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Senior Legal Counsel - Med Tech Start-upTaylor Root • City of London, London, United Kingdom
Senior Legal Counsel - Med Tech Start-up

Senior Legal Counsel - Med Tech Start-up

Taylor Root • City of London, London, United Kingdom
14 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Our client is an ambitious, venture-backed medical technology company that is transforming healthcare through pioneering innovation. The business is entering an exciting new phase of growth, creating an opportunity for an exceptional lawyer to join as its first Senior Legal Counsel.


As the company's first inhouse counsel, you will have the platform to shape the legal function, influence strategic decision-making, and work directly with an impressive leadership team as the business scales. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will work closely with the Board and leadership team. A trusted business partner, helping shape strategy, support growth initiatives, and build the legal foundations of a company with global ambitions. This role offers a unique opportunity to operate at the heart of a scaling business and have a genuine impact on its future success. Your role is to take ownership of that function, deepen it, and scale it grows.


The Role


As the organisation's lead legal adviser, you will provide strategic, commercial and practical legal support across the business. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will help the company navigate growth opportunities while managing legal risk in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.


Key Responsibilities


  • Acting as a trusted adviser to the CEO, Board and leadership team on a broad range of legal and commercial matters.
  • Leading the negotiation and management of commercial contracts with customers, suppliers and strategic partners.
  • Supporting fundraising activities, investor engagement and corporate transactions
  • Supporting international expansion projects and cross-border business activities.
  • Leading the legal function and managing relationships with external counsel.
  • Taking ownership of corporate governance and company secretarial responsibilities.
  • Providing guidance on compliance, data protection, risk management and regulatory matters.
  • Leading the legal function and managing relationships with external counsel.


About You


You will be a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and thrives in a dynamic growth environment.


You are likely to have:

  • Qualified solicitor with 6–9 PQE, with a strong foundation in corporate and commercial law
  • Comfortable operating as the sole in-house lawyer, with prior in-house experience at a startup or scale-up.
  • Experience in medtech, life sciences, or a regulated industry is essential.
  • Track record of leading commercial contract negotiations and managing external counsel effectively.
  • Solid grounding in corporate governance and company secretarial responsibilities, with the confidence to own this function independently.
  • Exposure to equity fundraising processes (Series A or beyond), including due diligence and transaction documentation.
  • The ability to balance legal risk with commercial opportunity and provide pragmatic, solution-focused advice.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and the confidence to operate as a standalone legal leader.


Desirable:

  • Familiarity with FDA, UKCA, and CE regulatory frameworks.
  • IP portfolio management experience.
  • International expansion or cross-border structuring experience.
  • Data protection / GDPR expertise.
  • EMI share option scheme administration.


To explore this opportunity in confidence, please apply.


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