Legal Counsel

Location: Remote (UK/EU)

Reporting to: Director of Risk

At Nivoda, we’re reimagining how the world buys and sells jewellery. Our global marketplace connects retailers and suppliers across diamonds, gemstones, and finished jewellery - already powering over $300M in annual transactions and scaling fast toward our billion-dollar vision.

We’re bringing tech, data, and automation to a $350B industry that’s barely scratched the surface of digital transformation. The result? Explosive growth and massive opportunity - powered by a team that makes it happen.

As we scale, legal is becoming increasingly central to how we fund, govern, and operate the business. This role exists to help us do that thoughtfully, pragmatically, and at speed.

The idea of Nivoda was inspired by the ongoing inefficiency of diamond trading. We set out to develop the solution to help businesses, regardless of their size or location, increase their sales and margins, whilst removing the operational burden of sourcing diamonds.

We’re hiring a Legal Counsel to become the cornerstone of our in-house legal function, owning legal matters across corporate, financial, commercial and governance topics while reducing reliance on external counsel.

You’ll be a commercially-minded generalist with strong experience in equity fundraising and investor diligence, capable of translating complex legal requirements into practical, scalable frameworks that allow the business to move quickly and confidently.

This is a high-impact role with exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to shape how legal operates at Nivoda as we scale.

• Lead legal execution of debt and equity financings, managing diligence, documentation, and coordination with external counsel, investors, and internal stakeholders.

• Maintain investor-ready diligence materials and support fundraising processes end-to-end

• Own and evolve legal frameworks for financing arrangements, including facility agreements, amendments, and related documentation

• Advise on corporate structuring, shareholder matters, and cap table considerations

• Partner with Fintech, GTM, Finance, and Product to structure financing and credit offerings, balancing commercial growth with enforceability, recoverability, and risk.

• Act as Company Secretary, supporting board and committee processes end-to-end

• Prepare agendas, board materials, and take accurate minutes

• Ensure statutory filings, resolutions, and governance obligations are met across entities

• Support the evolution of governance frameworks toward IPO-grade standards

3. Drive commercial contracting and enable growth

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements

• Develop contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidelines to improve speed and consistency

• Strengthen contract management and documentation to support diligence and audit readiness

• Manage disputes, providing pragmatic, commercially-minded resolutions

• Build and standardise dispute resolution playbooks and processes to ensure consistency, reduce risk, and enable faster resolution over time

• Advise on employment and labour law topics in partnership with People

• Support employment contracts, offer letters, and employee equity participation

• Help structure and maintain equity and incentive programmes (e.g. EMI/CSOP), including compliance, documentation and governance

• Provide clear, pragmatic guidance that balances risk with business velocity

• Identify legal and regulatory risks early and implement practical mitigation strategies

• Translate legal complexity into actionable frameworks for cross-functional teams

• 5–7 years PQE, worked at a reputable law firm with a corporate and/or finance background

• Experience advising scale-ups, particularly in the (fin) tech or marketplace industry.

• Strong grounding in corporate law, financing transactions, and corporate governance

• Commercially minded, able to balance risk with pragmatism and speed

• Excited to leverage legal tech, AI, and automation to improve efficiency, standardisation, and scalability of legal processes

• Motivated by building and shaping legal in a high-growth environment

• Prior in-house experience at a high-growth tech or e-commerce company.

• Experience acting as or supporting as Company Secretary.

• Exposure to equity incentive schemes and cap table management.

• Familiarity with international or multi-entity corporate structures.

• Exposure to IPO readiness frameworks, investor due diligence processes beyond series C

• Fundraising and financing processes run smoothly with minimal friction

• Governance and board processes are efficient, compliant, and scalable

• Commercial teams are enabled to move quickly with appropriate legal guardrails

• Legal risks are identified early and managed pragmatically

• A strong, scalable in-house legal foundation is established

• Work closely with senior leadership and contribute to strategic decisions

• High autonomy, broad scope, and meaningful ownership from day one

• Shape the legal function as the business scales and matures

• Join a hyper-growth company transforming a global industry.

At Nivoda, we believe that employees today want to evolve in a collaborative, high-growth environment where they can demonstrate their abilities and thrive both professionally and personally.

We are convinced that employees need to find alignment between their inner values and their company's culture and mission to unlock their full potential. We work to create a culture of empowerment, continuous learning and growth where everyone can bring expertise, own projects and easily measure their impact.

• Be the first in-house lawyer at a fast-scaling, global tech company

• Board-level exposure and close partnership with the CEO, CFO, and leadership team

• A genuine pathway to becoming a General Counsel in the next 4–5 years

• High autonomy, broad scope, and meaningful ownership

• Join a hyper-growth company transforming a global industry

🕰️ Flexible working hours and a vibrant company culture
💻 Remote work (Spain/Portugal/UK)
🏥 Private health insurance to keep you at your peak
🧠 Plenty of opportunities for growth and learning
💳 Flexible compensation card for meals, transport and childcare
🏖️ Unlimited holiday allowance
🚀 Chance to join and contribute to a company during its exponential expansion phase

Nivoda is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to promoting diversity. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

Even if it seems you don't meet 100% of our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.

Please note: Our Talent Acquisition Team is international coming from across the world. We kindly ask you to please submit your CV and application in English so that it can be reviewed correctly.

If after reading this job description you believe this is not the best fit for you, we'd encourage you to join our Talent Pool so we can keep you in mind as new roles open up.

You can sign up here: Nivoda Talent Pool

This ensures you're among the first to hear about openings aligned with your skills and interests.