Senior Legal Counsel

Kaluza; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel based in London. In this role, you will guide legal strategy as we expand internationally, engaging with teams across Product, Finance, and more. If you're a legal expert with a solution-oriented approach, we want you on board!

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

26 days holiday

Flexible bank holidays

Qualifications

• 4+ years post-qualification experience (PQE) in relevant legal fields.
• Experience in tech or energy sectors is preferred.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance and legal compliance.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, ensuring compliance with laws.
• Advise on strategic international expansion and legal frameworks.
• Lead legal training initiatives and support governance responsibilities.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Advising

Legal drafting

Education

Qualification as a solicitor in the UK

Job description

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Reporting To: Head of Legal

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th June 2025

Kaluza reimagines energy to bring net-zero within everyone’s reach. The Kaluza Platform enables energy utilities to unlock the full value of a radically changing energy system and propel us to a future where renewable energy is sustainable, affordable and accessible for all.

Job title: Senior Legal Counsel

Location: London - Hybrid

Salary: £100,000 - £117,000

Team: Legal

Reporting To: Head of Legal

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th June 2025

Kaluza reimagines energy to bring net-zero within everyone’s reach. The Kaluza Platform enables energy utilities to unlock the full value of a radically changing energy system and propel us to a future where renewable energy is sustainable, affordable and accessible for all.

From automating and simplifying core operations including billing to create a lower-cost, higher-engagement experience, to optimising energy usage across smart devices in the home, we turn tough challenges into win-win-win outcomes for customers, suppliers and the energy system.

We champion a flexible, hybrid work approach and we find that teams often benefit from coming together in the office at least once a week to foster connection and accelerate progress.

Outside of these collaborative opportunities, we aim to be as flexible as possible to balance work with life. As a company we come together annually for our conference and end of year celebrations!

What will I be doing?

As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll play a pivotal role in scaling our legal function as we expand internationally. Reporting to the Head of Legal, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Kaluza, navigating complex legal and regulatory challenges while enabling bold, strategic growth.

You’ll partner cross-functionally with teams across Product, Finance, Operations, People, and Risk & Compliance—providing pragmatic, solutions-oriented legal support across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, US, Portugal, Australia, and Japan.

Your core responsibilities will include:

Commercial & Corporate Legal Work

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, technology licensing, customer, supplier, and strategic partnership contracts.
• Supporting product launches and new market entries with robust, commercial legal advice.
• Ensuring compliance with corporate governance and regulatory obligations, especially in high-growth tech environments.
  
  

Strategic Legal & Business Enablement

• Advising on international expansion, helping to shape legal strategy across EMEA, APAC, and North America.
• Building scalable legal processes, templates, playbooks, and policies to future-proof the function.
• Collaborating with stakeholders at all levels—up to C-suite—providing clear, strategic guidance.
  
  

Specialist Areas

• IP & Data: Advising on intellectual property and supporting the Risk & Compliance team on data protection and privacy matters.
• Legal Ops & Enablement: Leading legal training and enablement initiatives across the business.
• Governance & Projects: Supporting corporate governance, company secretarial responsibilities, and strategic legal projects.
  
  

About You

You’ll be a commercially minded legal expert who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments and relishes the opportunity to help shape a legal function from the ground up. You operate with integrity, influence, and clarity - even when navigating ambiguity.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Qualification as a solicitor in the UK (or a comparable common law jurisdiction), with 4+ years PQE.
• Experience in high-growth tech or energy-related companies, with ideally a a mix of in-house and private practice (particularly in commercial or technology law) experience.
• Confidence managing high-value, complex contracts with international clients and partners.
• A track record of advising on cross-border matters and helping businesses scale across jurisdictions.
• Experience working with Risk & Compliance to develop integrated legal-risk frameworks.
  
  

What Will Set You Apart

• Strong business acumen and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial outcomes.
• A results-oriented approach to solving problems - a “do-er”.
• Experience building or evolving a legal function, including process design and legal ops.
• A collaborative and pragmatic communication style - able to influence without overcomplicating.
• Resilience, curiosity, and comfort navigating change.
  
  

Kaluza Values

Here at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business:

We’re on a mission, We build together, We’re inclusive, We get it done, We communicate with purpose.

Read more about our values over on our careers site.

From us you’ll get

• Pension Scheme
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP
• Life Assurance
• Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app
• Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests
• Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts
• 5% Flex Fund to spend on the benefits you want most
• 26 days holiday
• Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like
• Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family
• Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets
• And more…
  
  

Even better? You’ll have access to these benefits from day 1 when you join.

We want the best people

We’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you.

Find out more about working in Kaluza on our careers page and LinkedIn.

You can also find our Applicant Data Protection Policy here.

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