Legal Counsel Commercial
Legal Counsel Commercial
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Job Description
Were on a mission to provide equitable access to economic opportunity for everyone.
We close critical skill gaps in the workforce through a new kind of apprenticeship that combines work and learning. We begin by recognizing highpotential individuals both inside and outside of a companys current workforce and then we create applied guided and equitable learning programs with measurable impact. Because we believe the world needs a better way to match its potential.
We work with over 1500 leading companies including the likes of Microsoft Citi and Just Eat to help solve their businesscritical problems and weve trained over 16000 professional apprentices in the tech and data skills of the future. This is made possible by our global team who are driven to achieve a mission that matters together.
Join Multiverse and help us set a new course for work.
The Opportunity
Were seeking a Commercial Counsel who thrives in an agile busy and varied environment where youll own and negotiate a range of commercial contracts. Critical to this role will be your ability to collaborate closely with our Go To Market sales team providing them with crucial contract support training and enablement whilst also exploring diverse projects/ fielding queries across the Finance People Marketing Delivery Tech and Learning teams.
If youre hungry for ownership and eager to make an impact and provide legal insights across various business operations this role is for you!
Specifically you will:
Draft review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts (e.g. MSAs supplier T&Cs NDAs consultancy and RFPs/Bids data sharing agreements and public procurement framework agreements)
Partner with the Privacy team to ensure data protection compliance across products and commercial agreements
Stay ahead of emerging AI regulations and advise on compliant frameworks for AIdriven initiatives
Join customer calls to negotiate contracts and confidently address legal queries
Review AIrelated contractual provisions including IP liability and ethical use considerations
Conduct legal risk assessments and proactively identify and mitigate business risks
Support the development of data governance policies that align privacy and commercial goals
Provide crossfunctional legal support (e.g. to Finance People Marketing Tech and Delivery teams)
Contribute to internal legal resources including playbooks and team training
Help establish agile techenabled legal processes and scalable procedures
About you:
Ideally c. 35 years PQE qualified as a UK lawyer
Exposure to working inhouse (by secondment or otherwise).
Strong GDPR data and privacy acumen.
Experience working with endtoend B2B commercial contracts for customers and suppliers.
Be able to effectively consume and communicate information both to internal and external stakeholders.
Strong business vs risk acumen i.e possesses a solid understanding for when the business needs a quick reply as opposed to an extensive deep dive for an exhaustive answer.
Have the ability to judge when to escalate or/and get a second opinion.
Have good organisational skills and are able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a strong work ethic.
Thrive in an agile fastpaced commercialoriented handson environment.
Are curious open and love asking questions/ solving problems.
Be a strong team player and display a cando approach; no job is too big or too small.
Thorough methodical professional and committed to the Multiverse values.
Desirable but not essential:
Training and qualification from a toptier law firm and/or inhouse team is highly desirable.
Experience working on data protection/privacyrelated matters.
How we hire
Benefits
Time off 27 days holiday plus 7 additional days off: 1 life event day 2 volunteer days and 4 companywide wellbeing days and 8 bank holidays per year
Health & Wellness private medical Insurance with Bupa a medical cashback scheme life insurance gym membership & wellness resources through Gympass and access to Spill all in one mental health support
Hybrid & remote work offering weekly visits to the London office and the opportunity to work abroad 45 days a year
Team fun weekly socials company wide events and office snacks!
Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Were an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality Diversity & Inclusion policy here.
Right to Work
Do you have the right to work in the UK Unfortunately at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.
Safeguarding
All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.
Employment Type
Full-Time
