Mid-level / Senior Lawyer

About the Role

The Mid-level / Senior Lawyer will act as the chief operational legal advisor for business units, focusing on commercial, product, and marketing legal matters. This position involves independently managing routine and complex legal issues, allowing the Head of Legal to concentrate on strategic priorities while retaining oversight. The role supports business expansion by delivering clear, pragmatic legal advice, handling contract negotiations, and ensuring that the company's products and marketing efforts operate within robust legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Independently draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, vendor, licensing, strategic partnerships, and technology contracts for routine company operations.
• Lead negotiations on low and medium-value contracts, escalating only when strategic or significant issues arise.
• Manage day-to-day legal concerns related to product development, contract lifecycle, and structuring.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to provide actionable legal advice that enables innovation while reducing legal risk.
• Create and examine customer-facing documents, platform terms, conditions, and clickwrap agreements.
• Track legal and regulatory changes relevant to digital and AI products and offer proactive guidance, escalating key strategic risks.
• Advise on product positioning from a legal perspective.
• Support marketing and CRM teams by reviewing and approving marketing and promotional materials to ensure legal compliance.
• Offer timely, commercial-focused advice on campaigns, customer communications, and promotional content.
• Serve as the primary legal contact for customer engagement and go-to-market strategies.
• Assist the Head of Legal with strategic projects such as joint ventures, market entry initiatives, and major partnership agreements, plus other ad hoc legal matters.
• Contribute to executive decision-making by providing practical, solution-focused advice on commercial, product, and marketing legal issues.
• Conduct comprehensive legal research and furnish detailed internal reports to support informed business decisions.
• Deliver training for non-legal teams including sales, product, and marketing on legal risks and processes.
• Help the Head of Legal manage external counsel, overseeing instructions, deliverables, and fee negotiations aligned to budget and value.

Qualifications and Personal Attributes

• Educated in the UK with verifiable experience at a UK law firm or reputable in-house legal department.
• Qualified lawyer with between 3 and 6 years post-qualification experience (PQE).
• Proficient in contract drafting, review, and negotiation, able to operate independently with minimal oversight.
• Experience in media, technology, and communications legal matters; knowledge of intellectual property or digital assets is highly valued.
• Comfortable with cross-border commercial work and collaborating within multi-jurisdictional teams.
• Highly meticulous, organized, and conscientious.
• Excellent communicator with strong writing and drafting skills in English.
• Strong legal research abilities and a proactive problem-solver.
• Adaptable, able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Team-oriented with the ability to collaborate across departments and international teams effectively.