General Counsel

Avalere Health

About Avalere Health United by one profound purpose: to reach EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.  Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere.  Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources.   Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs.  We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves.   We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application. About the role   You will be Avalere Health’s principal in-house legal advisor and a senior, commercially minded partner to the business. You will provide practical and solutions-focused legal and compliance leadership across the organisation, helping the business make informed decisions, manage risk effectively and operate with confidence in a complex and evolving environment. You will partner closely with the CFO and deliver execution of the CFO and Board’s strategy.   Leading the Legal and Compliance teams, you will be accountable for ensuring the function is set up for future success: clear in its priorities, connected to the needs of the business, enabled by technology and operating with the pace, judgement and impact required to support Avalere Health’s growth. The role balances strong governance, risk management and ethical standards with a pragmatic understanding of commercial and operational realities. Based on the Avalere Health advert and job description templates.

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.

SoSafe

SoSafe has the ambition to become the leading human risk management provider in Europe. Our award-winning awareness platform triggers behavioural change by providing effective and engaging training and simulations on cybersecurity and data protection. Cybercrime is costing the world >$10 trillion annually and growing by 15% p.a. — we invite you to be part of the solution! ABOUT THE ROLE As General Counsel, you will lead SoSafe's legal team of lawyers and act as the primary legal advisor to the leadership team. You will own the full legal function, from commercial contracting and data protection to corporate governance and regulatory risk, while acting as a true business partner to Sales, Product, and Information Security. You will also be responsible for all Company Risk and Compliance matters. This is a hands-on, high visibility role for someone who wants to shape legal strategy at a scaling SaaS business, not just execute on it. WHAT YOU'LL DO LEAD THE LEGAL TEAM * Manage and coach a team of 3 lawyers, setting clear priorities and fairly distributing work across the team * Build a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and constructive feedback within the team * Support the professional development of each team member and plan for the team's growth as the business scales OWN LEGAL STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE * Set the legal team's strategy and goals in line with SoSafe's broader company objectives * Elevate on the market’s transition into AI and its application in the legal area * Oversee all core legal functions: corporate governance, contracts, compliance and regulatory risk management * Provide legal advice and risk assessment across the business, acting as the final point of escalation on legal matters * Ensure efficient internal processes and policies are in place and consistently followed * Monitor changes in the legislative and regulatory environment across Germany, Austria and Switzerland (and EU wide, e.g. GDPR, NIS2, EU AI Act) and translate these into practical guidance for the business PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESS * Act as a strategic partner to Sales, helping the team sell faster by supporting quoting, offer and contracting processes * Partner closely with Information Security on cybersecurity related legal and regulatory matters * Build strong working relationships across departments, making legal an enabler rather than a blocker * Manage the relationship and information flow between our external DPO and internal teams * Coordinate and manage external counsel where needed WHAT YOU BRING EXPERIENCE * 8+ years post-qualification experience, including 3-5 years in a commercial or contracting environment * Proven experience leading and developing a team * Experience in SaaS or another technology business, with a solid understanding of technical and commercial dynamics * Strong track record supporting Sales teams and commercial deal cycles * Deep data protection law expertise * Nice to have: experience in cybersecurity, working alongside Information Security teams, exposure to intellectual property law, and experience working with distributed/remote teams * 2nd German State Examination (Volljurist) * Fluent in German and English (written and spoken) HOW YOU WORK * Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts into practical guidance for non lawyers * Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills * Pragmatic, business oriented and hands on, comfortable working under pressure and to deadlines * Well organized, detail conscious, and able to manage time and priorities independently * Discreet and trustworthy when handling confidential information * Comfortable working cross functionally in an interdisciplinary, fast paced environment WHAT WE OFFER * 33 days paid time off (PTO) * Wellbeing and financial support: Access to Open Up, corporate discounts * Parental leave * Individual Development Budget: a personal yearly budget to support your growth * Wellness Benefit * Healthcare and pension plans, availability varies by region * Connection & community: Virtual events, collaborative team activities, and opportunities for local meet ups *Perks and benefits listed above are for full-time employees and may vary slightly by office location. These are just a sample—you’ll learn more during the interview process. ABOUT US At SoSafe, we’re on a mission to make the digital world safer by addressing the human factor in cybersecurity. As one of the fastest-growing security awareness scale-ups worldwide, we leverage behavioural science and data-driven learning to empower people against cyber threats. Our Human Risk Management approach helps organisations turn their employees into their strongest line of defence. Backed by leading VCs like Highland Europe and Global Founders Capital, we’re rapidly expanding across the globe. We’re looking for team players who want to drive meaningful change in cybersecurity, take ownership of their work, and grow with us. If you thrive in a vibrant, purpose-driven environment that values innovation, diversity, and collaboration, then this is the place for you!