Join the planet’s most important fight!

Normative is now looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join the team in London!

At Normative, we're on a mission to accelerate the transition to a net-zero world. We provide science-based carbon accounting software and tailored advice from net-zero experts, empowering companies to reduce their carbon footprints.

We are now seeking a passionate and experienced hands-on Senior Legal Counsel to join our dynamic legal team based in London! This is an important role with the scope to make a real impact as we grow, so if you’re looking for your next exciting career opportunity, love a challenge, and enjoy making the complex simple, we’d love to hear from you!

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will possess a deep understanding of legal principles, have a proven track record of success in managing and executing legal projects, and the ability to coach and lead high-performing individuals.

What you will do

In this role you will play a pivotal part in ensuring the Normative’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, providing strategic guidance to the business, and developing and implementing best practices across the organisation.

In addition, you will:

• Have some experience working within a SaaS organisation or other tech scale-up environments

• Provide comprehensive legal advice and support to the business across all areas of legal operation.

• Supervise, coach and mentor existing member of the team as an individual and as part of the team, ensuring effective workflow & productivity

• Look to identify and implement new, innovative and automated ways of working, utilising technology to scale and drive greater operational efficiencies & standardizations as appropriate

• Draft and review complex legal agreements, contracts, and other legal documents.

• Conduct legal research and analysis to support the business's strategic decision-making.

• Stay up-to-date on emerging legal trends and developments within the industry.

• Identify and assess legal risks, develop mitigation strategies, and implement effective risk management practices.

• Represent Normative in legal proceedings and negotiations, as needed.

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
  

Experience we’re seeking

To be successful in this role you:

• Are UK qualified 5+ years PQE with in-house experience

• Can confidently think strategically, but also execute on a granular level as needed

• Are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, global organisation with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively

• Possess excellent understanding of English legal principles and regulations & have excellent command of both spoken and written English
  

We also believe you

• Possess excellent communication & interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships & effectively present legal information to various stakeholders in a simple way.

• Demonstrate strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire legal professionals
  

• Have experience working with corporate law and corporate affairs will be a bonus but not essential

Location

Normative operates in a hybrid remote model with offices in Stockholm, Copenhagen, and London. For this role, you will be hired into our wonderful office in London centrally located around London Bridge where you will be able to work flexibly.

At this time we are not able to offer relocation or VISA support for this position.

Benefits

• Market-based salaries and annual merit-based salary reviews

• 30 days/year of paid vacation + up to 2 additional days off

• Pension Offering

• Parental leave top-up

• Group Life Insurance

• Workers Compensation and Health Insurance through our provider Vitality

• Social and team-building activities (off-sites, after works, winter/summer parties)

• An opportunity to make a real positive impact on the world

• A friendly, supportive and humble working culture

We review our benefits packages on a regular basis and might modify our benefits from time to time.

How to Apply

We adopt a continuous selection process, so please make sure to apply with your CV in English.

Our interview process consists of 4 stages:

1. Screening interview with a member of our Talent Acquisition team
2. First interview with the hiring manager
Online Personality & Logic assessment
3. Values & Collaboration interview with cross-functional stakeholders
4. Practical Case Interview

We’re committed to hiring diversely. Having employees from diverse backgrounds brings a wealth of perspectives and experience to our team. We assess candidates based on their experience, skills and unique talents and evaluate everyone against the same criteria.

Normative handles sensitive financial data and we will therefore conduct a background check before hiring any candidate.

Department

Legal

Locations

London

Already working at Normative?

Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.