Top Legal Counsel Jobs in London

Provides legal and regulatory advice for corporate and strategic equities transactions across EMEA. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating complex documentation for equity derivatives and margin loan facilities, advising on security interests over shares, managing cross-border legal issues, identifying and mitigating risks, collaborating with compliance and external counsel, and improving legal processes and documentation.

Provides legal support for Mastercard’s open banking and developer experience products across Europe and internationally. Responsibilities include product lifecycle advice, commercial contract drafting and negotiation, dispute resolution, regulatory and data privacy risk analysis, stakeholder collaboration, external counsel management, and corporate governance support. The role advises on legal and regulatory compliance while supporting product development, customer and supplier relationships, board reporting, and committee activities.

Senior Legal Counsel responsible for commercial contract drafting and negotiation, privacy, advertising, data protection, consumer protection, corporate governance, employment, IP, company filings, and transaction support across the UK, EMEA, and other jurisdictions. The role advises business stakeholders, manages legal technology and external counsel, develops policies and training, supports corporate matters, and acts as a senior escalation point within the legal team.

Provide strategic corporate law and governance advice for a dual-listed, multinational technology group. Advise on capital markets, disclosure, M&A, reorganizations, treasury, debt programs, equity incentives, subsidiary governance, and corporate agreements. Partner with Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Reward, and corporate development teams; manage external counsel; improve legal processes and risk frameworks; support commercial matters; and mentor legal colleagues.

Provides legal and regulatory counsel to the EMEA Prime Financial Services business, advising on client onboarding, product development, legal agreements, derivatives, clearing, securities lending, and related regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include regulatory horizon scanning, risk assessment, audit and regulator support, cross-functional collaboration, external counsel management, and improving legal processes. Requires a qualified lawyer with UK or comparable jurisdiction licensing and experience in derivatives or prime financial services.

Associate Counsel supporting global intellectual property protection across EMEA and Latin America. Responsibilities include anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy enforcement, civil and criminal proceedings, IP investigations, legal drafting, outside counsel management, incident response for content leaks, stakeholder advice, law enforcement training, and coordination with technology, security, trade association, and communications teams. The role focuses on copyright, trademark, emerging technology, online platforms, and international enforcement strategies.

As Commercial Counsel, you will draft, negotiate contracts, advise on legal risks, and standardize commercial agreements while collaborating with business teams.

Provide strategic legal advice on employment law issues, draft employment contracts and policies, support employee relations, and oversee disputes and tribunal cases.

Senior commodities lawyer providing strategic legal advice across commodities derivatives, physical trading and structured financing in EMEA. Lead transaction structuring, negotiation, and documentation (including EFET), advise on regulatory/licensing matters, support innovation, manage legal and regulatory risk, and partner with business, Risk, Compliance and Finance to ensure governance and controls.

Provides senior employment-law advice across the EMEA employment lifecycle, including agreements, policies, compliance, privacy, works councils, disputes, litigation, investigations, and organizational changes. Advises People teams and business leaders, coordinates local and outside counsel, monitors legal developments, builds scalable legal processes and playbooks, and mentors colleagues in a remote, globally distributed organization.

Provide commercially focused legal advice for European joint ventures and real estate investments. Structure, negotiate, and manage joint venture, shareholder, investment, governance, funding, and service agreements. Advise on transactions, amendments, disputes, and contractual risks; coordinate external counsel across jurisdictions; support investment committees; and serve as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.

Provide legal support for Chivas Brothers by drafting, reviewing and negotiating technology and commercial contracts (SaaS, cloud, software licensing), supporting procurement/RFx and supplier selection, advising on data protection, cybersecurity and AI-related matters, resolving supplier disputes, and partnering with global stakeholders on regulatory monitoring and continuous improvement.

Provides legal support to the private equity business, managing fund and product structuring, investment transactions, fund launches, documentation, investor negotiations, due diligence, corporate actions, and lifecycle matters. Coordinates with internal teams and external counsel, advises on fund structures and terms, oversees legal workstreams, and manages relationships with the global Private Equity business and other asset-class teams.

Legal Counsel supporting THE*TEAM Creators by reviewing, drafting, and negotiating sponsorship, endorsement, appearance, content, production, literary, and other agreements. The role also involves legal research, risk mitigation, intellectual property matters, dispute resolution, litigation oversight, and compliance with anti-bribery, AML, data protection, and sanctions policies across EMEA and APAC.

Provides transaction-focused legal counsel to European investment teams on cross-border M&A, private equity, infrastructure, and real estate investments. Responsibilities include negotiating and structuring transactions, supporting portfolio companies and financings, managing legal risks, coordinating with internal functions and external counsel, and ensuring compliance with antitrust, foreign investment, governance, anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Serve as Ravio’s first dedicated in-house legal counsel, owning commercial contracts, corporate matters, employment issues, privacy documentation, data protection compliance, governance, and external counsel relationships. Support SOC 2 and ISO certification cycles, administer Vanta, manage security questionnaires, and advise leadership and cross-functional teams on legal and regulatory risks. The role requires independent ownership, practical contract negotiation, strong UK/EU privacy expertise, and hands-on compliance operations experience.

Provides commercial legal support to advertising, marketing, branded content, licensing, talent, sponsorship, and events teams. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates revenue-generating contracts; advises on contractual compliance and consumer advertising regulations; manages event documentation; interprets global advertising guidelines; delivers legal training; coordinates with production and commercial teams; and monitors regulatory developments affecting advertising, marketing, AI, and subscriptions.

Manage financial services, corporate and commercial disputes, litigation, complex complaints, collections, and dispute-prevention initiatives. Advise on FOS, FCA complaint-handling rules, Consumer Duty, APP fraud reimbursement, civil procedure, settlement, ADR, mediation, privilege, and disclosure. Instruct external counsel, manage budgets and reporting, collaborate with Compliance, Financial Crime, Complaints, and Risk teams, and support other legal matters across the bank.

Provides legal and regulatory advice across PPRO’s global payments product lifecycle, including digital assets, stablecoins, AI, payment services, privacy, and cross-border data flows. Reviews commercial and partner agreements, drafts customer-facing terms, monitors regulatory developments, supports product launches, and advises compliance, risk, engineering, treasury, and commercial teams. The role also improves legal governance processes and translates complex legal and technical issues into practical business guidance.

Provide regulatory legal support across EMEA for payments and mobility businesses, advising on product development, market entry, licensing, regulatory monitoring, engagement with regulators, drafting risk frameworks and contracts, and working closely with Compliance, Product, Commercial and Financial Operations teams.

Provide pragmatic commercial legal advice across the business; draft and negotiate commercial agreements (SaaS, software licensing, subcontracting, reseller); support data governance, regulatory compliance, healthcare-specific issues; assist with M&A, risk management, legal training, and stakeholder engagement in a hybrid Leeds-based digital healthcare business.

Provides legal counsel for pharmaceutical research and development across the UK and EMEA. Advises on clinical trials, regulatory requirements, data use, patient-focused research, emerging technologies, and AI adoption. Drafts and negotiates research, development, collaboration, and commercial agreements while supporting external innovation and asset integration. Partners with scientists and business leaders to manage legal risk, improve processes, and enable compliant innovation.

Provide legal advice on retail banking products, consumer credit, payments, and strategic initiatives. Interpret regulatory changes, assess legal and regulatory risks, support product and engineering teams, participate in governance forums, engage with FCA and PRA regulators, and manage external counsel. The role requires pragmatic, commercially focused guidance across retail consumer and SME banking services under a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Provides legal advice on retail banking products, consumer credit, payments, and strategic initiatives. Interprets regulatory change, assesses legal and regulatory risk, supports product and engineering teams, contributes to governance decisions, engages with FCA and PRA regulators, and manages external counsel. The role requires a UK-qualified lawyer with 5+ years’ post-qualification experience and strong financial services regulatory expertise.

Provide commercial legal support by drafting and negotiating client and supplier contracts, advising cross-functionally on contracting, data and IP issues, delivering training, and helping leverage AI tools while managing risk.