Head of Legal - London, United Kingdom - Lindus Health

Lindus Health

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us:

All new medicines need to undergo clinical trials to show they're safe and effective.

But today's clinical trial infrastructure is stuck in the past, and the cost of developing new medicines has skyrocketed as a result.

Patients have to wait longer and pay more for new treatments.

Our mission is to fix this; we use software to help innovative companies run faster, more reliable, and patient-friendly clinical trials.

We're still a young company, but we've already had a big impact.

Since founding the company in March 2021 we've helped run over 80 clinical trials involving tens of thousands of patients.

We raised a $6m seed round from some great investors including Firstminute, Peter Thiel and Seedcamp to power the next stage of our growth.

About the role:

We're looking for a dynamic legal professional to join Lindus Health as our first legal hire. The role will be responsible for putting in place the foundations of a world-class legal team.

We are looking for someone who is excited about working in a rapidly growing company and building something from zero.

The role will be based in London, UK. The salary range for this role is £100-130k.

You will report into the Founders and work closely with Commercial, Operations and Quality teams.

About you:

Our wishlist for this role looks something like this:

You have high agency and a bias for action
26 years' postqualification
Exposure to range of legal issues including contracting, data and privacy issues (experience with employment matters is a bonus)
Ideally exposure to both UK and US legal systems
Intuitively 80/20 mindset to ensure we can keep moving at a fast pace
A bonus if you have previous experience working in a startup environment

You belong here If your experience and interests match with some of the above, we want you to apply.

What you will do:

You will be our first legal hire and responsible for putting in place the foundations of a world-class legal team.

The role will vary and require getting stuck in to a range of issues, but will likely involve:

Commercial law
You will be responsible for our contract templates and resolving issues that arise during the contracting process with our new customers, working closely with the Commercial team
Data and privacy law
A lot of our questions relate to data and privacy law, you will be responsible for ensuring that our process and contracts cover this and answering any questions. Working closely with the Director of Quality and our external DPO.
Employment law
Inevitably questions arise concerning employment law. You will be responsible for dealing with these, working with external legal advice.
This will inevitably vary by geography so no specific experience required.
US corporation
We are a UKbased company and are in the process of setting up a US subsidiary. You will be responsible for the setup of our new corporate structure alongside our Head of Finance.
Fundraising
As a VCbacked company we involve lawyers during the fundraising process, and you will manage this.
Company and legal strategy
Input on broader company and commercial strategy and how this interacts with our legal function, including business model, market entry and financial planning.
Opportunity to build and shape our legal team as we grow

What we offer:

Have an impact across all areas of our business and fix one of the world's most broken industries
Competitive salary, plus generous stock options (we will also pay your professional fees)
Unlimited holidays; everyone is encouraged to take off at least 28 days each year
Flexible office arrangement; you are encouraged to work 34 days per week in our office in London (near London Bridge) when you start, but you are free work flexibly once you've had a chance to get to know everyone
Regular team events; recently we've been to Legoland, a Bake Off competition, and a Millwall FC home game (decided by popular vote)
Up to £1,000 per year towards courses and development
A new laptop as your main workstation and up to £500 towards setting up your home office
Employee benefits program including free Netflix and Spotify

Our interview process:

Initial interview with Head of Talent minutes)
Functional interview with one of the Founders and another member of the team (45 minutes)
Chat with a company advisor in the legal space (15 minutes)
Culture and values interview with 2 team members (30 minutes)

We try to arrange for at-least one interview to be in-person so you can see our office and meet more of the team.