Senior Legal Counsel

Role Overview

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including supplier agreements, partnership contracts, and customer terms
• Advise business teams on contractual risk and help them make informed decisions quickly
• Maintain and improve GetGround's contract templates, playbooks, and standard terms
• Support the management of external counsel on matters requiring specialist input
• Provide legal input on new product features, customer journeys, and platform changes
• Advise on FCA regulatory requirements as they apply to GetGround's products and services
• Support compliance reviews of customer-facing content and regulated communications
• Help track relevant regulatory developments and flag implications for the business
• Support on corporate matters including fundraising, corporate governance, and company secretarial work
• Advise on data protection and privacy matters, including GDPR compliance
• Provide general legal support across the business on employment, IP, and operational matters
• Help build scalable legal processes, templates, and training materials

Requirements

• You're a UK qualified solicitor with around 4+ years PQE
• Strong commercial legal skills, with experience drafting and negotiating contracts in a fast-paced environment
• A good understanding of FCA regulation and how it applies to fintech or financial services products
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to pick up new areas of law quickly
• A commercial mindset; you give practical advice, not just legal analysis
• The confidence to work autonomously and manage your own workload without close supervision
• Clear, concise communication skills, written and verbal
• A collaborative approach and genuine interest in the business, not just the legal matters
• Highly desirable: Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products
• In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech
• Exposure to data protection, GDPR, or privacy work.

Benefits

• We encourage applications from all sections of society and believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture.
• We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law.