Senior Legal Counsel

Posted 20 days agoViewed

💎 Seniority level: Senior, 4+ years

📍 Location: Worldwide

🔍 Industry: Blockchain Technology

🏢 Company: Babylon Labs

⏳ Experience: 4+ years

🪄 Skills: BlockchainBusiness DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipNegotiationComplianceMicrosoft Office SuiteRisk ManagementSaaS

4+ years of experience as in-house counsel and at an established, top-tier law firm.
Significant experience drafting and negotiating business development transactions, commercial transactions, joint marketing agreements, distribution agreements, open-source licenses, and SaaS licenses.
Strong background in blockchain technology and the blockchain industry.
Deep understanding of regulatory issues related to digital currencies, blockchain technology, payments, and privacy regulations.
Expertise in GDPR, CCPA, and related privacy regulations, including experience reviewing Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and advising on complex compliance and information security matters.

Create, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of agreements, including channel/partner agreements, marketing agreements, SaaS subscriptions, and licenses supporting our global ecosystem collaborations.
Collaborate closely with our operations, marketing, infosec, and R&D teams to achieve business goals.
Handle data privacy (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and security issues in a variety of transactions.

Posted about 2 months ago

📍 United Kingdom

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 FinTech

🏢 Company: Paddle

🔧 Requirements

Minimum of 6-7 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with a minimum of 3 years in a tech scale-up preferably in payments, FinTech, SaaS or related sectors.
English solicitor (preferably) or qualified in another common law or European jurisdiction.
Experience in managing and leading teams of lawyers and / or paralegals
Curiosity, keen to learn and have a proven ability to quickly get across new and complex legal concepts.
Used to working from first principles, applying common sense, and excited about answering questions you have never dealt with before.
Energized by the prospect of owning your own projects, while also happy to help pitch in when the team needs you.
Driven, able to work independently, and a pleasure to work with.
Excellent and persuasive communicator used to partnering with a range of stakeholders across the business.
Skilled at tailoring your legal advice to the recipient, whether they be senior management or a junior contributor.
Commercially minded and able to deliver creative, helpful and practical solutions to a rapidly growing business, often operating under pressure and in an area characterized by ambiguity.

💡 Responsibilities

Support the General Counsel in their duties and advise and partner with every team from across the business on a wide range of matters.
Lead, manage and mentor a small team of junior lawyers and paralegals, including supervising in-house trainee lawyers seeking their SRA qualification.
On a day-to-day basis, draft and negotiate a range of commercial contracts, including B2B SaaS customer agreements and supply partner agreements.
Draft, negotiate, and advise on data protection agreements, terms of service, privacy policies, and other privacy- and data-related contracts and disclosures.
Assist teams across the business in identifying potential issues and risks and collaborate with the relevant stakeholders to manage them.
Work with the business to track and assess the legal implications of evolving rules and regulations relevant to Paddle’s global MoR business model.
Be responsible for and ensure effective contract management and monitoring.
Assist in the development and implementation of risk and compliance policies and procedures relevant to Paddle’s operations and the MoR business model.
Provide ad hoc second-line advice on employment related matters.
Support with corporate and governance related matters.

LeadershipNegotiationComplianceRisk ManagementStakeholder management

Posted about 2 months ago