Legal Counsel, Octopus Capital

Octopus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Greater London is seeking a proactive Legal Counsel with a transactional background, specifically within real estate. The role provides strategic legal support, manages legal queries, and collaborates on significant transactions. Ideal candidates will have a strong foundation in legal risk management and be comfortable navigating a fast-paced environment. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and a supportive workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Untracked holiday

Hybrid working model

Wellness hub offerings

Paid parental leave

Life and health insurance

Electric vehicle leasing

Qualifications

• Qualified UK lawyer with experience in funds and corporate real estate.
• Post-qualification experience with complex transactions in real estate.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with evolving roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day legal matters and provide support to stakeholders.
• Collaborate on transactions including fund formations and acquisitions.
• Implement training programs to improve legal awareness within the business.

Skills

Transactional background

Experience in real estate

Legal risk management

Education

Fully qualified UK lawyer

Job description

Team Overview

At Octopus Capital – part of Octopus Investments, a certified B Corp – we invest in the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. With a strong track record of backing new investment classes, we prioritise areas we believe can make the biggest difference for our clients, people and the planet. Our impact-focused strategies are aligned to solving some of the world’s greatest challenges and centred on three core asset classes: real estate, energy & infrastructure and private debt.

What’s in it for you?

We are seeking a proactive, commercially minded Legal Counsel with a transactional background and strong foundation in real estate. This exciting role will provide strategic and pragmatic legal support across Octopus Capital. Ideally, you’ll be comfortable handling a broad range of matters, thrive in a fast-moving environment, and can balance legal risk with commercial objectives.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage day-to-day legal matters, acting as the first point of contact for legal queries and providing timely, pragmatic support to internal stakeholders across the UK and Spanish offices.
• Collaborate with investment teams and senior stakeholders on transactional matters, providing legal advice and support on transactions across the business including new fund formations, finance transactions and work outs, real estate acquisitions and developments, joint ventures and corporate projects.
• Proactively manage and optimise the legal panel, fostering strategic partnerships with external counsel to ensure high-quality, cost-effective legal support.
• Stay abreast of and support legal and regulatory updates, contributing to the creation and implementation of internal legal frameworks, and governance and risk processes.
• Implement training and internal legal awareness initiatives, helping to embed best practices and improve understanding of legal risk across the business.
• Co-ordinating with the wider Octopus Group teams, including Group Legal & CoSec, Risk & Compliance, and Fund Finance. Support with the onboarding and supervision of legal secondees.
• Implementing legal innovation, such as AI and legal technology solutions.

Qualifications

• ✅ Fully qualified UK lawyer (or comparable), with a transactional background and good grounding in real estate. Specific experience in funds, finance, or corporate real estate will be considered.
• ✅ Post-qualification experience in private practice or within the legal team of a recognised fund manager, lender, or institutional investor, with exposure to complex transactional work in real estate, funds, or finance.
• We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen?
• This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that.

Additional Information

• A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
• ✈️ Untracked holiday
• Hybrid working – our people spend 3 days a week in the office
• ⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more
• Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
• ❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Electric vehicle leasing

Our Values

At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We\'re proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.