Legal Advisor

Location: Warrington 1 - 2 days a week with monthly travel to our London office for meetings and team collaboration

Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time 

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Legal Advisor to be a part of our amazing Legal Team here at Gousto! 

Reporting into our General Counsel, you will be part of a small but mighty team of Legal Advisors. The role will offer exciting depth and breadth of work across commercial contract work! You will work with a variety of teams and senior stakeholders across the entirety of Gousto, therefore this role will suit someone that is ambitious, highly motivated and loves having genuine impact!  

If you are a qualified inhouse lawyer or private practice professional looking to join one of the UK's fastest growing start ups this could be the perfect opportunity for you! 

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide advice on a wide range of legal issues across the business including but not limited to corporate, data protection, employment and commercial
• Drafting and negotiating contracts as well as a wide range of commercial & corporate terms 
• Work closely with the current legal team to ensure stakeholder and teams are following current ways of working and processes   
• Be the point of contact for external legal counsel and manage associated costs 
• Build relationships with a range of stakeholders across the business including Tech, Operations and Business 
• Work collaboratively with the current legal team to share knowledge on areas that may not be within your main expertise

Who you are: 

• Passionate about working in a high growth, fast paced, Tech driven environment 
• Qualified in England and Wales
• A minimum of 1 / 2 years post qualification experience
• Experience & expertise in either Commercial or Corporate law
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts and commercial terms
• Experience resolving basic legal queries 
• Inhouse or secondment experience would be beneficial 
• Ability to translate and summarise complex legal matters into sensible commercial proposals
• Experience of working with a wide variety of Senior stakeholders
• Clear and confident communicator 

Interview Process

• Video call with a Talent Acquisition 
• 1st stage interview with the hiring manager
• 2nd stage interview & case study 
• Final interview

Gousto is for everyone:

Whether it’s creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. Across our business, we lead with inclusivity and strive for equity in all we do; working hard to ensure Gousto is an environment where you can be totally yourself.

Everyone is welcome, and we’re looking for applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

For our roles outside of Operations, most of our people spend 1 or 2 days in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility and time together with colleagues. We want to enable you to do your best work, and if you require additional flexibility, please talk to us about it.

We understand that some individuals may require reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the interview process. Please tell us what you need, and we will make every effort to accommodate. (Eg, Extra time or systems accommodations)

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