Company Secretary

Trading 212

OUR MISSION IS TO ENABLE EVERYONE TO BUILD WEALTH We reinvent how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products people love. Fostering a culture of excellence and high velocity is the key to our success. Тoday, we serve over 5 million clients, with more than €30 billion in assets under management - a testament to the scale and trust we’ve built in just a few years.   THE ROLE The Legal Secretary will provide administrative and governance support across the Group Legal function with a primary focus on the Corporate Legal team. This role is designed for a law graduate, paralegal, legal administrator or an individual aspiring to pursue a career in corporate governance or company secretarial practice. Working under the supervision of the Group Company Secretary and Legal Counsel, you will support the governance of Trading 212 Group entities across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, Ireland, Cyprus, the UAE and Australia, and any other jurisdictions in which the Group operates from time to time. You will assist with board and committee administration, entity management, corporate records, KYB requests and legal administration, while developing an understanding of corporate governance across different legal jurisdictions. WHAT YOU’LL DO * Assist with the administration of Group entities across multiple jurisdictions. * Provide administrative support to other teams within Group Legal (including commercial, regulatory, data protection and disputes) as required. * Prepare and distribute Board and Committee packs. * Draft Board and Committee agendas. * Prepare first drafts of Board and Committee minutes. * Assist with drafting shareholder resolutions, written resolutions and routine corporate documentation. * Manage correspondence and coordination with external counsel, notaries, registered agents and corporate service providers, including invoice tracking. * Assist with drafting and maintaining Board and Committee Terms of Reference. * Maintain statutory registers and corporate records. * Support e-signature workflows (e.g. DocuSign) and maintain the legal team's filing and document management systems." * Support KYB requests by collating corporate documents. * Assist with responses to audit, regulatory and internal information requests. * Liaise with directors, senior stakeholders and external advisers to coordinate governance activities. * Coordinate document execution, certification, notarisation and apostille requirements. * Maintain governance templates and precedent documents. * Support company secretarial filings and corporate projects. * Provide administrative support to the Corporate Legal team. * Handle confidential information with discretion. * Undertake any other duties reasonably requested by the Group Company Secretary, Legal Counsel or Group Chief Legal Officer. WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE * Strong legal academic background (minimum 2:1 degree or equivalent). * Demonstrable experience or exposure to corporate governance, company secretarial work, or transactional corporate matters. * Familiarity with KYB/KYC processes and basic anti-money laundering frameworks. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with fluent and well-spoken English. * Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. * Proficient in Google Suite. * Able to manage multiple priorities and work independently with minimal supervision. * Strong analytical skills and excellent written English. * Discreet, reliable, and proactive. * Understanding of the importance of confidentiality and legal professional privilege. * Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional group structures and cross-border corporate matters. * Interest in fintech, capital markets, or digital investing. WHAT WE OFFER: * Challenges that will help you grow and realize your potential fast. * Opportunity to make a significant impact - you will build innovative services used by millions of investors to build wealth. * Work with smart, spirited, helpful, high-performing colleagues with a common goal. * An environment where nothing is set in stone. * Appreciation for your talent and ideas. * Generous remuneration package Are you ready to accelerate your career with us? We'd love to hear from you! We process applicant data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We may use AI-powered tools to help review applications, but all hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team. Where required by law, we rely on your consent to use these tools. You may withdraw this consent or exercise your data protection rights at any time by contacting us.

Teya

Hello. We’re Teya. Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better. They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that bring character to our high streets, create jobs and keep communities moving. Yet for too long, financial services has made life harder for them - with clunky tools, poor support and complexity that gets in the way of running a business. Teya exists to change that. We’re building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe - one built around simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support. Our Members rely on us to help them run their business with confidence, and that responsibility shapes the way we work. We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should go hand in hand. If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to hear from you Your Mission: At Teya, we’re building the future of fintech for small businesses, and our Legal team is a key partner in enabling that growth. As Legal Secretary, you will support our legal and corporate governance work, with a focus on KYC, banking relationships, powers of attorney and day-to-day legal administration. You will work closely with the Legal, Company Secretary and Finance teams, as well as local advisers, to keep our entity, banking and documentation landscape organised and up to date. In this role, you will: * Support a solutions-driven legal team in building simple, efficient processes for KYC, banking and entity management. * Act as the main coordinator for KYC and banking documentation (answering due-diligence requests, assembling KYC packs, and supporting bank account openings and periodic reviews). * Maintain and update authorised signatory lists and standard authorisation documents (including powers of attorney), and coordinate their signing, notarisation / legalisation and filing. * Prepare and file statutory forms with Companies House (or relevant registry), including changes to directors, registered office, and share capital. * Liaise with external registrars, agents, and overseas counsel on routine corporate filings and document requests. * Maintain the entity management database and assist with group structure charts and subsidiary records. * Handle purchase orders and invoice approvals for external advisers, and help track and manage legal and corporate secretarial spend. * Help prepare and circulate board and committee packs, and note key actions from internal legal or governance meetings where needed. * Support the corporate governance team in preparing for and attending board meetings. * Draft and circulate board and committee papers, agendas, and minutes under the supervision of the Company Secretary or governance lawyers where needed. * Manage the governance team's calendar of board and committee meetings, AGMs, and key filing deadlines. * Coordinate signature processes for corporate and commercial documents (DocuSign and wet-ink), keeping simple trackers so nothing is missed. * Provide general administrative support to the Legal team (meetings, calendar invites, couriers, filing) and monitor the shared Legal mailbox, routing queries to the right people. * Support wider legal and corporate governance work as required, including basic drafting and formatting of documents, letters and presentations. Your Story Core Experience * Minimum of 2 years’ experience working as a Legal Secretary or in a similar legal administrative role * Proven experience supporting senior stakeholders, with the confidence and professionalism to interact at executive level * Experience operating in dynamic, cross-functional environments, collaborating effectively with legal, finance, and operational teams Key Skills & Attributes * Exceptional attention to detail, with a structured and methodical approach to work * Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a track record of proactively driving tasks through to completion (including follow-ups and stakeholder coordination) * Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously * Proactive problem-solver, able to identify blockers early and take initiative to resolve issues independently * Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal Desirable (Nice to Have) * Experience supporting processes such as KYC, bank account openings, notarisation, or working closely with treasury or finance teams The Perks * We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team; * Physical and mental health support through our partnership with GymPass giving free access to over 1,500 gyms in the UK, 1-1 therapy, meditation sessions, digital fitness and nutrition apps; * Our company offers extended and improved maternity and paternity leave choices, giving employees more flexibility and support; * Cycle-to-Work Scheme; * Health and Life Insurance; * Pension Scheme; * 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays); * Office snacks every day; * Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment in Central London. Teya is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background can thrive and do their best work. We believe that a diverse team leads to better ideas, stronger outcomes, and a more supportive workplace for all. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process whether for interviews, assessments, or other parts of the application—we encourage you to let us know. We are committed to ensuring that every candidate has a fair and accessible experience with us.

Ledgy

At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2026, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value-based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to delivery the best experience for our customers and end users. We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board. We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.   About the Role As General Counsel, you will lead and continue to develop our legal team, inheriting a strong, capable group and taking it to the next stage of growth. You'll remain hands-on across commercial, corporate, compliance and operational legal matters, acting as the senior legal voice in the business and a trusted advisor to the leadership team as we continue to scale across multiple jurisdictions, manage risk, and mature our legal infrastructure, processes and governance. Key Responsibilities Team leadership * Act as a strategic legal advisor to the executive team and board on key business decisions. * Lead, manage and continue to develop our existing legal team, building further capability and capacity in line with the company's continued growth. * Direct and manage relationships with external counsel and fractional advisers. Corporate and governance * Lead on corporate governance matters across the group's entities. * Act as company secretary (or oversee this function), ensuring the business meets its ongoing corporate compliance obligations in relevant jurisdictions, including Switzerland, the UK and Germany. * Support investor relations from a legal perspective, including shareholder communications, corporate actions and any future fundraising activity. * Maintain and continuously improve the group's corporate structure, including subsidiary governance and inter-company arrangements as the business expands. Commercial contracting * Lead negotiation of high-value, bespoke commercial agreements with customers, partners and vendors, including enterprise SaaS contracts, MSAs, DPAs and strategic partnership agreements. * Continue to refine the existing suite of template agreements and playbooks to enable faster, lower-risk deal cycles as the business scales. * Provide pragmatic, commercially-minded legal input that balances risk mitigation with deal velocity. Legal operations and AI governance * Working hand-in-hand with our AI and RevOps teams, build on existing legal operations, including contract lifecycle management, legal tech tooling, workflows, knowledge management and budgeting, identifying opportunities for further improvement. * Develop and maintain the company's approach to AI governance, including policies and frameworks for the use of AI tools internally and AI-related features within the product, working closely with product and engineering teams. * Drive efficiency and self-service across the business through clear processes, training and accessible legal resources. Risk management and compliance * Identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risk across the business, horizon scanning for upcoming changes in law and regulation across the UK, EU and further afield. * Own and maintain the company's compliance frameworks, policies and corporate governance documentation. * Strong working knowledge of data privacy law (UK/EU GDPR, Swiss FADP), with the judgement to apply this confidently in collaboration with the information security and data teams. Cross-functional partnership * Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders across finance, sales, marketing, product and information security, embedding legal input proactively in business processes. * Support the sales team on deal structuring, contract negotiation and escalations to help close revenue efficiently. * Partner with finance on corporate matters and governance requirements arising from the company's investor relationships. International expansion * Lead on the legal aspects of continued international expansion, including new entity set-up, employment and regulatory considerations, and local law advice coordination across new jurisdictions. * Manage relationships with external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality legal support. About You * 8+ years PQE, with significant experience gained in-house in a fast-paced, dynamic scale-up environment. * Proven experience leading and developing a small legal team in a resourceful way. * Strong commercial experience in a SaaS business, including negotiating high-value, bespoke contracts with customers, partners and vendors. * Demonstrable legal operations experience, with an understanding of how to approach AI governance for both internal tooling and product development. * A track record of building effective partnerships with stakeholders across finance, sales, marketing, product and infosec. * Strong risk management skills, with the ability to horizon scan and anticipate emerging legal and regulatory issues. * Experience supporting international/global expansion, ideally across UK, European and US jurisdictions. * Excellent judgement, with a pragmatic, solutions-oriented and commercially astute approach to legal advice. * Strong and effective communication and influencing skills, comfortable operating at board level. * Will hold and maintain a legal practising certificate with the SRA in England (highly preferred) Nice to Have * An AI-first mindset, with experience embedding AI tools into legal workflows to drive efficiency * Swiss law experience * Experience supporting M&A or other corporate transactions * Financial services regulatory experience, in particular familiarity with the regulatory landscape for equity/share plan administration across jurisdictions * Experience inheriting an existing legal team Being part of Ledgy means: * Recharge and re-energize with flexible working hours, 25 days of vacation, and up to 40 days of remote work from outside your home country * We make space for your own professional development, with a generous yearly learning & development budget * This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. All salaries are aligned with competitively benchmarked ranges based on work location and levelling * Private health insurance * Enhanced parental leave * Cycle-to-work scheme * This is a London-based role with a hybrid work model of 2 days in the office per week Ledgy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.