About the role

Legal Counsel supporting a wide range of legal matters across Quantexa's international business. Partnering with stakeholders and ensuring compliance while growing EMEA legal initiatives.

Responsibilities

Partnering with stakeholders across multiple functions to support the Legal team’s objectives and Quantexa’s wider ambitions.
Building trusted relationships with colleagues, customers, and business leaders across the organisation.
Acting as a key legal lead for EMEA matters, based from our London HQ, while contributing to global and central legal initiatives.
Providing clear, commercially grounded advice on strategic risks, mitigations, and improved ways of working.
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, including software licences, reseller agreements, professional services and outsourcing contracts, hosting arrangements, and collaboration agreements.
Assessing and mitigating compliance and reputational risks, including anti-bribery and corruption matters.
Supporting company secretarial, corporate governance, and wider corporate compliance activities.
Advising on data privacy risks and supporting the implementation of company-wide legal initiatives.
Working closely with leading external counsel across multiple jurisdictions and building strong international partnerships.

Qualified lawyer with at least **3 years’ post‑qualification experience**, either in-house or in private practice.
Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to **identify and communicate legal risks clearly** and propose pragmatic, business-focused mitigation strategies.
Experience **drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contracts** in an international context.
Proven ability to support and manage **third-party engagements and partnerships**, providing clear legal advice that enables business outcomes.
**Customer-focused**, taking pride in providing responsive, high-quality legal support that makes it easier for teams to operate confidently.
Ideally, experience with **corporate governance** matters and/or exposure to regulated environments such as financial services, government, or public sector contexts.
Comfortable working autonomously in a **fast-paced, scaling business**, managing competing priorities with minimal supervision.
Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, with the ability to navigate differing legal frameworks and cultural environments.
Excellent **attention to detail** and the ability to distil complex legal issues into clear, actionable summaries for stakeholders.