Senior Legal Counsel

Alexander Mae (HR) Ltd; Newport; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global Fintech business is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel in Bristol. The role focuses on drafting and negotiating a variety of sales-driven commercial contracts, ensuring compliance and advising internal teams on contractual risks. Ideal candidates will have a strong legal background, practical approach, and experience managing high volumes of contract work. Competitive salary of £85,000 to £120,000 DOE, along with benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• Experienced in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Practical and commercially focused with a strong legal background.
• Comfortable managing high volumes of contract work.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate sales-driven commercial contracts.
• Provide commercially focused legal advice to support growth.
• Advise on contractual risk and compliance considerations.
• Maintain contract templates in line with regulations.
• Support cross-functional teams in deal closures.

Skills

Commercial contracting

SaaS agreements

Negotiation

Legal compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel
Location: Bristol
Salary: £85,000 to £120,000 DOE + benefits

Our client, a global Fintech business is seeking a seasoned Senior Legal Counsel to focus on commercial contracting for the company's global SaaS products, working closely with Sales, Customer Success, Product and other internal stakeholders. The position is suited to someone who is practical, commercial, and comfortable managing a high volume of contract work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on the drafting, review and negotiation of a wide range of sales-driven commercial contracts, including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, DPAs, partnership agreements and renewals (approximately 80-90% of the workload)
• Provide clear, commercially focused legal advice to support revenue generation and customer growth
• Support corporate, company secretarial and general advisory matters as required
• Advise internal teams on contractual risk, compliance considerations and practical mitigations
• Maintain contract templates and ensure alignment with evolving regulatory, commercial and data protection requirements
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to support deal closure, contract governance and operational effectiveness
• Ensure contracts are negotiated efficiently while protecting the company's legal, commercial and data protection interests