# Sole Counsel **Company**: Fifth Dimension **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: mid **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: £100,000–£120,000 **Category**: Legal **Industry**: Finance **Apply**: https://careers.fifthdimensionai.com/jobs/7618672-sole-counsel?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_80036e5a-921 ## Description We're building something extraordinary - and we want extraordinary people. As our Sole Counsel, you'll build 5D's legal function from scratch - the contractual infrastructure, compliance posture, and risk framework that supports every major commercial and operational decision between now and Series B. **Commercial (50%)** - Own the full lifecycle of customer contracts - NDAs, MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and amendments - negotiating directly with procurement and legal counterparts at enterprise customers - Draft and negotiate vendor, partner, and employment agreements - Maintain and continuously improve our contract templates and negotiation playbooks - Manage a contract tracker; own the pipeline of open legal matters and keep deals moving - Brief and manage external counsel on matters beyond your scope **Compliance (30%)** - Work closely with our vCISO to maintain ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance - owning the legal and policy layer, supporting audit cycles, and closing out action items - Advise product and engineering teams on privacy-by-design as we ship new features - Monitor the regulatory environment and flag material changes to the business **Corporate, Employment & IP (20%)** - Handle UK employment matters: offer letters, contracts, IP assignments, restrictive covenants - Coordinate US and Singapore employment matters alongside external counsel - Maintain our IP register and advise on licensing and ownership questions as the product evolves You've spent a few years in-house at a SaaS or tech business - or you've trained at a commercial firm and spent enough time on tech clients that you know exactly how enterprise software contracts work and how to close them. You have a clear, low-ego risk profile: you know when to hold a position and when to move on, and you never let perfect be the enemy of progress. **You bring:** - Qualified solicitor (England & Wales), 3–6 PQE with US experience - SaaS or B2B tech experience - either in-house or with a significant tech client base in private practice - Strong commercial drafter: fast, clean, and position-led - you improve contracts, not just mark them up - Genuine AI literacy - you use Claude or equivalent tools in your workflow; drafting without them would feel like leaving performance on the table - Pragmatic risk profile - you give clear answers, not endless caveats, and you understand that a 90% answer delivered today beats a perfect answer delivered next week - Project management instincts - you track your matters, close your actions, and keep stakeholders informed without being chased - Excellent communication skills - you have the ability to interact effectively when negotiating with customers, and communicating to the business internally **Bonus points if you have:** - Experience with multi-jurisdictional structures (UK parent, US / Singapore subsidiaries) - Exposure to EIS/SEIS, investor rights agreements, or post-Series A governance - Proptech, real estate, or financial services sector experience - Previous experience supporting a fundraise or regulatory due diligence process We're building something extraordinary - and we want extraordinary people. Our benefits package goes beyond the standard startup offering, from tailored support for life's challenges to meaningful parental leave. - £100–120k salary per annum + bonus + meaningful equity (on a standard vesting schedule) - Enhanced pension contributions (5%) - Unlimited annual leave - £100 monthly wellbeing budget - £1,000 annual training budget - Electric car scheme (salary sacrifice) Tailored support for exceptional challenges, which may include contributions to: - Gender-affirming care - Private specialists and diagnostic scans - ADHD / Autism diagnosis - IVF / fertility care - Therapy Enhanced parental leave - 14 weeks full pay for primary caregiver (followed by statutory pay) - 6 weeks full pay for secondary caregiver Flexible working , hybrid (Wednesdays in our Oxford Street office), judged on output not hours. Quarterly team weeks in London, regular travel to New York and Singapore as the business grows. ## Skills ### Required - Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) - SaaS or B2B tech experience - Strong commercial drafter - Genuine AI literacy - Pragmatic risk profile - Project management instincts - Excellent communication skills ### Nice to have - Experience with multi-jurisdictional structures - Exposure to EIS/SEIS, investor rights agreements, or post-Series A governance - Proptech, real estate, or financial services sector experience - Previous experience supporting a fundraise or regulatory due diligence process --- Source: [Apply at careers.fifthdimensionai.com](https://careers.fifthdimensionai.com/jobs/7618672-sole-counsel?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)