Hybrid Legal Counsel

at Abatable

• Job title: Legal Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £68,940 - £76,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Legal Counsel providing expert legal guidance across all organizational areas at Abatable. Ensuring compliance and supporting key business objectives in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted legal advisor to leadership and cross-functional teams, providing commercially focused guidance aligned with company strategy
• Lead risk identification and mitigation across legal, regulatory and reputational areas, advising early on key business decisions
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, supplier, partnership, NDA and data protection agreements, while building scalable templates and contracting processes
• Own corporate governance and company secretarial responsibilities, supporting board and shareholder processes, maintaining statutory compliance and managing corporate actions
• Prepare and coordinate monthly and quarterly investor reporting, ensuring consistency across board materials, shareholder obligations and statutory filings, and support fundraising and M&A processes, including due diligence and data rooms
• Administer the equity and stock option plan, maintain the cap table and ensure compliance with tax and regulatory requirements
• Design and maintain the company’s compliance and policy framework, including KYC, AML, anti-bribery, data protection and internal controls, ensuring audit readiness
• Oversee GDPR and data protection compliance, including privacy notices, DPAs, DPIAs and breach documentation
• Manage external counsel effectively, controlling legal spend and building scalable legal operations infrastructure
• Champion ethical leadership and organisational integrity, acting as a guardian of standards and promoting a culture of accountability and early legal engagement

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience - qualification in England and Wales is strongly preferred
• Commercial legal experience, including drafting and negotiating contracts and advising business stakeholders in a practical, solution-oriented manner
• Experience working in a high-growth environment. Resilient, adaptable and hands-on
• Industry experience in our sector is desirable. That said, we also welcome candidates who bring strong intellectual curiosity and a proven ability to quickly develop subject-matter expertise
• Proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives, providing pragmatic advice that enables growth rather than obstructs it
• Comfortable managing a broad remit across commercial, governance, compliance, equity and investor matters without extensive internal support
• Strong integrity, sound judgement and independence of mind, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively when required
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and actionable guidance for non-legal teams
• Highly organised and able to prioritise competing demands in a fast-moving environment

Benefits

• Choose how to structure your package between salary and generous share options
• Health and dental insurance, including mental health cover to holistically support your wellbeing
• Minimum of 2 days in our London office (Tuesdays & Thursdays), additional collaboration in person when needed
• 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + one extra day off for your birthday
• Enhanced Family leave & Workplace Nursery Scheme
• £500 Learning and Development budget per year
• Tax-efficient pension enrolment
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Apple equipment