Senior Legal Counsel

Own legal at a fast-growing, FCA-regulated fintech: pragmatic advice across employment, commercial, regulatory, privacy and disputes, reporting to leadership.

About InvestEngine

InvestEngine is everything the modern investor should need: unbeatable value, market-leading automation, and a platform built for easy, long-term investing. We’ve built a strong foundation, with over £3.5 billion invested, award-winning service, and a passionate team. As an FCA-regulated platform scaling quickly, we need strong in-house legal expertise to grow responsibly.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to own legal at InvestEngine. Your mission is to protect InvestEngine’s legal interests while enabling responsible commercial growth. You’ll give clear, pragmatic advice across employment, commercial and contract law, regulatory compliance and governance, data privacy, and litigation and dispute resolution, act as a trusted adviser to leadership and the Board, and turn complex issues into actionable recommendations. This is a hands-on role reporting to our CFO, working closely with Compliance, Risk and People. This is a fully remote role, open to candidates based in the UK.

What You’ll Do

• Review our material legal exposures, key contracts and employment matters, and agree a prioritised legal plan with clear escalation thresholds

• Set up a proportionate legal intake and triage process with agreed service levels

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements personally; build a contract register, approved templates and negotiation playbooks, including NDAs

• Advise People and leadership on employment matters, from contracts and policies to sensitive employee cases and settlements

• Partner with Compliance on FCA requirements, Consumer Duty, SM&CR and outsourcing, and give legal input to product and change decisions

• Advise on data privacy (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, PECR), including data-processing terms, transfers and incident response

• Manage disputes and external counsel, with a live disputes register and control of external legal spend

• Review shareholder agreements and employee equity-option documentation, bringing in specialist advice where needed

• Give leadership and the Board concise visibility of material legal risks and decisions required

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales, or an equivalent qualification with demonstrable UK legal expertise

• Senior legal experience with the breadth and judgement to own an in-house legal function

• Hands-on experience across employment, commercial and contract law, regulatory and governance matters, data privacy, and disputes

• Working knowledge of NDAs, shareholder agreements and equity-option arrangements

• Concise, decision-ready advice and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively

• Comfortable working hands-on with limited resources and using external advisers selectively

• English fluency at C1 level or above

Nice to Have

• Experience working inside an FCA-regulated firm, ideally an investment platform, wealth manager or fintech

How We Work

We’re a lean, fast-moving team that values clarity, ownership and transparency. You’ll have the freedom to shape how legal works here, the responsibility to follow through, and the backing of a team that values candid, independent advice.

What We Offer

• Impact from day one: You’ll own legal for a growing, regulated business and directly shape how we manage risk and grow.

• Room to grow: As InvestEngine scales, you’ll have the opportunity to build and develop the legal function.

• Transparent and open culture: We share information openly, keep communication clear and encourage collaboration across the business.

• Supportive, high-calibre team: You’ll work alongside talented people who care about both the quality of their work and the success of the wider team.

Our Hiring Process

• Introductory call with our Talent team

• Technical interview covering legal scenarios and your experience

• Practical exercise: a short contract mark-up and recommendation based on a fictional scenario

• Leadership and values interview

We aim to keep the process straightforward, transparent and efficient.