Legal Counsel

We are Multiverse, a tech scaleup with a social mission. We’re creating a diverse group of future leaders by building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training, through the power of professional apprenticeships.

We’re one of the fastest-growing businesses in Europe and rapidly expanding in North America, working with over 500 clients including McKinsey & Co, Morgan Stanley, Verizon and Visa. In June 2022, we broke the EdTech funding record (again!) by announcing our $220m Series D, making Multiverse the UK’s first ever EdTech unicorn.

Join us on our journey to democratising access to the best careers and learning opportunities.

Requirements

As a UK Legal Counsel at Multiverse you will:

• Report to the General Counsel
• Work closely with our Go To Market (Sales) team to draft and negotiate our B2B customer and partner contracts
• Set us up for success at scale by implementing self-serve processes and training the teams on how to work with legal
• Provide support on privacy and data protection matters, supported by our Data Privacy Lead, ensuring that our policies are up to date and our processes are both compliant and easy to follow
• Contribute towards de-risking our approach to entering into and negotiating contracts across the business
• Proactively identify risks to our business and solutions to eliminate or mitigate them
• Assist with supplier matters such as supplier audits, contract reviews and negotiations, and marketing reviews
• Draft and periodically review terms of use of our platform
• Provide legal support for ad-hoc projects across a range of business functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Operations, Product, Risk & Compliance)
• Help set up agile risk-based processes and procedures
• Contribute towards Multiverse’s legal resources and business and training programmes
• Manage external counsel support as necessary
  

We’re looking for a UK Legal Counsel who can display the below skills & experience

• 2 to 5 years’ experience in-house or at a top law firm (preferably with secondment experience) with a focus on commercial matters.
• Demonstrable experience of providing end-to-end B2B and commercial contractual support
• Strong commercial acumen; able to take a pragmatic approach to legal risk and advise the business accordingly
• Experience building risk management processes and procedures from the ground up
• Experience in employment/discirination matters
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong team player and can-do approach; no job is too big or too small
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic business
• Qualified to practise law in the UK
• Prior in-house experience within a high-growth technology company or a start-up (preferred)
• Experience working on multi-jurisdictional (US/UK) transactions and matters (preferred)

Benefits

• Time off - 27 days holiday, plus 6 additional days off: 1 life event day, 1 volunteer day and 4 company-wide wellbeing days
• Health & wellbeing - private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
• Hybrid & remote working - weekly visits to the London office
• Equity - every Multiverse has ownership in the business through equity options
• Team fun - weekly socials and regular offsite events

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We’re an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. This will never change.

Right to work

Do you have the right to work in the UK? Unfortunately, at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service ("DBS") for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.