Top General Counsel Jobs in London

Serve as Oura’s primary international employment law advisor across EMEA and APAC. Advise on hiring, contracts, employee relations, mobility, compensation, benefits, restructurings, works councils, EOR arrangements, GDPR, and international expansion. Manage outside counsel across jurisdictions and support governance, entity rationalization, M&A, financing, and corporate restructuring for international subsidiaries. Partner with HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal leadership in a fast-growing global company.

Build and lead Hypersonica’s UK legal function, advising founders and senior leaders on commercial contracts, government and defence programmes, intellectual property, export controls, sanctions, national security, corporate governance, employment matters, compliance, and strategic transactions. The role requires practical, commercially minded risk advice, development of legal processes and templates, management of external counsel, and eventual team building.

Leads Canonical’s global Legal and Compliance function, advising executives and the Board while building a distributed legal team. Responsibilities include public-market readiness, corporate governance, commercial contracting, intellectual property and open-source licensing, privacy, export controls, anti-bribery, competition and AI regulation. The role also oversees litigation, regulatory engagement, external counsel, M&A, partnerships and financing. It is remote in EMEA time zones, with optional London office work and international travel two to four times annually.

Oversee Cloudflare’s global privacy and responsible AI compliance programs across EMEA. Advise on data protection laws, cross-border transfers, privacy by design, data subject requests, impact assessments, vendor reviews, data processing agreements, M&A due diligence, incidents, and AI regulations. Develop guidance, playbooks, and FAQs while partnering with product, commercial, corporate legal, and data privacy operations teams.

Lead Rakuten Viber’s global legal, regulatory, privacy, compliance, and corporate governance functions. Advise executives and the Board, guide commercial and strategic agreements, support products and technology initiatives, manage regulatory relationships, oversee external counsel, and lead a multinational legal team across complex international markets.

Own the legal function for Strike’s European and UK operations, leading regulatory strategy, licensing, passporting, financial services compliance, product counseling, commercial agreements, regulator engagement, AML/CFT support, data protection, and outside counsel management. Advise on cryptoasset, lending, payments, and international expansion matters while partnering with executive, product, compliance, engineering, and commercial teams.

Provides legal counsel on EU, Member State, and UK sanctions laws, including complex transactions, licensing, disclosures, investigations, and regulatory developments. Enhances global sanctions policies, governance, screening, escalation, recordkeeping, and digital controls. Partners with business and functional teams, supports risk assessments and audits, leads regulatory engagement, delivers training, and advises senior leadership on sanctions risks and compliance obligations.

Provides legal advice on EU, Member State, and UK sanctions laws; advises on complex transactions, licensing, disclosures, investigations, and regulatory engagement. Enhances global sanctions policies, screening, governance, recordkeeping, and digital controls while partnering with business and functional teams. Leads risk assessments, audits, remediation, training, authority submissions, and senior leadership briefings on sanctions risks.

Provides broad in-house legal counsel across contracts, client engagement letters, vendor agreements, corporate governance, data privacy, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and international operations. Advises business development and internal teams, supports regulatory examinations and submissions involving UK, EU, and US authorities, assists with registrations and regulatory research, and manages corporate agreements and governance documentation.

Provides legal advice on establishing, structuring, launching, and operating European investment funds and investor separate accounts. Drafts and negotiates fund documentation, manages external counsel, supports investor discussions, advises on regulatory and risk matters, and assists with distribution and marketing queries. Collaborates with Legal, Product Management, Investment Teams, and other business functions while improving team processes and handling complex legal issues.

Lead EMEA debt capital raising legal work, including acquisition, construction, securitization, leveraged, project, and real estate financings. Negotiate transaction documents, monitor covenant and post-closing compliance, manage external counsel, advise on amendments, waivers, M&A financing issues, and lender consents, and improve legal and compliance processes. Partner with Finance, Treasury, Tax, Development, Power, and senior executives to manage risk and support data center business objectives across jurisdictions.

Provides legal and regulatory advice for Neuberger Berman’s non-U.S. private wealth business. Responsibilities include advising on client onboarding, distribution, licensing, regulatory change, compliance controls, advisory agreements, commercial contracts, RFPs, marketing materials, and technology initiatives across multiple jurisdictions. The role partners with legal, compliance, business, operations, risk, and regional teams while supporting regulatory implementation and risk management.

Provides legal counsel and governance oversight for environmental compliance, supply chain due diligence, product regulations, corporate disclosures, permitting, incident response, audits, and regulatory reporting. Advises multinational manufacturing operations across global sites, manages compliance systems and corrective actions, assesses environmental liabilities in acquisitions, and monitors emerging regulations. Requires collaboration with supply chain, operations, and legal teams, plus expertise in environmental, social compliance, and human rights frameworks.

The Assistant General Counsel will manage privacy, data protection, and contract-related matters, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and supporting internal teams on legal questions.

Lead legal, regulatory and compliance for the Allied World Lloyd's Syndicate 2232 platform. Oversee UK legal/compliance staff, company secretarial duties, Lloyd's regulatory matters and compliance, serve as Data Privacy Officer, negotiate contracts, manage legal budget, liaise with outside counsel and align with global Legal & Compliance.

Provide in-house legal support for European and Lloyd's underwriting businesses including casualty, healthcare, professional lines, property, marine, fine art, construction and facultative reinsurance. Advise on contract terms, draft policy forms and endorsements, negotiate underwriting and NDAs, support underwriting and claims on coverage issues, maintain standard ceded facultative wordings, and collaborate with global legal teams to implement policies and improve legal processes.

The role involves creating insights for General Counsel clients, advising on governance and risk management, engaging with clients, and producing impactful research and presentations.

Lead UK & EMEA legal and compliance for e-Storage, focusing on negotiating and drafting high-value project contracts (EPC, supply, O&M, warranties), managing disputes, designing EMEA compliance frameworks, overseeing regulatory matters (EU Batteries, WEEE, trade/sanctions), and leading a regional legal team and external counsel relationships.

Lead UK & EMEA legal and compliance for e-Storage, managing regional legal team, negotiating and drafting complex project contracts (EPC, supply, integrator, O&M), overseeing dispute resolution, and implementing regulatory and compliance frameworks (EU Batteries Regulation, WEEE, supply‑chain due diligence, AML/KYC). Advise senior management, manage external counsel, and support governance and risk mitigation across projects.