Kota

Legal Counsel (Commercial & Data Protection)

Dublin, Remote. Posted 3 days ago

The role

You will draft, review and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements and take the lead on GDPR and UK GDPR matters. You will work directly with the Embed, Platform, Expansion, Product, Engineering and leadership teams.

What you will do

  • Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS and software licences, terms of service, partner, insurer and broker, technology and vendor contracts, and NDAs.
  • Act as key counsel for GDPR and UK GDPR matters, including data processing and sharing agreements, privacy notices and DPIAs.
  • Build and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks and guardrails for commercial teams.
  • Support international expansion, including partner and carrier agreements and coordinating external counsel on local law.
  • Instruct and manage external law firms and keep costs under control.
  • Identify, record and escalate legal risks and contribute to the legal risk register and Risk Committee reporting.
  • Support corporate and governance matters as the legal group structure grows.

Required qualifications

  • Qualified as a solicitor or barrister in Ireland or England & Wales.
  • Minimum 3+ years' PQE.
  • 1+ year in-house experience at a tech, fintech, insurtech or other regulated business.
  • Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial and technology agreements.
  • Solid practical GDPR and UK GDPR experience, including controller and processor arrangements and data sharing.
  • Pragmatic, risk-based judgement and the ability to explain legal issues simply to business colleagues.
  • Able to manage a busy, varied workload across several jurisdictions and prioritise.
  • Comfortable using AI and workflow tools.

Nice to have

  • A privacy certification such as CIPP/E.
  • Exposure to financial services, insurance, pensions or employee benefits regulation.

Benefits

  • Attractive stock options.
  • Health insurance.
  • Life assurance (country dependent).
  • Up to 5% matched contribution to a workplace pension (country dependent).
  • WFH stipend for home office needs.

Before you apply

  • Must be qualified as a solicitor or barrister in Ireland or England & Wales.

About the company

Kota is a benefits broker that runs employee benefits through one connected system, serving more than 100,000 employees. It is backed by investors including Eurazeo, EQT Ventures and Northzone.