Legal Counsel

Seqera Labs; España; Híbrido; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Office in Barcelona

Remote work from home

Healthcare

Team events

Employee ownership

Descripción de la vacante

Seqera Labs invites an in-house lawyer to join our growing legal team. You will own day-to-day commercial contracting, draft and negotiate SaaS, NDAs, MSAs and DPAs, and support governance, privacy, employment and IP work across our global business.

You’ll work with Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, IT & Compliance and People, helping the company scale while staying protected, with a home- and Barcelona-office option and access to a Head of Legal for mentorship.

Formación

• 3–6 years post-qualification experience.
• Ability to draft and negotiate SaaS agreements without close supervision.
• Willingness to broaden into privacy, employment, IP and corporate work.
• Experience supporting Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, IT & Compliance and People.

Responsabilidades

• Lead day-to-day commercial contracting and legal operations end to end.
• Support Head of Legal on corporate governance and board documentation.
• Assist with data privacy, employment, IP and compliance across jurisdictions.
• Develop and maintain contract templates and playbooks to speed up deal cycles.
• Provide pragmatic legal advice on contract interpretation and risk.
• Ensure vendor/procurement contracts are reviewed as required.

Conocimientos

SaaS contracts

Contract negotiation

Data privacy

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional partnership

In-house experience

Educación

Qualified lawyer

Herramientas

CLMs

AI-enabled workflows

Descripción del empleo

• Seqera is hiring a full-time in-house lawyer. Legal work today is split between a fractional Head of Legal and external firms, and the volume has outgrown that setup. You will take on the day-to-day legal work, contracts above all, and build the systems that keep it running as the company grows
• You will report into the fractional Head of Legal, so you have a senior lawyer to escape to and learn from while owning your own desk from week one. As the legal function grows, so does the scope of this role
• We’re looking for a hands-on qualified lawyer with 3 to 6 years’ post-qualification experience who can draft and negotiate a SaaS agreement without close supervision, and who wants to broaden into privacy, employment, IP and corporate work
• You’ll work day to day with Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, IT & Compliance and People, helping the company move fast while staying protected
• You will run commercial contracting and legal operations end to end, and support the Head of Legal on corporate governance, data privacy (working closely with Seqera’s IT & Compliance team and external providers such as our external DPO), employment, IP and compliance
• Commercial contracting:
• Draft, review and negotiate customer agreements, MSAs, DPAs, SaaS terms, NDAs, partner and vendor contracts. This is the bulk of the job
• Run deals with Sales and Revenue from first draft to signature, escalating the harder points
• Develop and maintain contract templates, fallback positions, and playbooks to accelerate deal cycles
• Provide pragmatic, business-oriented advice on contract interpretation and risk
• Review procurement/vendor/advisor contracts as required
• Legal operations:
• Set up and run contract lifecycle management: one repository, clear naming, version control, renewal and expiry tracking
• Automate the routine work: self-serve NDAs, approval routing, standard clause libraries
• Report on contract volumes, cycle times and open matters
• Corporate and compliance support:
• Assist with entity management, corporate filings and board documentation
• Support equity, compensation, and cap table-related processes in collaboration with Finance and People
• Help maintain internal policies and compliance frameworks
• Support audit readiness and regulatory requirements across jurisdictions
• Handle the legal input into customer security and procurement reviews
• Data privacy and IP:
• Support data privacy and data protection work (GDPR and global frameworks) alongside IT & Compliance and our external DPO
• Partner with Security and Engineering on compliance initiatives
• Maintain records of processing, DPAs and the sub-processor list
• Handle day-to-day IP and licensing questions, including open source licensing, and flag the novel ones early
• Cross-functional support:
• Partner with Product and Engineering on new features, ensuring legal and regulatory alignment

Benefits

• Continuous Learning: We believe in empowering our people to expand their knowledge and be their best selves. That’s why you have a budget dedicated to being a life-long learner.
• Make yourself at home: Whether in our office in Barcelona or from home, we want you to make yourself comfortable to reach your full potential.
• Healthcare: We take care of your health and offer comprehensive packages for all our employees, no matter where they are located.
• Take ownership: Use your initiative to work on new ideas and pursue them. Receive support and encouragement in doing so with maximum freedom.
• Team events: We gather have weekly team lunches, bi-weekly social events, annual department offsites and annual company-wide retreats.
• Employee ownership: We value employee ownership and actively support everyone to participate in our overall long-term success.

Experience in a startup, scale-up, or international business environment with venture capital experience is highly preferredFast and responsive. Deals wait on legal more than on any other function, and you know what that costsStrong stakeholder management and communication skillsPractical, solutions-driven, and low egoHands-on commercial contracting experience, ideally within SaaS, tech or high-growth environments. You have negotiated these agreements yourselfHighly organized with a process-oriented mindsetBusiness partner first, not just a gatekeeperQualified to practise law in a relevant jurisdiction3-6 years of post-qualification experience (in-house tech/SaaS and/or private practice)Comfortable asking for help on matters outside your experience, and quick to escapeCommercially minded with a strong ability to balance risk and opportunityAutonomous and proactive, with strong ownershipBuilder mentality: you enjoy creating structure where none existsWorking knowledge of GDPRComfortable operating in ambiguity and making pragmatic decisions quicklyExposure to at least one area beyond contracting (privacy, corporate, IP or compliance), and the appetite to pick up the restHands-on and execution-focused, with a willingness to build from scratchFamiliarity with legal tech, CLMs, and AI-enabled workflowsExposure to life sciences, biotech, or data-driven platformsExperience supporting global, distributed teams