Head of Legal - Tech firm
Head of Legal
Permanent role
Tech firm
£130K
London - fully office based
The role:
- Lead and develop the Group legal function, including commercial, corporate, data protection, and regulatory
- Own US legal exposure, including commercial contracting with US customers
- Own UK and EU commercial and corporate work, including customer SSAs, DPAs, partner and reseller agreements, M&A support, and corporate governance
- Partner with the Quality and Regulatory function on the legal aspects of compliance in the UK, EU, and US.
- Manage external counsel on cost, quality, and scope across the UK, EU, US and beyond.
- Support the Board on listed company obligations
- Lead legal response to disputes, regulatory queries, and significant commercial escalations.
- Ensure proportionate insurance is in place.
- Line manage our Legal Counsel and the Paralegal who report to you.
- Improve how the legal function uses AI and workflow tools to move faster with no loss of quality.
Requirements
- UK or US qualified solicitor
- Experience with US legal matters