Legal Counsel

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Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company. In fact, from the very beginnings of the agency a set of shared principles, philosophies and values was documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, helping us create our unique culture.

As with everything here we always seek to adapt and improve so The Brainlabs Handbook has been fine-tuned to become The Brainlabs Culture Code.

This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that talk to what it means to be a Brainlabber. It’s a joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company that we can all be proud of, where Brainlabbers can turn up to do great work, make great friends and win together.

You can read The Brainlabs Culture Code in full here.

What's the role 

As legal counsel you will play a key role in supporting our business teams in working on client contracting, leading on the review and negotiations of client and third party contracts, helping to define the New Business process from a legal perspective and facilitating new client wins globally. As well as assisting on specific transactions, you’ll play a crucial role in  supporting our small legal team in implementing the correct legal infrastructure to operate at scale internationally. You’ll also play a supporting role on M&A transactions we carry out, helping to support SPA negotiations and guiding external counsel on due diligence.

What you do

• Support our new business and commercial teams on client contracting and negotiation.
• Help us keep our clients happy and enable us to sign contracts quickly by taking sensible and pragmatic negotiation positions, including updating our standard form agreements and processes. 
• Support on M&A integration from a commercial legal perspective and ideally on corporate aspects too. 
• Help improve our legal processes over time to ensure we can empower the business to move quickly, whilst managing risk.

Who you are

• 6 months to 2 years post qualification experience, experience in a corporate environment would be beneficial
• Fully qualified solicitor with a practicing certificate 
• Experience operating in a fast paced  growth oriented Company as part of a small legal team or high performing private practice environment.
• Brilliant communicator, relationship builder and  capable of translating challenges into pragmatic solutions that still stand up to legal scrutiny
• A natural problem solver who enjoys looking at ways we can improve our processes and find efficiencies in the way we deliver our work

How you succeed

• You will live our culture code every day! 
• Signing deals promptly but taking a risk based, pragmatic approach, to client contract 
• Helping close M&A deals by supporting on commercial aspects of a transaction and ideally some corporate elements too
• Roll out key playbooks and other infrastructure in the legal team to support continuous business growth

What happens next?

We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!

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