work independently and able to apply your existing knowledge and approach across a very wide range of legal (and quasi-legal) areas.
As a technology business, it helps if you have had experience in a similar area, or perhaps you have a keen interest in tech outside of your day to day work.
We’d love to hear from you if:
15. You grasp new legal concepts quickly, and are not afraid to use your common sense
16. You have some experience and appetite for legal project work
17. You are able to appropriately challenge ways of working and not be afraid to ask why?
18. You are a self-starter who is proactive and you are willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done
19. Your communication skills are first class, and you are able to distil complex and cumbersome legalese into understandable English
20. You love tech and tools, and love exploring how they can contribute to efficiency and customer experience
21. You enjoy project management and thrive on operational efficiency
22. You are easy to work with, and want to work in a fun, fast-growing and challenging environment.
Bonus points if:
23. You have experience of venture capital and complex share capital structures
24. You have experience in marketing matters
25. You have experience in IP matters
26. You have worked in an in-house role
Remember, we don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.
(some of) The good stuff
27. Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
28. Work away scheme - you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy)
29. Adaptive Working - Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
30. Equity -all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
31. Parental leave -to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
32. Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)