Legal Counsel in City of London

Become a part of a team that is passionate about creating and delivering cutting-edge solutions for retailers worldwide. At our company, we’re dedicated to supporting your career aspirations and helping you exceed your goals. You’ll benefit from industry-leading training, global development opportunities, and the chance to collaborate within a diverse culture across our offices in nine countries. Our inclusive culture reflects our purpose: to make a difference for every colleague, every client, every day.

As a leading provider of Unified Commerce solutions for retail, our technology empowers top retail brands by optimizing product management, promotions, merchandising, and store operations. With the global shift toward our cloud-native, microservices architecture, opportunities for career growth have never been more exciting. Today, more than 100,000 retail stores in fashion, grocery, footwear, general merchandise, discount, and sporting goods rely on our solutions to generate nearly $2 trillion in annual revenue.

We hope you’ll join us in driving innovation and delivering impactful solutions as we continue leading the Unified Commerce revolution.

Aptos is a significant player in the retail technology sector across the US, Europe and APAC and is backed by the private equity division of Goldman Sachs. Our customers include the world’s most iconic retail brands such as New Balance, Crocs, Coach, Michael Kors, WH Smith, Primark, Liberty London, EE, Pets At Home and Superdry. With over 40 years of innovation, our US-based company delivers cloud-native Unified Commerce solutions that connect a retailer’s online and in-store sales channels and operations. Aptos leads this evolving sector with a platform that combines e-commerce, in-store point of sale (POS), customer data, inventory, and order management into one system, offering consumers a seamless shopping experience and retailers a full view of their business.

In addition to being a leading provider of Unified Commerce solutions, Revionics (an Aptos company), uses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to help retailers optimize their pricing strategies. Their platform combines predictive, generative, and agentic AI to analyze market data, customer behavior, and competitive pricing, enabling retailers to set the best prices that drive profit and customer satisfaction in real-time.

What does this mean for a lawyer at Aptos? You will have an excellent opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with senior legal leadership in a high-growth technology company, and will also be exposed to cutting-edge retail technology and innovation projects involving privacy and AI elements. You will also be expected to partner with various stakeholders across HR, Marketing, Product Operations, IT and Facilities and Sales across our offices in the US, UK, India and Canada in a fast-paced environment, to derisk decision making, provide high quality legal advice and solve problems. There will be learning and growth opportunities as you work with stakeholders and vendors, across different geographies and cultures, helping you to gain valuable cross-border legal experience.

The role day to day: This role will report to the Head of Legal and Privacy, EMEA and APAC, based in London and will be required to attend the office in person at least three times a week. You will be expected to:

• Be the triage point for vendor contracts entered into by Aptos/Revionics globally.
• Manage, negotiate and review vendor agreements with technology providers (mainly US based), navigate cross-border commercial terms, regulatory differences, and international contract structures.
• Draft and negotiate data processing, security and confidentiality agreements.
• Assist with various parts of the Aptos Privacy Program, such as managing our record of processing activities (ROPA), sub-processor lists and privacy assessments (legitimate interest, data protection impact assessments etc).
• Draft and review customer facing SaaS agreements, professional services agreements and partnership agreements.
• Review marketing agreements and providing advice to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.

Technical skills and experience:

• At least 3 years post-qualification experience as a solicitor with a current practising certificate.
• Strong technology contracts expertise including SaaS agreements, software licensing and complex commercial arrangements.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and draft data processing agreements, experience on wider GDPR and data privacy issues with practical application in technology environments, is a plus.
• In-house legal experience preferred, or significant technology sector exposure within a law firm environment.
• Excellent commercial awareness and ability to provide pragmatic, business-focused legal advice.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to diverse stakeholders and simplify complex legal matters as necessary.
• Comfortable working and coordinating with US-based vendors and legal team members.

Characteristics and attributes:

• Innate sense of curiosity. You care about important details, and do not take things at face value, even if you have to expend extra energy to get to the bottom of things.
• Proactively gets stuff done. You are not only proactive about completing your own work, but when you sense the need to introduce an idea that will benefit the team or the organization -- even if it’s outside your scope of work -- you take it on and own it.
• Adaptability. You need to be able to pivot quickly, juggle competing demands, absorb new business priorities and adjust strategies in fast-paced environment.
• Perseverance and Grit: Committing to delivering high-quality, commercially astute advice under pressure or after setbacks is crucial. This includes staying determined and engaged, even in disputes or when deadlines and expectations clash.
• Willingness to learn. You need to be willing to spend time to stay up to date on the latest developments in your legal field and to stay knowledgeable about the business, which in turn, will make you a better-rounded lawyer. Openness to change and a proactive approach to learning are key.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including a base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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