Head of Legal

About SINGU

At SINGU, we’re redefining how the world’s most ambitious real estate companies run their operations. Our mission is to become Europe’s leading platform for managing warehouse, logistics, retail, and multi-site commercial real estate portfolios — empowering our Clients to protect revenue, boost efficiency, and unlock new value across every aspect of their business. Our unified CAFM platform already powers the daily operations of over 250 million m² of real estate worldwide, supporting more than 500,000 professionals.

Following our union with the UK’s Micad and Germany’s net-haus, we now help manage 100,000+ buildings across 35+ countries — and we’re just getting started. Backed by a leading growth equity investor, we’re scaling rapidly and partnering with global leaders such as Prologis, ECE, CTP, Hillwood, Logicor, GLP, and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. As we continue to grow through strategic acquisitions and bold innovation, we stay true to our core values: adaptability, collaboration, and client focus.

If you’re ready to help build Europe’s leading platform for property operations — and make a tangible impact on how the real estate industry works — join SINGU and be part of this transformation.

About the Role

This is the first in-house legal role in SINGU’s history. You will build the legal function from the ground up and become the day-to-day owner of legal risk across the Group, working closely with the Group CFO. Today, legal work is handled by a mix of external firms across several jurisdictions. That model served us well at an earlier stage, but it does not scale for a multi-country group that is moving upmarket into enterprise deals and acquiring companies continuously.

We are looking for a commercially minded Legal Counsel who likes getting deals done. Someone who knows our commercial position well enough to negotiate hard and fast, who can bring order to our contract suite and governance, and who sees M&A, compliance and people law as part of one connected job. The role goes well beyond working through a queue of document requests. Together with the Group CFO, you will shape the legal strategy, design how the business works with legal, and personally lead the most important matters.

Location: London, Warsaw, or Kraków, hybrid (regular office presence), with occasional travel to other locations.

Reporting line: Group CFO. You will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and support the Board.

Team: Initially a team of one, managing a panel of external counsel across jurisdictions, with scope to build a small legal team as the Group grows.

What You’ll Do

You will own your work and be accountable for results. In practice, this means:

• Commercial contracts & deal support - Own the customer contract suite – take full ownership of our customer-facing legal documents (MSA, Order Form, DPA, EULA, EU Data Act Addendum, Security Policy, SOW and Supplemental T&Cs) and make them complete, consistent and easy for Sales to use. Negotiate enterprise deals – lead redlines and negotiations on larger and more complex deals, protecting our commercial position (e.g. billing and implementation triggers, liability, service scope, payment terms) while shortening sales cycles. Build a contract governance model – define document ownership, approval rights, negotiation limits and fallback positions, version control, and a review cadence, and decide clearly what is Group-standard and what is country-specific. Localise for our markets – deliver compliant local versions where required, starting with Germany (German MSA, EULA, DPA addendum, Order Form, SOW and Security Policy). Support bids and procurement – provide legal input on tenders, public and enterprise procurement requirements, and customer security and compliance questionnaires. Handle day-to-day agreements – NDAs, partner, supplier and vendor contracts (including HR and technology vendors), and third-party liaison, mostly through templates and playbooks that the business can use on its own.
• M&A and integration - Support legal for our buy-and-build M&A model – lead legal due diligence, deal structuring, transaction documents and negotiations on acquisitions, working with our investors, Finance and external advisers. Own post-close legal integration – align contracts, entities, software licensing agreements and policies of acquired businesses with Group standards. Secure the people side of deals – together with People & Culture, make sure employees of acquired companies land on the right contracts, pay and benefits, and that any restructuring or redundancy process is legally sound in every jurisdiction. Build a repeatable playbook – so every transaction is faster, cheaper and more consistent than the last.
• Compliance, data protection & regulatory - Own a coherent compliance framework – across UK and EU GDPR, the EU Data Act, sector-specific data handling for enterprise clients, and other obligations, resolving overlaps and conflicts between regimes. Be the single legal owner of data protection – including employee data, working with the Data Protection / IT Security lead and People & Culture; oversee DSARs, data processing terms and security commitments made to customers. Horizon-scan and keep leadership informed – track changes in Polish, EU, UK and German law that affect the business, flag them early, and give the ELT and Board regular, clear legal updates. Manage disputes and exposure – handle pre-litigation, litigation and regulatory matters proactively, with the right external support.
• Employment & people law - Be the legal partner to People & Culture – across Poland, the UK and DACH, covering employment contracts, settlement agreements, formal complaints and grievances, ACAS and other employment disputes, and threatened legal action. Validate policies by jurisdiction – review and sign off HR and Group policies so they are legally sound in every country where we operate. Bring consistency to immigration and right to work – set a clear approach and manage the external providers we rely on.
• Corporate governance, IP & risk - Strengthen Group governance – support Board and shareholder matters, entity management across jurisdictions, and a clean legal structure that is ready for scrutiny from investors and future buyers. Protect Group IP – make sure intellectual property across all Group companies is properly owned, registered where relevant, and protected in our contracts. Align software licensing – bring the separate software licensing agreements of Group companies into one consistent approach, kept up to date with GDPR and governance requirements. Be the dedicated risk owner – replace single points of failure with clear escalation routes and faster decisions on contractual and regulatory exposure.
• Build the legal function - Create a clear "legal front door" – so everyone knows when and how to engage legal, with simple intake, self-service templates, FAQs and guidance for low-risk matters. Manage external counsel strategically – build and manage a panel of external firms, decide what goes in-house versus outside, keep work focused and commercial, and own the legal budget. Equip the business – train Sales, Customer Success, P&C and leaders on the legal basics that matter for their day-to-day work.

Success in your first 90 days means a clear picture of our legal risks and priorities, a simple way for the business to engage legal, and an approved plan for the contract suite. Within 12 months: a complete, version-controlled contract suite with a governance model the business actually uses; faster deal cycles on enterprise contracts; a Group compliance framework the Board is regularly updated on; lower and more predictable external legal spend; and M&A and integration running on a repeatable playbook.

What You Will Bring to the Team

Here is what we are looking for:

• Must have - Qualified lawyer – you are a qualified legal professional with around 4+ years of post-qualification experience, ideally combining a top-tier law firm background with in-house experience in a technology, SaaS or scaling business. Commercial contracting and negotiation strength – you have drafted and negotiated complex B2B / enterprise SaaS agreements (MSA, DPA, SLA, licensing) and you know how to protect the commercial position while getting the deal signed. M&A experience – you have run or played a leading role in acquisitions (due diligence, SPA/APA negotiation and post-close integration), ideally in a buy-and-build or investor-backed environment. Multi-jurisdictional judgement – you are comfortable working across Polish, EU and UK law (and ideally German), you know when to bring in local counsel, and you manage external firms efficiently. Data protection and regulatory depth – you have hands-on experience with GDPR (EU and UK) and an understanding of new EU tech regulation such as the EU Data Act. Business-first mindset – you give clear, practical answers, you are pragmatic about risk, and you are comfortable being a team of one who builds things from scratch. Fluent English – you can negotiate, draft and present with confidence in English with customers, investors, the Board and colleagues.
• Nice to have - Polish and/or German language skills, or experience with DACH contracts and employment law. Employment law experience across Poland, the UK and/or Germany. IP and software licensing expertise. Experience in PropTech, facility management software or a private-equity-backed group. A data protection certification (e.g. CIPP/E) or UK qualification. Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) and legal-tech tools.

Why Join SINGU?

What we offer:

• Salary range – depends on location and seniority.
• A greenfield role: you design the legal function, its processes and its future team.
• Direct access to the Group CFO and CEO, the ELT, and the Board, and real influence on strategy, deals and exit readiness.
• Varied, international work: enterprise deals, M&A, data regulation and people law across several countries.
• Comprehensive private healthcare and access to a mental well-being platform.
• Sports membership card (gyms, pools, classes) and a monthly commuting allowance.
• Personal learning budget for courses, conferences, and certifications.
• An extra paid day off each year for medical checkups.
• A collaborative culture with no micromanagement.