Junior Legal Counsel

About us:

• We're a specialist fintech transforming B2B credit insurance ( website )
• Named as the fastest-growing insurtech and fastest-growing startup in the Sifted 100 for UK & Ireland, listed among Europe's B2B SaaS Rising 100 , and featured in Capsule's Scale-Up 50
• We're backed by leading European and American VCs, including Dawn Capital and Octopus Ventures

• Founded in 2020, we serve some of the world's largest companies across UK, Europe and North America

• We're a fast-growing team of 40+, based in the UK (London HQ) and US (Dallas, New York)

About the role:

We're looking for a highly motivated and driven individual to join our Legal function at Bondaval. You'll be embedded at the core of our commercial and operational activity - playing a key role in supporting strategic partnerships, enabling product and commercial growth, and helping us navigate legal and regulatory matters with confidence as we scale.

You'll work cross-functionally with teams across the business and have regular access to senior leadership, giving you a front-row seat to decision-making in a high-growth MGA environment.

We're looking for someone who is curious, collaborative, and ready to take ownership of meaningful projects from day one. The role is based in London, with a global remit supporting our activities across the UK, Europe, and North America.

Responsibilities:

• Contract Drafting & Review: Support the negotiation, drafting, and updating of commercial contracts, including TOBAs, policy documents, NDAs, and supplier contracts.
• Product & Regulatory Support : Assist with legal reviews for our product suite across all markets-including support for new market entries-and monitor regulatory developments that may impact our operations or product delivery.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with internal teams to advise on legal queries and coordinate with external counsel to support legal and regulatory matters.
• Documentation & Process Management: Maintain a centralised contracts library, track key legal milestones, and support standardisation and version control across legal documentation.
• Legal Tech & Efficiency: Contribute to the adoption and optimisation of legal technology tools-including AI-assisted contract review and legal process automation-to enhance efficiency, reduce manual workload, and support scalable growth.

You might be a good fit if

• Qualifications and experience:
• • Qualified solicitor or legal executive in the UK
  • 1-3 years post-qualification experience, ideally in a law firm or in-house legal team within the financial services (incl. fintech) or insurance (incl. insurtech) sectors.
  • Familiarity with credit insurance contracts and regulatory frameworks is highly desirable
• Skills and attributes:
• • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Proactive, commercially-minded, and able to balance legal risk with business pragmatism.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders.
  • Great at balancing competing priorities, remaining organised and calm
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Interest in legal technology and using tools such as AI to optimise workflow
  • Able to work independently, escalating questions or issues as required

Logistics:

• Compensation: Based on experience
• Employment type: Permanent
• Employee share option pool: Available - you will earn a stake in the company you are helping to build
• Location: Hybrid, 3-days a week in our London office (office on Bermondsey Street, 5-minute walk from London Bridge Station)

Company benefits:

• Private healthcare
• 25 days' holiday
• Bike to work scheme
• Electric vehicle car scheme
• Private pension
• £100/year towards physical challenge of choice
• Learning and development support