Quince - Legal Counsel
Requirements
• UK-qualified solicitor with 5+ years PQE (post-qualification experience) • Strong generalist background, ideally with top-tier law firm training and in-house experience at a high-growth, technology-led or retail company • Demonstrated ability to deliver pragmatic, commercial legal advice and operate independently with minimal supervision • Proven track record of owning legal projects end-to-end and building legal processes and frameworks from scratch • Comfortable working cross-functionally with business stakeholders, non-legal teams, and distributed teams • Proactive, business-minded, and hands-on with a strong bias toward execution and clarity • Ability to manage a high volume of work independently, prioritize effectively, and make sound legal judgments with incomplete information • Commercial pragmatism and comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment without established playbooks • Confidence using AI tools and incorporating AI to increase efficiencies in legal team delivery • Preferred: • Experience with product liability, environmental regulations (textiles, packaging), or ESG compliance • Experience advising on AI governance, responsible AI, or machine learning deployment and familiarity with the EU AI Act, UK pro-innovation AI regulation, and Digital Markets Act • Experience supporting EU expansion and advising on multi-jurisdictional compliance
Responsibilities
• Generalist Legal • Generalist Legal • Legal contact for UK and EU-based teams and issues • Provide strategic and day-to-day counsel across a range of commercial, regulatory, and operational matters • Key focus on scaling the UK business to new EU markets • Escalate material legal issues to the Legal Director; own resolution of day-to-day matters independently • Horizon scanning for relevant UK and EU legislative updates • Employment • Work with People Director to build UK and EU playbooks and policies. • Support Legal and People Directors with onboarding, terminations, restructures, and performance issues across multiple jurisdictions • Help maintain awareness of emerging employment law changes in UK and target EU markets • Data Privacy & Consumer Protection • Advise on UK and EU GDPR, including data subject rights, transfer mechanisms (SCCs, adequacy decisions), and cookie compliance • Advise on marketing practices, pricing strategies, sustainability claims, and consumer protection regulation (e.g., CMA, ASA guidelines) • Collaborate on privacy policies, terms of service, and consent flows • Assist Legal Director with interactions with UK and EU regulators and support handling of data subject access requests and breach notifications • Ensure product claims, environmental claims, and sizing/sustainability representations comply with UK/EU standards • Technology, AI & Digital Innovation • Advise on AI governance, responsible AI frameworks, and bias/fairness considerations in product and marketing • Support the procurement and deployment of AI and machine-learning tools; flag legal and compliance risks • Review technology platform contracts, including SaaS, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and third-party data services • Keep the business informed on emerging technology regulation, including the EU AI Act, and UK AI frameworks • Advise on intellectual property ownership and licensing of AI-generated content and outputs • Commercial, Compliance & Operations • Draft, review, and negotiate vendor contracts, logistics agreements, SaaS licenses, and supplier agreements end-to-end • Provide legal support for fulfillment operations, including 3PL, warehouse, and distribution arrangements • Manage external counsel relationships efficiently; handle simpler matters in-house to control costs • Ensure compliance with product labeling, environmental standards (e.g., plastic packaging, textiles regulations), and trade regulations and monitoring of compliance thresholds as operations scale. • Support supplier compliance and ethical sourcing (labor practices, ESG commitments) • Intellectual Property & Brand • Advise on UK and EU trademark registration, protection, and enforcement strategy • Support IP ownership documentation for software, designs, and AI-generated assets • Assist with monitoring and responding to IP infringement and counterfeiting issues • Work with operations and product teams on trade mark compliance in packaging and marketing • Risk & Governance • Risk & Governance • Assist the Legal Director with pre-litigation matters, disputes, and inquiries • Liaise with outside counsel on specialist matters (IP litigation, regulatory defense); manage costs • Establish and maintain risk register for UK/EU operations; flag emerging legal and regulatory risks
Benefits
• EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & HIRING INTEGRITY
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