Senior Legal Counsel

Summary

Join The Adaptavist Group as a Senior Legal Counsel, providing interim leadership for the Legal Operations department and strategic legal guidance. You will deputize for the Head of Legal Operations, advising senior executives and cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include overseeing corporate governance, ensuring global compliance, managing a legal team, and handling legal aspects of company operations. The role requires a qualified solicitor with PQE in various areas, strong communication and management skills, and a commercially aware approach to risk management. The company offers a competitive holiday allowance, flexible working hours, and MacBooks to all employees. The Adaptavist Group is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community.

Requirements

• Qualified Solicitor with PQE across a range of areas, including employment, intellectual property, regulatory compliance and corporate Law
• Strategic mindset with the ability to align legal strategies and business objectives
• Strong interpersonal, communication and management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively
• Commercially aware and pragmatic approach to risk management
• Ability to handle sensitive matters discreetly and sensitively
• Confidence to negotiate legal contracts and documentation

Responsibilities

• Periodically deputising for the Head of Legal Operations, offering strategic vision, direction, and temporary oversight for all legal matters across the group. This also includes interim line management for a team of two
• Acting as a key advisor to the CEO and executive leadership on legal, governance and risk issues
• Supporting the development and implementation of the company’s global legal strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Building and managing a high-performing legal and compliance team over time
• Overseeing the corporate governance for The Adaptavist Group’s global entity structure, ensuring compliance with local and international regulations
• Managing the company’s company secretarial responsibilities, including drafting and maintenance of board minutes, appointments and resignations, handling shareholder matters and the company’s share option scheme
• Ensuring regulatory filings and compliance are up-to-date for all global entities, working with outsourced providers and regional offices as needed
• Monitoring and advising on changes to laws and regulations impacting the company’s global operations
• Providing legal advice across departments including intellectual property, employment law and regulatory compliance
• Managing legal risks, balancing the company’s ability to be innovative with its exposure to liability
• Handling crisis management and providing guidance on sensitive matters with HR on all aspects of employment law
• Developing and maintaining legal policies and procedures to mitigate risk and promote consistency across the group company
• Providing ad hoc assistance with contracts, company leases, and preparation of legal documents or templates
• Leading and supporting mergers and acquisitions if required, including due diligence, contract negotiation and post-acquisition integration
• Collaborating with product and marketing teams to ensure compliance with data protection and intellectual property laws
• Working collaboratively to ensure global compliance with data protection regulations, including GDPR, CCPA and other applicable frameworks
• Drafting policies and processes for managing data breaches and compliance in collaboration with the Office of the CIO and People Operations
• Collaborating with HR and PEX to promote awareness and training for employees on legal and compliance matters, including data privacy, intellectual property and anti-bribery
• Providing leadership in developing and executing the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives with the AdaptaKind team, aligning them with legal and ethical standards

Benefits

• Competitive holiday (PTO) allowance
• Flexible working hours
• MacBooks to all employees
• Additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices