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Montu

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2019

🏥 Healthcare

💊 Pharmaceuticals

👥 B2C

💰 $3.5M Equity Crowdfunding - Montu Group on 2021-11

Healthcare • Pharmaceuticals • B2C

Montu is a UK-based medical cannabis company focused on making cannabis accessible, reliable, and integrated into modern healthcare. The company operates an integrated ecosystem (including pharmacy, appointment booking, and medication purchase) that streamlines the patient experience and establishes standards in cannabis care within the UK. Montu supports the medical community by educating on therapeutic applications, monitoring regulatory and research developments, and aims to ensure patients receive high-quality cannabis therapy over the long term.

📋 Description

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including supplier and vendor contracts, service agreements, platform and licensing arrangements, strategic partnerships, marketing and sponsorship agreements, terms and conditions and NDAs. • Provide clear, practical and commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across commercial, operations, governance, clinical, pharmacy, marketing and technology teams. • Partner with teams from the earliest stages of new projects, identifying legal and regulatory considerations and helping develop solutions that balance pace, opportunity and proportionate risk. • Support compliance with the UK legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to our operations, including contract and consumer law, advertising and marketing requirements, healthcare and pharmacy regulation, and data protection in collaboration with privacy specialists. • Support digital platform developments, new products, service launches, commercial partnerships and international contracting, particularly across Europe. • Translate complex legal requirements into straightforward, accessible advice that helps colleagues make confident decisions. • Develop and deliver practical training for non-legal teams on topics such as contracting fundamentals, confidentiality, marketing claims and relevant regulatory requirements. • Help make legal support simpler and more scalable by developing templates, playbooks, approval processes and self-service guidance. • Lead improvements to legal systems and ways of working, including contract repositories, contract lifecycle management, approvals and electronic signatures. • Explore how technology and AI can be used responsibly to improve legal research, drafting and contract management. • Manage multiple matters at once, exercising sound judgement over priorities and knowing when to escalate or seek input from senior legal colleagues.

🎯 Requirements

• Qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales, or as a CILEX lawyer, with approximately 4 - 8 years’ PQE • Strong commercial contracts experience gained in private practice, in-house or through a combination of both • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, supported by a sound understanding of core contract law principles • Experience handling a varied commercial workload in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to prioritise effectively and deliver high-quality work at pace • The confidence to advise and positively challenge stakeholders at different levels of seniority while building strong, trusted relationships • A pragmatic and commercially aware approach to risk—you’ll be comfortable explaining what matters, why it matters and how we can move forward • The ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly and without unnecessary jargon • Curiosity about digital health, online services and regulated industries, with an interest in developing deeper expertise across consumer protection, advertising, data protection, information governance and healthcare or pharmacy regulation • A proactive, can-do mindset and a willingness to get stuck into whatever will help the team and wider business succeed.

🏖️ Benefits

• 25 days holiday (rising to 27 after year one and 30 after year three) + usual bank holidays • Up to 5% employer matching contributions • Work-from-home options, cycle-to-work scheme, private healthcare and more • Collaborate across teams and represent Montu at events, with support to grow your skills and impact • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave