Legal Counsel, Element

• This role is ideal for someone who has a keen eye for detail, thrives on coming up with practical solutions and loves to own and manage complex projects
• Qualified UK solicitor or similar qualification ( 3 to 6 years PQE)
• Experience in either an in-house team or private practice, ideally, with experience advising on a range of commercial matters including ideally those involving licensing, Open Source Software (OSS) and SaaS
• You are business minded and practical in addressing legal issues. You can differentiate between legal and commercial issues and understand when to escalate
• You have exceptional interpersonal skills, including outstanding verbal and written skills in English
• You are highly detail-oriented, and adept at spotting inconsistencies and anomalies
• Highly organised with the ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks
• You are autonomous and at the same time a good team player
• You are naturally curious and want to work on a broad variety of matters, with teams across various business functions
• Interest or experience in technology
• Energised by a dynamic, fast-paced, and remote-first workplace

Desirable

• We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Legal & Business Operations team and be an integral partner to a variety of departments, providing pragmatic advice and legal support as Element continues to scale
• Reporting to the Head of Legal and Business Operations, this is a phenomenal opportunity to be part of our legal team working on cutting edge issues in a fast-paced, globally distributed and ever-changing environment
• Provide legal support on a variety of commercial and corporate matters under time-sensitive conditions
• Assist both our Head of Legal & Business Operations and our Head of Policy & Compliance with contract and policy reviewing and drafting (including services agreements, NDAs, DPAs, SaaS license agreements, employment contracts, commission plans), and project manage contract issuances
• Develop, implement and maintain standard templates, forms and processes
• Draft, review and amend internal guidelines, standard terms and policies, employment contracts, commission plans and other legal documents
• Handle legal queries from all areas of the company, involving other members of the Business Operations team and/or outside counsel as needed
• Manage external legal counsel in various jurisdictions as necessary
• Handle licensing queries around open source, dual licensing or proprietary licensing
• Contribute towards designing legal and business processes that enable Element to scale
• Work with other members of the team on ensuring our legal records are up to date
• Support with ad-hoc legal and/or business operations projects as needed