Senior Legal Counsel

Location: Old Street, London, UK; hybrid working with 3 days a week in the office

Company

hirify.global operates across the UK, EMEA, and other relevant global markets.

What you will do

• Act as the primary legal contact for UK and EMEA client-related matters and advise the business on commercial and regulatory questions.
• Draft, review, negotiate, standardize, and manage commercial contracts with clients, partners, affiliates, suppliers, and other parties.
• Advise on privacy, advertising, data and consumer protection, IP, employment, disputes, property, and other specialist legal matters.
• Support governance, ESG, board matters, corporate policies, acquisitions, dispositions, capital raisings, and corporate structuring.
• Manage Companies House and equivalent filings, corporate books, records, resolutions, and stakeholder consents.
• Lead legal technology, process improvement, training, external counsel management, and stakeholder engagement as a senior member of the legal team.

Requirements

• University degree and qualification as a lawyer in England and Wales with a current practising certificate.
• 3–5 years of pre- and post-qualification experience in one or more of commercial contracts, privacy and data protection, or general corporate and governance in the UK.
• Ability to support a fast-paced, growing business across UK and other relevant jurisdictions.
• Ability to advise on UK and ROW legal matters, conduct legal research, create guidance, and deliver training.
• Ability to manage contracts, governance obligations, corporate filings, legal technology, and external counsel workstreams.

Nice to have

• In-house experience supporting a fast-paced and growing business.
• Experience in a portfolio company environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with 3 days a week in the London office; work from anywhere for 2 weeks a year.
• 25 days of paid holiday plus 8 bank holidays, increasing by 1 day a year up to 30 days, with additional Christmas closure days.
• Summer Fridays, free breakfast in the office, 2 charity days, and a wellbeing and mental health programme.
• Life assurance, income protection, health, dental and vision benefits allowance, pension and salary sacrifice scheme.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave, including support for same-sex and adoptive parents, subject to qualifying conditions.