Senior Legal Counsel (UNB025)

ALL.SPACE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

An innovative technology company is seeking an enthusiastic Senior Legal Counsel to support its rapid growth on a contract basis. This role involves handling a varied workload, negotiating commercial contracts, and providing legal advice across multiple areas. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of in-house legal experience with a focus on technology and compliance, excellent communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex legal issues in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years PQE in-house experience with a broad range of experience.
• Strong understanding of commercial and corporate law.
• Tech and commercially focused with solid experience.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft commercial contracts for international partners.
• Provide legal advice and support across various business areas.
• Monitor regulatory changes and advise the business accordingly.

Skills

Negotiating skills

Presentation skills

Compliance and Risk Management

Drafting skills

Communication skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

Who are we?

We hire those that seek to innovate across people, process and technology. Join our global workforce, visualise the future and strive for success. Our engineering campus and corporate offices in the UK and US are optimal environments for ideas and innovation to flourish.

ALL.SPACE, has developed a smart terminal, capable of linking with all satellites, all networks, in all orbits, all at once. Our ground-breaking software-defined service enablement platform integrates intelligent routing, edge computing and on-demand services to deliver unprecedented network resilience and application performance. Our terminal designs operate as fully electronic beam steering systems. Our IP has applications across a wide range of market sectors including aeronautical, land mobile, maritime, and 5G. It provides broadband, multi-beam, two-way communications with dynamic tracking of geostationary and non-geostationary satellites or terrestrial nodes.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Legal Counsel to support our business at a time of rapid growth and expansion on a contract basis. You will need to be comfortable handling a very varied workload autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain exceptional experience in a company developing cutting-edge technology at an exciting stage of its development.

Responsibilities

Reporting into our General Counsel, you will enjoy a varied role with a high level of responsibility for the negotiation of commercial contracts as well as providing legal advice and support in a number of other areas as required by the business. No two days will ever be the same but a general outline of what you can expect is as follows:

• Negotiating and drafting commercial contracts and supporting commercial and procurement functions in the negotiation and documentation of those contracts for international suppliers, customers and partners

• Supporting the development of standard form agreements across the business

• Supporting the design and implementation of company policies and procedures
• Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company
• Engaging with and advising key stakeholders in each department
• Monitoring legislative and regulatory changes, and advising the business on the risks and opportunities these present
• Drafting and negotiating non-disclosure agreements
• Delivering training for the business and providing support, legal updates and guidance to different business functions on contractual matters
• Supporting on company secretarial matters (UK and US), including carrying out the necessary filings at Companies House in the UK
• Assisting with IP related matters where required
• Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws,rules and regulations that directly affect our business and specific industry

• 8+ years PQE in-house experience(Broad range of experience is required)
• Tech and Commercially focused - with solid experience in this field
• Strong Export Controls experience, as well as Compliance and Risk Management

• Sound understanding and knowledge of commercial and corporate law

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Excellent negotiating and drafting skills
• Ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can understand

Please note - This is a 3 month contract to start ASAP. Hybrid working is available with the successful candidate being required to work in the office a minimum of 4 days a week.