Corporate Counsel (Remote, UK/EMEA) Full Time

Pixalate, Inc

Corporate Counsel (Remote, UK/EMEA)

Employment Type: Full-Time Location: London, UK (Remote)

Minimum Experience: 2+ years’ PQE

Pixalate is an online trust and safety platform that protects businesses, consumers and children from deceptive, fraudulent and non-compliant mobile, CTV apps and websites.

Our software and data have been used to unearth multiple high profile criminal and illegal surveillance cases including:

• Gizmodo: An iCloud Feature Is Enabling a $65 Million Scam, New Research Says
• Adweek: A 7-Figure Ad Fraud Scheme Running on Roku Underlines Murkiness of CTV
• Washington Post: Your kids’ apps are spying on them
• Pro Publica: Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire
• ABC7 News: The State of Children’s Privacy Onlin e
• NBC News: How many apps are tracking your children

Our team of lawyers, data scientists, engineers, economists and researchers span globally with presence in California, New York, Washington DC , London and Singapore.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Pixalate is seeking an experienced UK-based Corporate Counsel to help accelerate growth in a cost-effective and legally-compliant manner. You will have extensive experience advising on matters concerning complex contract management, regulatory compliance, intellectual property management and technology in the context of modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprises. You will understand how UK and European law is developing to regulate the technology industry and hold versatility to steer across a broad range of regulatory and product workstreams. You will possess a good working knowledge of corporate governance formalities, such as board and shareholder resolutions, shareholder agreements, and share option awards. The role will require extensive cross-functional collaboration across all business functions at Pixalate and experience in regulatory obligations compliance and providing administrative legal support is a must.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advising across a range of practice areas including commercial, contractual, corporate governance and regulatory advice alongside providing ad hoc legal advice to the internal teams;
• Drafting and negotiating a full range of complex commercial agreements, managing and overseeing inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including cloud/SaaS arrangements, outsourcing, software development, licensing and maintenance agreements, terms and conditions, and others;
• Tracking and sharing emerging trends in global laws and regulations as needed;
• Administering and providing legal support with share award schemes (e.g., UK Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) scheme);
• Leading corporate governance duties including incorporation of international affiliates and subsidiaries, drafting intercompany agreements and board resolutions, amongst other such duties as and when arising in the normal course of business activities;

• Undergoing GAAP audits and/or investor due diligence; and
• Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.

QUALIFICATION

• UK qualified lawyer with +2 years’ PQE at a reputable law firm or in-house legal department at a software/technology focused business preferred;
• Additional admission in the EU or US jurisdictions would be a plus;
• Startup, SAAS experience with thorough understanding of drafting, amending and negotiating material terms and conditions of subscription agreements for software-as-a-service (SAAS) businesses is essential;
• General understanding of employment law best practices highly desirable, and
• Expertise in establishing and maintaining e-room repositories for corporate governance documentation is essential.

BENEFITS

We focus on doing things differently and challenge each other to be the best we can be.

• Generous benefits package including 25 days holiday plus Bank holidays
• Defined contribution Pension scheme
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Casual, remote work environment
• Hybrid, flexible hours
• Opportunity for advancement
• Fun annual team events
• Being part of a high performing team that wants to win and have fun doing it
• Extremely competitive compensation