Confused.com
Confused.com is the UK’s first comparison platform for car insurance. We’ve been helping customers since 2002 by empowering them to make better decisions around insurance and financial services. We’re part of RVU, a group of online brands that include Uswitch, Tempcover, money.co.uk, and Mojo Mortgages. We are at the cutting edge of the FinTech industry.
About the Role
We’ve got an opportunity in our Cardiff office for a qualified legal professional to join us on a fixed‑term basis, providing trusted legal advice to our commercial teams and contributing to new products and initiatives. You’ll have an interest in a varied commercial legal workload, with strong drafting and negotiating skills.
Outside of daily contracting, you’ll focus on developing and maintaining the legal processes, policies, and precedents that underpin our business.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Working with our business teams to draft, negotiate, and execute commercial agreements, whilst proactively maintaining and improving the processes that underpin them
* Providing day‑to‑day legal perspective and guidance, as well as risk assessment and mitigation
* Advising our business teams on compliance with data protection and e‑privacy laws
* Assisting with acquisitions and corporate integration projects
* Helping to establish and manage a framework of policies and guidance to manage legal and commercial issues within our business
Essential Qualifications
* 1 to 5 years’ post‑qualification experience in‑house or at a commercial or corporate law firm providing full‑service commercial legal support (the reference to PQE is a guide only; we welcome applications from candidates with more or less PQE)
* Experience and appreciation of the challenges and requirements of delivering legal support in a fast‑moving commercial in‑house team with ability to be impactful from an early stage
* Qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales (or another common law jurisdiction)
* Proven technical ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements to tight timescales
* Experience advising on IT, data protection/e‑privacy laws as well as commercial and law
* Ability to work autonomously
Desirable Qualifications
* Knowledge of intellectual property, competition law, and regulated sector experience
* Knowledge of the insurance and/or financial services
Benefits
* 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
* A hybrid working approach with 2 in‑office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to work from anywhere
* Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
* A one‑off £300 “work from home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
* Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
* 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “my time” per year
* Private medical cover, critical illness cover, dental plans, and employee assistance programme
* Free gym access
* Employee discounts programme
* A healthy learning and training budget to support your development
* Regular events – from team socials to company‑wide events with insightful external speakers – we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected
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