Senior Legal Counsel in City of London

TradingView is the world’s largest financial analysis platform with more than 100M users across 180+ countries. We build tools that help traders and investors make informed decisions — from advanced charting and market data to collaboration and publishing features. Our products are used daily by millions of individuals and trusted by companies like Revolut, Binance, and CME Group. We’re continuing to grow and scale our platform, and we’re looking for people who care about product quality, take ownership of their work, and want to build systems used by a global audience.

About the team

The Legal team sits at the heart of TradingView and is a very important part of the business. This team supports all other TradingView teams, helping us achieve our goals each and every day. They're special, they're strong-willed, and they work in a lot of different areas. From securing market data partnerships and advising on innovative features to protecting our brand and assisting with launches into new territories, the Legal team does it all. We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our dedicated team responsible for responding to high-priority, complex, and often time-sensitive challenges. You'll be the go-to legal partner for our product, data, and intellectual property matters. You'll develop and execute proactive strategies and be involved in decision-making on critical issues that affect our business and the millions of traders and investors who use our platform.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead legal partner to Product and Engineering, advising on new features and launches from concept through release. Areas include user terms, consumer protection, financial promotions, user-generated content, and AI functionality.
• Lead negotiation and management of market data agreements with exchanges and data vendors, covering licensing, redistribution, usage reporting, and audits.
• Own TradingView's data privacy programme across GDPR and global frameworks, including privacy-by-design, DPIAs, data processing agreements, and cross-border transfers.
• Lead global IP strategy across trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, software, and open source, including brand protection and enforcement.
• Negotiate complex technology, SaaS, cloud, and vendor agreements, with a focus on data processing and security.
• Advise executives and partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, and Partnerships to identify, manage, and report on legal risk.
• Build and scale the playbooks, policies, processes, and training that strengthen privacy, IP, data, and product governance across the company.

What makes you the perfect fit

• 5-8 years of PQE, with strong experience in data privacy, product counselling, intellectual property, and commercial technology.
• Proven experience supporting a global technology, fintech, or SaaS business, ideally as a dedicated product or privacy counsel.
• Exposure to regulated environments and interaction with regulators is advantageous.
• Deep, practical knowledge of data protection and privacy frameworks (including GDPR, UK GDPR, and other global regimes), with hands‑on experience running DPIAs, advising on cross-border transfers, and embedding privacy into product development.
• Experience advising product teams in a fast-moving, consumer‑facing digital environment, with the ability to give clear, actionable guidance at speed.
• Demonstrated expertise in intellectual property strategy, protection, and enforcement, including software, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, open source, and licensing.
• Experience negotiating data licensing or content licensing agreements; familiarity with financial market data licensing (exchange agreements, redistribution, and usage policies) is a strong advantage.
• Strong experience negotiating complex technology, SaaS, cloud, and data processing agreements, with sound commercial and risk judgement.
• A high level of independence, sound judgement, and ownership, with the ability to lead matters end-to-end while collaborating across teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, executive communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear business guidance.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑growth, product‑driven environment, balancing legal risk with commercial and strategic objectives.

Will be a plus

• Direct experience working with stock exchanges, market data vendors, or financial information providers.
• Private practice and/or in-house experience in a financial services organisation.
• Experience interpreting complex regulations in foreign jurisdictions.

What we offer you

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work format.
• Well‑equipped offices for focused and collaborative work.
• A global, distributed team of 500+ professionals.
• Learning, mentorship, and long‑term career growth.
• Relocation support and private health insurance.
• Performance‑based bonuses.
• TradingView Premium access.
• Regular team events and company‑wide meetups.

TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our success is driven by 600+ professionals from 40+ countries who speak nearly 20 languages.