Senior Counsel, Vortexa
SaaS - Part-Time
+ Equity options
2-3 days a week in office
Real-time energy cargo tracking
Open for applications
Real-time energy cargo tracking
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity options
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Vortexa is a fast-growing international technology business founded to solve the immense information gap that exists in the energy industry. By using massive amounts of new satellite data and pioneering work in artificial intelligence, Vortexa creates an unprecedented view on the global seaborne energy flows in real-time, bringing transparency and efficiency to the energy markets and society as a whole.
Role
Who you are
- Proven track record of advising on commercial MSA subscription license agreements and contract frameworks
- Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with several years post-qualification experience
- Background in high-growth tech businesses (SaaS, Fintech, Oil and Gas or similar); experience in a private equity-backed company is desirable
- Knowledge of multi-jurisdictional legal environments and cross-border operations
- Confident communicator with the ability to explain complex legal matters in a clear, concise manner to a range of audiences
- Comfortable working in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced and commercially oriented Senior Counsel to establish Vortexa’s in-house legal function and setup a scalable legal function to support our GTM function and take ownership of all corporate legal affairs (including preparations for an eventual exit)
- Reporting to the CFO, this is a pivotal position for a legal professional seeking variety, ownership, and the opportunity to influence business-critical decisions in a global, high-growth environment.
- This role offers the chance to lead strategically while remaining hands-on, embedding scalable legal operations, developing policy and governance frameworks, and partnering across the business to enable sustainable and compliant growth.
- The role will be part time: Two to three days a week or 17-26 hours (to be agreed)
- Establish and build the in-house legal function at Vortexa
- Introduce and optimise legal operations (e.g., CLM platforms, e-signature tools)
- Maintain oversight of corporate governance, board documentation, company secretarial duties,
- And equity structuring
- Advise on open-source usage, software licensing (in-bound and outbound), and general IPR
- Issues
- Provide legal support for dispute resolution and litigation matters
- Support due diligence, RFP and Supplier reviews
- Liaise with management on legal disclosures and risk
- Partner with commercial teams to support customer MSA, NDA negotiations
- Lead on contract drafting and the evolution of our terms of business for customers and
- Partnership team (Data Provision Agreements)
- Advise on supplier agreements, real estate leases, and other commercial matters
- Act as the initial point of contact for People team for employee related legal queries or disputes
- Collaborate with the People team to monitor and manage employee-related legal risk
- Escalate and manage external counsel engagement as appropriate
- Assist People Team to manage Vortexa’s employee equity schemes, to ensure compliance,
- Clarity, and appropriate documentation
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Vortexa provides market-leading real-time data and advanced analytics for energy and shipping markets. With an accurate and complete picture of waterborne flows and freight dynamics, Vortexa covers crude oil, refined products, LPG and LNG, across all vessel classes. The company sits at the confluence where hard data meets deep tech and machine learning, bringing together all the physical aspects of the tanker shipping universe.
With $1.8T of trades on water per year, the physical energy market is still one of the most opaque markets in existence today. Data is fragmented and incomplete, leading businesses to make high-stake decisions in the dark.
Vortexa’s forward view of tonnage supply up to 35 days ahead and real-time utilisation data at high frequency and granularity, help market participants to make well-informed, high-stakes chartering and positioning decisions quickly and confidently. In 2023, venture capital from Communitas further consolidated Vortexa's strength in the market. The company’s clients include oil supermajors, commodities trading houses, investment banks, brokers, and ship owners, spanning globally.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2024
$34m
SERIES C
Feb 2021
$19m
SERIES B
Total funding: $58.2m
Company benefits
- A flexible working policy - accommodating both remote and home working, with regular staff events
- Workplace Pension Scheme via The People's Pension
- Private Health Insurance offered via Vitality to help you look after your physical health
- Global Volunteering Policy to help you 'do good' and feel better
Company values
- Pioneering spirit
- Excellence focused
- Fast moving
- Driven mindset
- Building together
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Fabio Kuhn
(Founder & CEO)Former Head of BP’s global front-office trading technology programme and innovation group. Has held technology and analytical leadership roles at Uniper, was a Quant Trader in a Statistical Arbitrage hedge fund and worked at the NASA Ames Research Centre.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Vortexa
Dominika Wojcik (People Operations)
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