Top Legal Jobs in Edinburgh

Review and analyze private fund documentation (LPAs, side letters, MFNs) to identify non-standard drafting or missing documents, support fee and terms data analysis, validate FAIR outputs, and collaborate with senior lawyers and operations to deliver accurate client reporting.

Provide pragmatic commercial legal advice across the business; draft and negotiate commercial agreements (SaaS, software licensing, subcontracting, reseller); support data governance, regulatory compliance, healthcare-specific issues; assist with M&A, risk management, legal training, and stakeholder engagement in a hybrid Leeds-based digital healthcare business.

Provide strategic employment law advice to People, leadership and business units across the UK and Continental Europe. Draft and review contracts, policies and commercial agreements; manage disputes, investigations, DSARs and whistleblowing; deliver training; oversee external counsel; monitor legislative changes and implement mitigation strategies.

Coordinate and track multiple legal operations and transformation projects, maintain plans and risk logs, produce status updates and dashboards, support stakeholder communication, develop project materials, monitor metrics, and identify process improvements to increase delivery efficiency.

Provide legal advice and commercial guidance on payments, digital assets and emerging payment technologies. Act as a legal business partner to product, engineering, risk and compliance teams; identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks; support UK and EU regulatory compliance; deliver training; improve legal workflows and technology; and manage relationships with external law firms and suppliers.

Lead Legal Operations for Commvaults Trust team: manage legal technology, AI tools, vendors, budget, contracts and entity management; drive process improvements, change management, reporting, and cross-functional liaison while developing the Legal team and executing operational initiatives.

Provide high-ownership administrative support to attorneys and paralegals: prepare and organize legal documents, manage case calendars and client communications, coordinate with courts and third parties, maintain case files in the case management system, draft routine correspondence, and handle calls and filings in a fast-paced remote law firm environment.

Provide broad in-house legal support for a SaaS business: draft and negotiate customer and supplier contracts, advise on data protection, AI and IP, manage contract lifecycle and insurance, support strategic projects, supervise a junior counsel, and improve legal processes and templates.

Provide commercial legal support across the business: draft, review and negotiate SaaS/B2B contracts; manage contract lifecycle and register; advise on GDPR/data protection and DPAs; support multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance; maintain legal policies, templates and playbooks; assist with corporate governance and triage inbound legal requests.

Provide commercial legal support for SaaS agreements, develop legal workflows and templates using AI tools, and analyze contract data. Collaborate with sales and product teams to improve legal processes and product features.

The Legal Ops Engineer will translate legal knowledge into structured workflows, collaborate with teams to enhance products, and build legal automation.

The Legal Counsel provides support for legal aspects of commercial agreements, manages legal risks, and ensures compliance with laws while collaborating with various stakeholders in Canon UK.

Senior Legal Counsel for EMEA advising on complex cross-border employment matters across 100+ jurisdictions. Lead employment law advisory, manage high-risk employee relations and litigation strategy, negotiate commercial agreements, mentor junior lawyers, build legal playbooks and scalable legal operations, partner with Product and Engineering on compliance automation, and advise on GDPR and privacy for employees, contractors and customers.

Lead identification, development, and global deployment of AI and automation solutions to optimize forms and precedents content operations. Prioritize opportunities, collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure governance and quality, integrate solutions, report outcomes to leadership, and drive continuous improvement and responsible AI practices.

As a Legal Counsel, you'll advise on legal issues related to payments and financial services, draft agreements, assess legal risks, and support various teams at BVNK.

The Head of Legal will manage legal strategy, compliance, risk, and intellectual property, ensuring adherence to laws across jurisdictions while handling litigation and financial reporting responsibilities.

Maternity-cover commercial lawyer supporting Avalon’s Legal & Business Affairs team across talent management, TV/podcast production, distribution, live events and commercial operations. Duties include negotiating talent and production contracts, clearances and licences, advising on data protection (GDPR), corporate governance, supplier and employment agreements, IP and brand protection, and supporting HR and commercial teams.

Manage and develop a team of senior and lead probate case managers, ensure high-quality legal advice and case progression, provide technical audit support, champion client service, and drive continuous improvement.

Provide commercial legal support to global sales by drafting, reviewing and negotiating SaaS, BaaS, software, services and channel agreements; advise on privacy, data protection and compliance; develop templates and playbooks; train stakeholders and manage legal risk escalations to enable timely deal completion.

Lead and develop a global Legal & Risk function, advise executive leadership and board on governance, manage compliance and risk frameworks, protect and commercialise intellectual property, negotiate commercial contracts and partnerships, oversee disputes and regulatory matters, and build scalable legal processes to support international growth.

Lead legal operations by building and maintaining tooling, contract lifecycle management, automations, and reporting. Manage external counsel spend, run cross-functional projects (licensing, integrations, audits), support privacy and compliance, identify AI/automation opportunities, and train teams to increase efficiency and scale legal infrastructure.

Lead and scale legal and compliance across multiple African countries. Design and run compliance programs (sanctions, anti-bribery, privacy, healthcare, employment, product regs), manage litigation and investigations, advise leadership, ensure U.S. government award compliance (FARs, 2 CFR 200), monitor regulatory developments, and partner cross-functionally to enable safe, compliant operations and growth.

Lead full-stack development for a legal AI platform: design intuitive UIs and robust backends, integrate AI/LLMs with applications, architect scalable systems, mentor junior developers, collaborate with AI researchers, and automate systems for efficiency.

Lead the Western region legal function providing strategic counsel on M&A, commercial contracting, governance, litigation, IP, and cross-border operations. Manage external counsel, support international expansion, align legal strategy with commercial objectives, and partner with Finance, Sales, Product and People to scale legal operations.

Act as a bilingual legal-technology expert architecting AI-powered contract solutions and drafting CLM redlining rules (80%). Serve as legal tech SME in client meetings, test and improve AI legal tools, train global teams, and handle in-house client/supplier contracts, compliance, and corporate governance (20%).