Legal Counsel

AnaVation LLC; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cambridge is seeking a Legal Counsel to join their in-house legal team. In this full-time role, you will review and negotiate commercial agreements, provide legal advice, and ensure compliance with data protection laws. A proactive UK qualified lawyer with experience in tech agreements and a talent for negotiation is ideal. The position offers a salary between £65,000 and £75,000, along with benefits including flexible working options, a personal development budget, and health care.

Benefits

Flexible home working

Generous personal development budget

Free lunch in the office

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company Pension Plan

Bupa health care

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Proven post-qualification experience as a junior/mid-level lawyer.
• Experience negotiating technology/SaaS agreements.
• Good understanding of UK and EU data protection laws.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate commercial agreements with large customers.
• Provide legal advice on business matters as part of the legal team.
• Ensure compliance with data protection legislation.

Skills

Proactive problem solving

Contract negotiation

Attention to detail

Understanding of data protection laws

Education

UK qualified lawyer

Tools

SaaS agreements

AI tools

Job description

At Gearset, we're on a mission to revolutionise DevOps for Salesforce, and we’re looking for the third member of our growing in-house legal team. Our small but mighty legal team provides a pragmatic and customer-facing legal function to a top tech company with an impressive track record, and ambitious growth plans. Partnering closely with the other teams, this opportunity will give an ambitious commercial lawyer the opportunity to work in a supportive and highly entrepreneurial environment.

What’s the opportunity for a Legal Counsel at Gearset?

• Accelerate Gearset’s growth by partnering with our Sales and Customer Success teams to review, negotiate, and close commercial agreements with some of our largest and most complex customers, balancing the legal risk against our commercial goals.
• Solve a variety of legal and business challenges in a fast-moving, focused, and collaborative environment
• Educate Gearcitizens on the latest legal and regulatory developments which may impact our business, keeping abreast of and up to date on any changes.
• Recommend ways to improve and scale our processes and reduce friction, so we can keep up with the rapid growth of the business.

What you’ll achieve

• As part of a small but mighty legal team, you’ll work closely with our Head of Legal and existing Legal Counsel to provide expert, pragmatic legal advice on a wide range of business matters.
• Support our Sales and Customer Success functions, as we continue to grow our customer base and expand opportunities, to ensure we can quickly and effectively win customer opportunities.
• Advise and assist other internal teams with their legal challenges, as the need arises.
• Play a key role in ensuring we remain compliant with national and international data protection legislation, supporting our Head of Legal and Compliance Manager, advising on data processing agreements and our internal data protection processes.
• Work closely with our IT and Engineering teams, as we increase the use of AI tools across the business and within our software.
• Help shape and develop our legal function, as we scale and streamline our legal operations.

About you

• A proactive junior/mid-level UK qualified lawyer with proven post-qualification experience.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology/SaaS agreements (whether in private practice or in-house).
• Able to pragmatically balance ideal legal outcomes with the reality of commercial goals.
• Comfortable leading contract negotiations with customers, and building effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A good understanding of UK and EU data protection laws (US would be helpful too).
• Exceptional writing skills and attention to detail, which you can apply to drafting documents, policies and contracts and communicating in a precise and digestible manner.
• Able to effectively prioritise and stay focused in an environment that’s constantly evolving.
• Excited to help a rapidly growing company scale its legal function.
• Comfortable saying that you don’t have the answer, but confident that you can go and find it.

Great to haves

• Experience in Enterprise level SaaS MSA and DPA negotiations.
• An interest in AI and an understanding of the developing regulatory framework.
• Experience on the ‘buyer side’ of SaaS deals.

Salary and benefits (the stuff you’d expect!)

• Salary of £65,000 - £75,000 depending on experience
• This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday with the option of flexible home working (for most of us that looks like 2-3 days a week in the office)
• Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan
• Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year
• Top end hardware provided
• Free lunch in the office
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)
• Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)
• Bupa health care
• Life Insurance & critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits