Legal Counsel in London

Legal Counsel in London

London Full-Time 59400 - 72600 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)
AI Startups UK

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead commercial negotiations and advise on product and data protection as we scale.
  • Company: Join a fast-growing tech startup revolutionising enterprise procurement.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and the chance to shape legal strategy.
  • Other info: Exciting opportunity to grow with a leading tech company and work with top-tier clients.
  • Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team making a real impact in the tech industry.
  • Qualifications: Qualified lawyer with experience in commercial law and compliance.

The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.

Our Mission At Omnea, we’re reinventing how enterprise businesses operate, starting with the most painful parts: procurement – where a single purchase can drag on for months, trigger 50+ emails, and pull in Finance, Legal, Security, and IT just to get something approved. We’ve raised $75M from Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, and Accel to change that. Our AI-native platform connects every person, step, and system so buying is fast, safe, and efficient – one place to request, automated approvals and renewals, real-time supplier risk, and complete spend visibility. The opportunity is massive. Every enterprise on the planet has this problem and nobody has solved it. We’ve 10x’d ARR to double-digit millions in 18 months and are trusted by global enterprises like Spotify, MongoDB, Monzo, and Albertsons. We’re now the 4th fastest growing startup in Europe & the Sunday Times' #1 Best Medium Sized Tech Company To Work for.

Our team previously scaled Tessian (cybersecurity tech, backed by Sequoia, Balderton, Accel, acquired post-Series C), and our team includes ex-founders operators who’ve grown unicorns, shipped world-class products, and executed at the highest levels. You’ll work alongside leaders like Ben, Abs, Sabrina, and Rebe. Find out more about the team and life at Omnea here.

Overview We're looking for an exceptional lawyer to join Omnea's growing Legal team and take real ownership across our commercial, corporate and compliance work as we rapidly scale! Reporting to our Head of Legal, you'll be the second lawyer in the team and a trusted advisor across the business, leading commercial negotiations, advising on product and data protection, supporting corporate transactions, and helping drive our compliance and infosec agenda. You'll have a broad remit and significant autonomy to shape how Legal supports Omnea's growth into multiple markets. You’ll be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, just as things are starting to really scale rapidly. We're looking for someone great as we work to make Omnea one of the world’s leading tech businesses: come build with us!

NB. We're either hiring this role in the UK or the US, so whilst we have an advert open for each location, we have one open headcount.

What you can expect You’ll do whatever it takes to make sure Omnea can continue to operate at pace. You'll:

  • Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with enterprise clients, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
  • Collaborate with the enterprise sales and customer success teams to identify legal roadblocks and negotiate favorable terms that drive deal closure without compromising risk management
  • Manage high-volume enterprise contract workflows, providing triage to help sales teams prioritise negotiations and unblock deals
  • Develop and maintain playbooks and fallback positions for common enterprise negotiation scenarios, enabling faster deal cycles as the business scales
  • Partner with teams like product, engineering, and security to advise on legal and compliance implications of new features, particularly around data handling, AI capabilities, and user privacy
  • Conduct legal reviews on product releases to ensure alignment with evolving data privacy regulations and contractual commitments to customers
  • Support the product team in developing compliance documentation, feature specifications

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We think you need these skills to ace Legal Counsel in London

Commercial Negotiation
Contract Drafting
Legal Compliance
Data Protection Law
Corporate Transactions
Risk Management
Collaboration Skills