Overview
Head of Legal Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at Bitpace
Title: Head of Legal
Company: Bitpace
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Reporting directly to the CEO, the Head of Legal is responsible for the daily running of the legal function. This is a very broad and hands-on role. Ideal location for this role is London, but we will also consider candidates based elsewhere in Europe.
What you'll be doing:
- Be responsible and accountable for providing high-quality and commercially sound advice on a wide spectrum of legal topics resulting from our day-to-day business across numerous entities.
- Lead the research, advice and implementation of corporate structure changes to ensure a scalable and sustainable corporate structure as the business grows in complexity and expands internationally.
- Maintain and regularly review our key standard legal documents & templates such as client contracts, data and privacy policies, terms and conditions, NDAs, etc.
- Advise on regulatory, compliance and other liability issues – including management of all external legal relationships.
- Educate the wider business with respect to legal issues, policies and procedures.
- Develop and lead the legal team and provide accurate, timely and pragmatic legal advice and ensure the team is aligned with business strategy and objectives.
- Provide advice on compliance matters to ensure the company conducts its business in accordance with all relevant laws and regulations.
- Blend together advice and inputs from external counsel with in-house advice, to offer cost-effective and solutions-oriented outcomes for the legal team's customers.
- Drive a culture of professional excellence and agility, as well as providing visible and effective leadership of the team through a period of rapid growth.
Experience we'd love:
- 5+ years post-qualification with in-house experience at a fast-growing start-up, ideally within the FinTech space. Experience in Crypto is a plus.
- Commercial approach to solving legal problems and providing best-in-class service.
- Strong communication, organisational, and project management skills will be critical.
- Balance attention to detail with swift execution – we need to do things quickly, and we need to do them well. Balancing those can be challenging, and this should be a strength.
- The ability to identify relevant business and legal issues proactively, evaluate risks and find creative solutions, particularly regarding novel situations.
- First-class communication skills and an ability to explain complex legal concepts and requirements to a range of audiences.
- A passion for problem solving and driving change by using innovative solutions.
- The ability to prioritise conflicting demands and handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
