Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Ventrata's finance team as Legal Counsel! This exciting opportunity involves contract negotiation and management, compliance and risk mitigation, data protection, employment law advice, intellectual property management, and external counsel oversight. You will support large enterprise sales and provide internal training. Ventrata offers a fast-paced, international environment with a collaborative team and numerous benefits.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor with 5–7 years of PQE, ideally in the SaaS or technology sector
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts
• Solid knowledge of UK and international laws (GDPR, IP, and employment law)
• Proven ability to manage diverse legal matters in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills to convey legal concepts to non-legal teams

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements (e.g., SaaS, licensing, partnerships)
• Maintain scalable contract templates and streamline negotiation processes
• Ensure compliance with UK and international laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and export controls
• Identify and mitigate global regulatory risks
• Lead data privacy compliance, develop policies, and advise on GDPR and global data protection
• Provide legal advice on employment matters across jurisdictions, including disputes and regulatory compliance
• Manage trademarks, copyrights, and patents
• Protect proprietary technology and software
• Oversee external legal advisors and provide internal training on key regulatory changes
• Support large enterprise sales deals to ensure compliance during negotiations and execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with global operations and cross-border legal issues
• Understanding of software licensing and subscription services
• Proactive and solution-focused with attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Collaborative yet independent worker with a commercial mindset

Benefits

• We are fairly informal about working hours. We want to make sure you like your job and wanna go an extra mile for us
• Unlimited paid holiday days
• Start-up working environment
• WFH or work remotely
• Team buildings and company remote office. Sounds boring? The whole team met in Spain, South Africa, Italy, Portugal, and France. We also enjoy a spontaneous beer after work or any sports activity
• Office in Brno and Lisbon. We have two office locations: the core team is located in Brno and we have one newly opened office in Lisbon. How does working for a month from Lisbon sound? :)
• Young and passionate team
• Refreshments and delicious coffee in the office area
• Hardware/ remote setup package
• Competitive salary and regular salary revaluation
• Bonuses based on company performance