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About the Role

This role supports Shieldpay's growth by enabling commercial activity, focusing on commercial execution and strategic scaling. You will partner with revenue-generating teams to increase contracting capacity, improve deal velocity, and remove legal process bottlenecks. You will also safeguard the business through corporate governance and contribute to legal automation for a modern, tech-driven legal function. This is a practical opportunity to act as a commercial partner, owning a broad legal portfolio spanning corporate, commercial, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the end-to-end client contracting process, identifying and mitigating bottlenecks.
• Oversee deal flow, maintain consistency in legal approach, and drive efficient contract turnaround times.
• Partner with commercial teams to deliver pragmatic, agile, and solutions-focused legal advice.
• Provide critical support on high-stakes, bespoke, and higher-risk contractual negotiations for key clients.
• Assist on complex litigation-related client structures and dispute management.
• Support corporate and strategic legal matters including corporate governance, cap table management, share option scheme maintenance, and shareholder documentation.
• Provide ad hoc legal support during funding rounds and strategic corporate events.
• Oversee corporate housekeeping to ensure strict statutory compliance.
• Support legal automation and legal technology initiatives by developing scalable legal templates, playbooks, and modernizing internal workflows.
• Optimize contract lifecycle management processes, internal legal workflows, and data management systems.
• Support the business on regulatory compliance, GDPR/data protection queries, DSAR responses, and internal data governance.
• Provide ad hoc support on employment-related matters and address general day-to-day legal queries.

Requirements

• Qualified UK Solicitor with ideally 2–4 years’ PQE.
• Strong foundation in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Exposure to corporate work (fundraising, governance, shareholders and cap table management), financial services/fintech, or data protection/GDPR.
• Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and deliver pragmatic solutions.
• Delivery-focused, calm under pressure, and comfortable managing multiple matters in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organisational skills and a willingness to take ownership of matters from instruction through to completion.
• Skilled at engaging effectively and translating legal risks for non-legal stakeholders.
• Process driven, naturally curious and genuinely interested in improving systems, workflows, and templates.

Skills

• Commercial contracting
• Contract negotiation
• Corporate governance
• Legal operations
• Risk management
• Compliance
• Employment law advisory
• Legal automation
• Legal technology
• Data protection
• GDPR
• Dispute management

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Flexible working options
• Hybrid work

Experience Level

• 2-4 years PQE

Education Level

• Qualified UK Solicitor

About the Company

• Shieldpay is an equal opportunities employer.
• Shieldpay is growing and offers opportunities for career development.

Equal Opportunity

• Shieldpay does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.