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Legal Counsel

Hackajob
London, United KingdomPosted Jul 5, 2026
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Legal Counsel

hackajob London, England, United Kingdom

Legal Counsel

hackajob London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago 72 applicants

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hackajob is collaborating with Moneybox to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

About Moneybox

At Moneybox, our mission is to give everyone the means to get more out of life. We're guided by our belief that wealth isn't about the money, it's about the means to more - more freedom, opportunities, possibilities, and peace of mind. Moneybox is an award-winning wealth management platform, helping over one and a half million people build wealth throughout their lives, whether they’re saving and investing, buying their first home, or planning for retirement.

Job Brief

We are looking for an exceptional junior-mid level lawyer, with a strong commercial focus and the appetite to take on broad responsibility. This role offers significant exposure across the business at an important stage of the company’s growth, with a blend of professional variety across commercial, product and data protection work, as well as personal fulfilment. You'll have the autonomy to shape and own your areas of responsibility while building strong relationships across the business.

Join us in building a legal function that delivers a best-in-class service, collaborating seamlessly with all teams. Moneybox is at an exciting stage of growth, and our Legal Team is closely embedded with the business. We've laid a strong foundation and are now ready to scale up our support as the business continues to scale. This is your chance to directly shape how the business operates, making a tangible impact and contributing to our ongoing success.

What you'll do

As a key member of the Legal Team, you will:

  • Draft, negotiate and advise on a broad spectrum of commercial agreements, including with IT suppliers (SAAS, AI etc.), general services providers banking partners and sponsorship and marketing partners.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders on the rollout of new products, processes, and promotions.
  • Advise on data protection matters, including controller and processor terms, privacy notices and wider DP queries.
  • Partner with our Compliance Team on regulatory queries.
  • Draft and update customer-facing terms and conditions and related materials.
  • Help drive the implementation of legal tech, including AI-assisted contract review and enhanced CLM functionality, to scale the function.
  • Advise on a broad range of other legal activities, including IP, employment, property, and litigation, as needed.
  • Provide training and education to the business on legal matters.
  • Stay up-to-date on relevant legal developments and proactively advise the business on potential impacts.
  • Work closely with and manage external legal advisors.

Experience And Skills

  • 2-5 years PQE* lawyer, with excellent legal credentials, ideally having trained at a city law firm. Prior in-house experience at a start-up or scale-up is welcome but not required.
  • Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, particularly IT (including SAAS, reseller agreements, software development and more).
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with a proven ability to juggle and prioritise a large number of competing matters.
  • Pragmatic approach to advice, with the ability to understand our business and apply an appropriate commercial lens to reviews.
  • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal.
  • Financial services / regulated industry experience is desirable.
  • Experience with legal research.
  • Fluency in English.
  • PQE is a guide - your ability and skills are worth more to us than your years qualified.

What's in it for you?

  • Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious company
  • Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals
  • Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact
  • Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture
  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Company pension scheme
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Hybrid working environment
  • Home office furniture allowance
  • Personal Annual Learning and Development budget
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Health Cash Plan (cashback on visits to the dentist & opticians etc)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Wellhub subscription to a variety of gyms and wellbeing apps
  • Enhanced parental pay & leave
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays with additional days added with length of service.
  • This is a hybrid role. Our office is in London, by the Oxo Tower

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

  • Employment type

    Full-time

  • Job function

    Legal

  • Industries

    Software Development

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