Junior Legal Counsel

The role

You will join a small Legal team to work on commercial contracts, product, and corporate work. You will draft and negotiate agreements, manage contract review processes, and support corporate and governance matters.

What you will do

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements
• Lead on supplier and customer contracts, engagement letters and NDAs
• Support on partnership and other strategic contracts
• Manage the contract review process and e-signature process
• Respond to day-to-day legal queries from the business and counterparties
• Drive process and knowledge management through document repositories and AI tooling
• Support on intellectual property matters and litigious matters
• Take on company secretarial and governance work
• Support corporate and transactional work including KYC and due diligence

Required qualifications

• NQ - 2PQE, qualified in England & Wales, or in another common law jurisdiction with relevant UK experience
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to explain legal issues to non-lawyers
• Strong organisation to run multiple matters and prioritise independently
• Comfortable with pace and change

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Socials & connection
• Private health cover
• Retirement savings plans
• Employee referral programme
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations
• Cycle-to-work scheme in select locations
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes in select locations

About the company

Lendable is a fintech company building technology to help people get credit and save money. It is a UK unicorn with a team of over 800 people.