Legal Counsel

We’re looking for a Legal Counsel to join GetGround’s Legal, Risk & Compliance team, giving practical, commercially minded legal and regulatory advice as we scale. You’ll advise on commercial contracts, product questions, partnerships, regulatory matters and disputes, and work on projects that strengthen the function as the business grows. You’ll be a trusted partner to teams across GetGround and a key part of how we manage risk day to day. THE OPPORTUNITY GetGround operates at the intersection of fintech, proptech and wealthtech. We have £2Bn+ in assets on platform, 30,000+ users across 70 countries, and a portfolio of regulated products spanning mortgages, property management, and investment tools. We are the first end-to-end real estate investment offering, making the dream of owning property accessible to everyone, globally. We're building the future of asset ownership and in doing so, helping to address wealth inequality. As we continue to grow, our legal, risk and compliance needs are growing with us. You'll play a central role in keeping the business legally sound, moving quickly, and operating with integrity. This would be a great opportunity for a lawyer who wants to work on genuinely varied, interesting matters in a collaborative and supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and grow WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACTS • Draft, negotiate and close a wide range of commercial agreements, including supplier and vendor contracts, SaaS and technology agreements, and professional services agreements • Advise on GetGround’s customer-facing terms, including customer T&Cs, product terms and terms of use, keeping them clear, compliant and commercially sensible • Support negotiations on strategic partnership, referral, distribution and white-label deals that open new revenue lines • Maintain and improve contract templates, negotiation playbooks and fallback positions so teams can close routine deals without legal bottlenecks • Advise on contractual risk, including liability caps, indemnities, warranties, data protection terms and service levels CORPORATE, FUNDRAISING AND M&A • Support equity and debt fundraising end to end: term sheets, investment agreements, disclosure, due diligence and completion • Draft and maintain shareholders’ agreements, articles of association, share option schemes (including EMI) and other share arrangements • Manage corporate governance and company secretarial work, including board and shareholder meetings, resolutions, statutory registers and Companies House filings • Lead or support M&A activity, from diligence and deal structuring through SPA negotiation, completion and integration • Keep the business investor-ready, with a clean data room and well-ordered corporate records • Manage external counsel on major transactions, keeping scope, cost and timelines tight IP, PRODUCT AND REGULATORY • Negotiate IP licensing deals, both in-licensing and out-licensing, including software, data and API licences • Protect and grow GetGround’s IP, including trade marks and IP terms in employment and contractor agreements • Provide legal input on new product features, customer journeys and platform changes • Work with Compliance on contracts and communications touching FCA-regulated activity, including critical outsourcing, introducer arrangements and Consumer Duty • Advise on data protection and privacy, including UK GDPR, data sharing and AI-related terms ABOUT YOU You’re a UK qualified solicitor with 2+ years PQE in commercial and corporate law, gained in private practice, in-house, or both. You bring: • A strong track record negotiating complex commercial contracts, including supplier agreements, customer and product terms, NDAs and partnership deals • Hands-on corporate experience across fundraising, shareholders’ agreements, share schemes, governance and M&A • Experience drafting and negotiating IP licences • Experience in technology and financial services, and a good understanding of how FCA regulation applies to fintech products • A growth mindset: you see legal as a way to unlock deals, weigh risk against commercial reward, and give clear recommendations, not just legal analysis • Confident negotiation and stakeholder management skills, building trust with counterparties, investors and senior leaders • Excellent drafting skills and a high level of attention to detail • Comfort working independently, owning your workload and keeping deals moving • A collaborative approach and genuine interest in the business, not just the legal matters Highly desirable: • In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech, ideally through a Series A or later round • Experience with property, mortgage or investment products • Buy-side M&A experience or integrating an acquired business • Experience setting up contract management tools, self-serve templates or legal automation We know that great candidates don’t always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. What we are building: The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally. Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law. • 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male • 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries • Our work on Design Accessibility https://medium.com/@GetGround/design-that-works-for-everyone-accessibility-at-getground-a7cf7ca867f0 • Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our recruitment privacy policy https://25516403.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25516403/GetGroundRecruitmentPrivacyPolicy.pdf.