Legal Counsel New London, England, United Kingdom

At PitchBook, a Morningstar company, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company. Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence. If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.

About the Role

PitchBook’s Legal team drafts, reviews, and negotiates licenses and other commercial agreements and provides advice and guidance on a variety of other legal matters affecting the worldwide operations of PitchBook. The role requires strong communication and drafting skills, the ability to work well with a diverse range of individuals, and understanding that lawyers are in a service role and sound business acumen. PitchBook Legal Counsel work in a fun, challenging, and dynamic role supporting a rapidly growing company. In addition to becoming experts on core legal issues such as data licensing, PitchBook Legal Counsel have the opportunity to work on a diverse set of commercial and regulatory legal issues.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Work with sales and product management personnel to structure, draft, review, analyze, and negotiate complex data licenses, commercial partnerships, media agreements, and other outbound commercial contracts related to the products and services PitchBook makes available to its clients in the United States and abroad.
• Work with PitchBook’s internal stakeholders to review and negotiate data licensing, software, consulting, IT, and related contracts with company vendors.
• Advise on information security, privacy, and related issues, including GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and other laws.
• Provide practical, decisive guidance to business development, business operations, marketing, and finance teams that balances business objectives and legal risk.
• Advise on industry, commercial, IP, privacy, employment, and other laws, regulations, and developments relating to PitchBook’s worldwide business.
• As needed, work with PitchBook’s sister businesses, Morningstar’s corporate functions and external counsel in connection with litigation, real estate matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring activities, and other similar projects.
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors.
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested.

Skills and Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales (or equivalent qualification).
• 2+ years of experience advising corporate clients either as in-house counsel or in private practice.
• Proven drafting and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and independently, prioritize workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-faceted projects in a fast-moving environment.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily.
• Must be authorized to work in the United Kingdom without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits at PitchBook

• Physical Health: Private medical insurance, additional medical wellness incentives, life cover.
• Emotional Health: Paid sabbatical program after four years, paid parental leave, robust training programs on industry and soft skills.
• Minimum 25 days annual leave and volunteer days.
• Social Health: Employee resource groups, employee referral bonus program, quarterly team building events.
• Income protection, shared ownership employee stock program, transportation stipend.

Working Conditions

At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. Being together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. Our culture is built on spontaneous moments—those hallway conversations, whiteboard brainstorms, and shared celebrations in each of our global offices—that simply can’t be replicated remotely. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week. The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an ongoing basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook. As an equal opportunity employer, PitchBook is dedicated to inclusive hiring.