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The OI Legal team provides legal support across Octopus Investments, partnering with business teams to help deliver commercial outcomes while appropriately managing legal risk. The team works closely with stakeholders across investments, operations, finance, risk and compliance and plays a key role in supporting Octopus Investments' growth and strategic objectives.
This role will be primarily dedicated to supporting the Octopus Ventures part of the business. Octopus Ventures backs founders and businesses seeking to build transformative companies.
We are seeking a commercially minded Legal Counsel to support Octopus Ventures' investment activities. This is an opportunity for a lawyer with strong venture capital transaction experience to work closely with the Ventures investment teams and help us back the people and ideas that will change the world.
Reporting to the Lead Venture Legal Counsel, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering practical, commercial legal advice across the investment lifecycle. The role will involve leading investment transactions, supporting portfolio company matters and exits, managing external legal counsel, and helping scale the delivery of legal support across the Ventures business. The successful candidate will also assist with the establishment and operation of retail and institutional investment fund structures. Key stakeholders will include investment professionals, founders, management teams, portfolio companies and external advisers.
Commercial judgement: Provides practical, solutions-oriented advice, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives in a fast-paced investment environment.
Relationship building: Builds strong and trusted relationships with investment professionals, founders, management teams and external advisers.
Ownership and accountability: Takes responsibility for matters from inception to completion, manages competing priorities and delivers high-quality outcomes with a high degree of autonomy.
Communication and influence: Communicates clearly and effectively with a range of stakeholders, translating complex legal issues into practical business advice.
Innovation and continuous improvement: Demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to embrace AI, legal technology and new ways of working to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Team Contribution: Acts as a positive contributor to team culture, builds strong working relationships and actively supports colleagues. Brings energy, humility and a collaborative mindset that helps create an enjoyable and high-performing working environment.
💰 A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
✈️ Untracked holiday
🏡 Hybrid working – three days in the office, two days from home
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, employee assistance program & more
👪 Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
🏥 Private medical insurance for you and your family
🚗 Electric vehicle leasing
🌍 The option to work overseas up to a month per year
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.
We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.
We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.
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We’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.
As entrepreneurs, we build our own businesses to address some of society’s biggest problems. Octopus Energy, our energy transition business, is the best example of this.
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests of all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.
Octopus Investments, Octopus Energy, Octopus Money, Seccl Technology, Aurora and Octopus Legacy are all part of Octopus Group.
