Legal Counsel in London

We're continuing to scale our legal function and looking for a UK-qualified Legal Counsel to join a close-knit, elite legal team of three (including the Head of Legal) - we move fast, back each other, and get things done. Reporting to our Head of Legal, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering an ambitious roadmap of legal, compliance, and commercial initiatives across FundApps and the newly combined group with SteelEye.

For the first few months, your primary objective will be supporting the post-merger integration between FundApps and SteelEye. That means helping bring two fast-moving businesses together from a legal and operational standpoint - aligning approaches, untangling and harmonising contracts, suppliers, tools, and policies, and enabling teams to keep moving while the dust settles. Expect organised chaos at the start, followed by a steady rhythm of core in-house counsel work.

Your mission is to strengthen our legal operations and make day-to-day legal questions feel less of a mystery for internal teams. This is a hands-on role where you'll work across commercial contracting, compliance frameworks, product reviews, and cross-functional enablement - shaping a legal foundation that helps the business move faster, smarter and with confidence.

What You'll Be Working On

The life of an in-house lawyer at a growing SaaS company is varied and fast-paced. In this role, you'll split your time between integration delivery (initially) and core in-house legal support (ongoing).

• Integration focus (first few months)
  • You'll help drive the legal workstream of the FundApps x SteelEye integration, including:
  • Supporting the integration plan across policies, contracts, suppliers, and internal processes.
  • Reviewing the existing contract landscape (customer, vendor, data provider, partner) and helping triage: what to keep, update, consolidate, novate, or retire.
  • Helping align and harmonise key policies and governance (e.g. privacy/data protection, security, procurement, contracting playbooks, compliance documentation).
  • Coordinating with internal stakeholders (Finance, Rev/Sales, Product, InfoSec, Ops, People) and external counsel where needed.
  • Identifying and escalating material risks, non-standard commitments, or integration blockers early and proposing pragmatic solutions.
• Core in-house counsel (ongoing day-to-day)
  • Alongside the integration work, you'll also:
  • Review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (vendor contracts, data provider agreements, client terms, NDAs, DPAs).
  • Partner with the Revenue team to resolve client contract queries, lead negotiations, and remove blockers to close by:
  • Running live negotiations (calls/video) with counterparties, procurement, client legal departments, and external counsel.
  • Pushing back on unfavourable terms, proposing alternatives, and explaining legal positions clearly and persuasively.
  • Balancing legal risk with commercial outcomes and adapting negotiation style to counterparties and business goals.
  • Guide contracts through their lifecycle - order forms, redlines, renewals, amendments, terminations.
  • Improve contract management processes and tooling - including renewal monitoring and standardising workflows.
  • Advise on legal and compliance aspects of new product features, especially related to data, AI, integrations, and regulated-market customers.
  • Track relevant UK/EU regulatory developments (e.g. privacy/data protection and tech regulation) and deliver digestible, actionable updates to the business.
  • Respond to ad-hoc legal queries across the company (often via Slack), enabling quick and sound decision-making.
  • Drive legal ops projects that improve scalability and efficiency, such as:
  • Refining our internal playbook and building training resources for client-facing teams.
  • Evolving privacy and data governance practices for a scaling SaaS business.
  • Creating external compliance resources so clients can self-serve common questions.

What You'll Bring To The Team

We're looking for someone with great instincts, curiosity, and pragmatism, eager to learn and excited to help build something meaningful.

• Must-haves
  • Qualified solicitor (in England and Wales).
  • 3+ years' relevant legal experience (in-house at a tech/SaaS company is a strong plus).
  • Strong commercial contracts expertise - drafting, negotiating, and issue-spotting, with deep knowledge of key structures and risks (indemnities, liability, termination) and negotiation strategies.
  • Proven ability to lead real-time negotiations with confidence, clarity, and pragmatism (calls/video) with counterparties, procurement, client legal, and external counsel.
  • Comfort working independently on contracts and day-to-day legal matters, with good judgment on when to escalate.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity ("organised chaos") - able to prioritise, bring structure, and make progress when there are more questions than answers, particularly during a busy integration phase.
  • Not afraid to hit the ground running - proactive, solutions-oriented, and able to build momentum without needing everything defined upfront.
  • Collaborative and coachable - keen to work closely with the Head of Legal, iterating steadily to deliver a major Board-level integration project (one of the biggest to date).
  • Familiarity with UK GDPR / EU GDPR concepts, DPAs, and data governance basics (or strong willingness to ramp quickly).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills - concise, business-friendly, persuasive.
  • A collaborative, hands-on mindset - willing to take ownership and roll up your sleeves as part of a small team.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professionalism to handle negotiations across a wide range of client and internal stakeholders.
• Bonus points
  • Experience supporting M&A or post-merger integration workstreams (even as a contributor).
  • Experience with CLM tools or other legal tech platforms.
  • Previous exposure to SaaS or startup environments, ideally high-growth and fast-moving.

A Few Things To Know Before You Apply

• Compensation The base salary for the role is between £70,000 - £80,000 per annum dependent on experience and career level.
• Work Eligibility We require candidates to have permission to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.
• We work hybrid and ask that new FundAppers spend 3 days per week at our shiny London office during their first 6 months, to make the most of getting to know the business and other FundAppers. After that, our policy is at least 2 days per week in the office to collaborate, connect and enjoy our shared space and team activities.

Life at FundApps

• Work/life balance with flexible hybrid working.
• Wellbeing benefits such as private health insurance, life insurance, a flexible stipend and mental health coaching.
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%.
• Peer micro-bonuses through Bonusly.
• £1,000 learning budget each year and unlimited professional development leave.
• Peer-led 'Brown-bag lunch' learning sessions and an annual Learning Festival.
• 25 days holiday leave + an extra day next year if you use it all + an extra day after 3 & 5 years.
• 5 Years @ FundApps - additional 4 weeks paid holiday leave during your 5th year as a FundApper.
• 26 weeks leave for all new parents regardless of gender, location or family structure.
• Volunteering leave.
• Birthday off.

We are proud of the diversity of all FundAppers - it makes us strong. We provide flexibility around religious observances and embrace a variety of cultural celebrations. If you're looking for a workplace where you can just be yourself, you're in the right place.

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