Head of Legal

The Role As Let's Do This ( LDT ) solidifies its position as the largest platform for endurance events in the UK, our ambition grows alongside our achievements. We are seeking a permanent and full-time Head of Legal to lead and develop our in-house legal function. This is currently a sole counsel position with scope to develop a team as the business grows. Your contributions will directly influence our trajectory, making this a unique opportunity to make a significant impact. What You'll Do Act as lead lawyer and the point of contact for all legal matters at LDT. Provide prompt and succinct advice to stakeholders, including the board, often to tight timescales. Develop the legal function and ensure LDT stays compliant in the territories in which we operate (currently UK, EU and US). Work with external counsel where appropriate and manage legal spend. Create operational efficiencies and savings where possible. An understanding of the legal services market is desirable. Manage the contract precedent bank, ensuring precedents are up to date with legal developments and accommodate the business key commercial principles. What We Look For You ll be a senior Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales, with significant PQE and credentials in the technology sector. Highly competent in the areas of commercial / technology contracts and data privacy. Our Head of Legal must be a multi-specialist with exceptional drafting skills - able to turn their hand to a range of instructions regardless of practice area. Key competencies include: Commercial Contracts - Draft, review and advise on a broad spectrum of commercial and technology agreements particularly SaaS, brand partnerships, marketing services and sponsorships. Data Privacy - A thorough understanding of UK and EU data protection and marketing laws is required with demonstrable experience advising on the full range of privacy issues encountered by a consumer-facing technology firm. Your experience must be broader than advising on data protection issues in commercial agreements. Knowledge of US data privacy laws is desirable. More broadly - Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable: employment, corporate/ secretarial, IP, disputes/ regulatory investigations and legal ops. A trusted advisor to the business, capable of giving decisive advice. You must be an independent thinker who can provide a view on the best course of action, rather than simply presenting options. A confident communicator and negotiator, capable of dealing with stakeholders at all levels of business (internally and externally). Building rapport and relationships is essential to the growth of the business. Demonstrated leader. You don t need to have led a legal team before, but you do need to show leadership and supervision/ management skills. You should be capable of advising a broad range of legal and business issues in a general counsel capacity. This includes applying your legal mind to matters outside of your qualified jurisdiction (e.g. US matters) with appropriate external support. About Us Let s Do This is the online company getting people offline. We exist to inspire people across the world to come together and experience moments that make them feel alive. We re currently going after mass participation sports events (Marathons, Triathlons, 10Ks, 5Ks, swim races), where we re proud to be the global leader. We re at a super exciting and rapid stage of our development. We now take over 1.5 million bookings every year, driving growth for our industry from large-scale races like the UK s London Marathon Events, Great North Run and San Francisco s Bay To Breakers to hero races like the Hackney Half, the London Triathlon, or grassroots races like those from RunThrough. We ve grown exponentially in the UK since our launch in 2017 and are now in the process of expanding within the US market with the same energy our brand represents. We ve raised 90M to date and were the fastest growing company on YCombinator, and our investors also include Tier 1 VCs NFX, EQT, and legendary individuals Serena Williams and Usain Bolt. How did we do it? With an exceptional team. The Let s Do This team brings in experience ranging from London s fastest growing start-ups to the world's biggest tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Deliveroo, King and Skyscanner. We re passionate about finding fantastic talent to add to an already extraordinary group.Having just been named as one of the Europe s and the UK s top 100 startups 2022 by Otta and Top 15 Startups (#####) by Linkedin, it couldn't be a more exciting time to join our team. We want to create an inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity of our people whilst enabling them to do the best work of their careers. We are committed to ensuring that all our people processes are equitable. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr