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Legal Counsel

Location: London (with international remit)

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Competitive

Equity: Benchmarked

Role Overview:

You will architect and execute the legal foundations of a sovereign, multi-jurisdictional manufacturing company operating across defence, aerospace, energy and advanced manufacturing.

You will own the legal infrastructure that enables:

• Government, defence and wider industrial contracting
• A global franchisor-franchisee factory model
• Equity and debt financing across jurisdictions
• Export-controlled manufacturing
• International expansion (UK, US, Germany, France and beyond)

You will work directly with the CEO and leadership team to design legal systems that scale to dozens, hundreds and eventually thousands of factories. We don’t view legal a cost centre. The best businesses are beautiful in every facet of their being.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all equity and debt legal work: venture/growth/pre-IPO financings, option schemes (EMI & US equivalents), shareholder agreements, board governance, venture debt, equipment financing and franchisee loan frameworks.
• Design and maintain the global corporate structure across UK, US, Germany, France and future markets, including subsidiary setup, cross-border structuring and governance consistency. Structure and negotiate UK MOD, US DoD and allied government contracts, including procurement compliance and flow-down clauses.
• Structure and negotiate complex customer contracts (MSAs, framework agreements, long-term supply agreements), with strong IP, liability and risk allocation architecture.