NexGen Cloud - Head of Legal
Requirements
• In-house experience in technology, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or a high-growth scale-up environment • Exposure to KYC, sanctions screening, or export controls in a B2B tech or regulated context • Company secretarial and corporate governance experience in a growth-stage business • International legal awareness across UK, EU, US, UAE, or the Nordics • Familiarity with DocuSign, contract management platforms, or legal operations tooling • Working knowledge of employment law sufficient to handle HR escalations without always going external
Responsibilities
• Rather than a long checklist, here’s what success in this role looks like: • Own the commercial contracts pipeline end-to-end — NDAs, MSAs, order forms, SOWs — running the day-to-day without escalation while building a library of standard forms and DocuSign templates from scratch. • Build the legal infrastructure NexGen Cloud needs — platform terms, KYC policy, M&A due diligence frameworks, anti-bribery policies, and export controls classification — putting in place the foundations the business is currently missing. • Collaborate closely with the Commercial and Sales teams as the first legal port of call for deal queries, and with HR, Finance, and Compliance to embed legal rigour across business processes. • Manage board and company secretarial mechanics — resolutions, Companies House filings, statutory registers — running independently from day one. • Support M&A and transaction workstreams alongside David Andrews (Seconded Counsel / GC) — due diligence checklists, closing mechanics, conditions precedent tracking. • Systematise legal operations as the business scales — contract register, matter tracking, external counsel spend management, and a legal risk escalation process that keeps the executive team ahead of issues. • Identify and close gaps proactively — whistleblowing frameworks, trademark registration programmes, insurance oversight — without waiting to be asked. • We’re more interested in how you think and work than in a perfect CV. You’ll likely bring a combination of the following: • Essential • Qualified solicitor or barrister (England & Wales) with 5–12 years PQE, calibrated to the market • Meaningful in-house experience in a fast-moving, high-volume environment with limited legal resource around you • Strong commercial contracts drafter — NDAs, MSAs, order forms, SOWs — who takes a position and defends it commercially • M&A and transaction exposure — you understand due diligence, closing mechanics, conditions precedent, and contractual risk in deal contexts • A genuine process builder — you’ve built or rebuilt legal infrastructure rather than inherited a functioning system • Comfortable working independently alongside a senior lawyer without needing day-to-day oversight • Organised and reliable under volume — you manage a varied, fast-moving workload without dropping the ball
Benefits
• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus scheme • Employee wellbeing benefits • 25 days of holiday, plus public holidays • Flexible working arrangements (hybrid — London office-based with flexibility) • Real ownership and autonomy, • MORE INFORMATION • MORE INFORMATION • Head over to our NexGen Cloud careers page to view current openings and follow us on LinkedIn and X to learn more about our journey, newest releases and hear exciting news in the neocloud space. • with the trust to take initiative and build something that matters • The opportunity to make a visible, meaningful impact as we scale towards Series B and beyond • Clear career progression and growth opportunities in a fast-growing company • A collaborative, international culture built on trust, transparency, and ownership • The chance to help shape NexGen Cloud’s legal function and future alongside ambitious, mission-driven colleagues • MORE INFORMATION • MORE INFORMATION
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