Associate Legal Counsel

Zinc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking VC backed scale-up in London seeks an Associate Legal Counsel to join their growing Legal and Compliance team. You'll manage Legal Executives, handle pivotal commercial contracts, and ensure GDPR compliance across products. Ideal for a candidate looking to transition from in-house roles or private practice into a fast-paced environment where your contributions can make a real impact. The position offers competitive compensation and a variety of unique benefits in a dynamic work culture.

Benefits

24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + birthday off

£1200 annual benefits allowance

Yearly company retreat abroad

30 days to Work from anywhere

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave

Statutory pension scheme

Zinc shares through EMI Scheme

Company socials and quarterly team events

Qualifications

• Strong leadership potential with empathetic qualities.
• Impeccable attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
• Previous legal experience in-house or from private practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of Legal and Compliance Executives.
• Deliver pivotal commercial contracts to support revenue goals.
• Ensure GDPR compliance for all products and practices.

Skills

Empathetic leadership

Attention to detail

Natural communication

Education

NQ or 1 Year PQE

Job description

Associate Legal Counsel

Department: Legal & Compliance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Zinc - London

Reporting To: Hamraj Gulamali

Compensation: £60,000 - £65,000 / year

Description

As Associate Legal Counsel at Zinc you’ll be joining the Legal and Compliance department at an exciting time of growth. Already a team of five, we’ll be closer to ten by the end of the year and you’ll be a core part of that growth.

You’ll be managed by and work directly with our Head of Legal on high impact tasks. You’ll own the delivery of pivotal commercial contact negotiations, key tactical legal projects, developing and maximising our legal tech stack and you’ll assist on strategic level work directly with our Head of Legal. You’ll work closely with the Product teams ensuring that everything we ship is GDPR compliant and you’ll work directly with the Revenue and Customer teams, enabling us to smash our company targets. You’ll also have a small pod of Legal and Compliance Executives to manage directly.

This is a great opportunity to continue to refine your legal skills in a high growth environment. As a VC backed scale-up, Zinc will provide you with autonomy, ownership and real responsibility from day one whilst allowing you to grow into yourself as a manager and future leader of the business. Zinc moves at pace and you’ll be able to shape the future direction of travel for the Legal department and enable our success as a business in the long term. Helping shape our approach to risk

This role would be ideal for someone who wants to move from a current in-house role and into a VC backed scale-up where they can actually make a difference. Or perhaps you’re considering a jump from private practice or are finally fed up with life at the Criminal Bar - we’re not picky where your legal experience has come from!

Key Responsibilities 🗝️

• Managing a small pod of Legal and Compliance Executive, previous management experience is not required!
• Owning the delivery of pivotal, high value commercial contracts, contributing directly to our Revenue goals.
• Working with our Product team to ensure everything we build is GDPR compliant.
• Upskilling and enabling our Customer and Revenue teams on the legal and regulatory landscape that we operate in.
• Working directly with our Head of Legal on high value, strategic level projects.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀

• You’re probably an NQ or 1 Year PQE but we’re more than welcome to candidates with more experience than this.
• Empathetic leader, we don’t expect someone to have management experience stepping into this role and we’re willing to coach and teach you about this. What we look for in return is someone who is a natural, empathetic leader. Maybe you’ve been part of your firm’s buddy system or took on leadership roles during your time at university, great!
• Impeccable attention to detail, you’ll be the standard bearer for work in the legal team, your fingerprints will be across a huge amount of the work we ship. We move incredibly fast and must always be precise.
• A natural communicator, you’ll work with senior stakeholders and manage a small team, you’ll need to act as a vessel for messages up and down the business.

What we offer 🍉

Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring

• 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
• £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
• Early finish Fridays (16:00)
• Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
• 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
• Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
• Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
• Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳