Legal Counsel
Hybrid (London)£65k - £85k + equityFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Ravio’s first dedicated Legal Counsel with strong privacy expertise, owning core legal documentation, advising senior leadership on legal and regulatory matters, collaborating with Commercial, Product, People and Data teams, supporting compliance operations including SOC 2 audits, and shaping the growth of the legal/compliance function.
Responsibilities
- Oversee Ravio’s corporate actions (shareholder and investors matters, board documentation, stock plan admin, M&A/licensing deals, etc)
- Handle employment-related legal matters
- Keep our Service Agreement, DPA and Custom Data Terms current against live operations, product changes and bespoke customer requirements, acting as a thought partner to the commercial team
- Own the Contract Amendments Tracker, logging liability and exposure on bespoke terms
- Provide legal review of the corporate and commercial sections of our contracting workflow, and sense-check bespoke order forms
- Confirm our Technical and Organisational Measures (TOMs) and Data Processing Provisions (DPPs) stay accurate against live data flows and product changes, working closely with the tech team
- Keep our Privacy Policy current as the website and platform evolve
- Update candidate and employee privacy notices as our recruitment and HR processes change
- Review and maintain our DPIA and ROPA as the product evolves
- Act as a named recipient for Ravio's whistleblowing process
- Maintain our trademark records
- Own the relationship with our external legal counsel for ad-hoc and ongoing legal support
- Confirm ICO registration renewal each year
- Coordinate our SOC 2 (and ISO, where relevant) certification cycle: line up the auditor and timeline, and manage Vanta audit access
- Own day-to-day Vanta administration: policy reviews, joiner/leaver checks, vendor and risk reviews
- Triage due diligence and security questionnaires from Sales beyond our self-serve materials
- Support other compliance projects as they come up, such as our data deletion and anonymisation process improvements
Qualifications
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) or equivalent, with a few years' PQE
- Strong working knowledge of UK/EU data protection and privacy law (UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018)
- Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, DPAs and customer terms
- Pragmatic, commercial approach with ability to manage external counsel and retainers
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to translate legal risk for non-legal teams
- Comfortable being the sole in-house legal hire and building process from scratch
Skills
Required:Contract drafting and negotiationData protection and privacy lawExternal counsel managementStakeholder management
Benefits
- Company ownership (meaningful equity)
- 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays + 4 wellness days
- Up to 6% pension matching
- £60 a month wellness allowance
- Private healthcare cover
- Income protection insurance
- 20 weeks fully paid parental leave & 8 weeks for non-birthing parent
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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