Head of Legal

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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PatSnap

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 $300M Series E on 2021-03

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

PatSnap is a leading provider of IP and R&D innovation intelligence platforms. It leverages advanced AI technologies to help companies enhance productivity, drive innovation, and accelerate business growth by providing insights into patent and R&D processes. PatSnap's offerings aim to reduce R&D costs, assist in the discovery of new materials, and support life sciences intelligence. It provides a comprehensive database and analysis tools that are used by innovators to automate sequences, assess risk, and enhance innovation strategies.

📋 Description

• Lead complex M&A activity across the Western region, managing transactions from due diligence and deal structuring through to negotiation and post-acquisition integration. • Support strategic investments, partnerships and joint ventures, while negotiating high-value commercial agreements and enterprise contracts. • Partner with Finance and executive leadership on corporate governance and strategic business initiatives. • Provide commercially focused legal advice that enables business growth while effectively managing legal, regulatory and operational risk. • Develop and enhance legal governance frameworks, policies and processes that support a scaling international business. • Monitor legal and regulatory developments across the Western region and advise leadership on their business impact. • Lead litigation and dispute resolution across the Western region, managing external counsel to achieve pragmatic and commercially balanced outcomes. • Oversee intellectual property matters, advising on patents, trademarks, licensing and IP considerations within commercial transactions and product development. • Act as the key legal partner between the Western business and APAC teams, supporting cross-border transactions and ensuring legal alignment across regions. • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, partnering with Finance, Sales, Product and People teams to provide practical, business-focused legal counsel. • Identify opportunities to improve legal operations, streamline processes and help shape the future of PatSnap's Western legal function.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of combined legal experience, with significant time spent in-house at a high-growth technology or SaaS company. • Proven experience leading or playing a central role in M&A transactions — from due diligence through to completion. • Strong background in corporate law, commercial transactions, and legal risk management. • Demonstrated ability to manage litigation and disputes, including experience engaging and directing external counsel cost-effectively. • Qualified solicitor; comfortable navigating multi-jurisdictional legal environments. • Commercially astute with the ability to balance legal risk with business pragmatism and budget awareness. • Exceptional negotiation skills and a track record of delivering favourable outcomes on complex deals. • Strong communicator — able to distil complex legal matters into clear, concise guidance for non-legal stakeholders. • Nice to Have: Mandarin language skills and/or experience working closely with Chinese or broader APAC business teams — highly advantageous given the cross-regional nature of this role. • Nice to Have: Experience with IP law, data privacy (GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA), or regulatory compliance in a SaaS/technology context. • Nice to Have: Exposure to cross-border transactions bridging Western and Asian markets. • Nice to Have: Prior experience working with investment firms, private equity, or venture-backed companies. • Nice to Have: Familiarity with both UK, US and Canadian corporate law.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer that champions diversity • Encouragement to apply even if qualifications are not met • Accommodation support during interview process