In-House Legal Associate

We’re hiring a commercially strong solicitor who can step into a live business, give clear advice fast, and take ownership of important legal, contract and compliance work.

We need a commercially minded lawyer who can add value quickly. This role covers commercial contracts, privacy, GDPR, compliance, global legal coordination, core SaaS documentation and product‑related legal review across Hubexo.

It is ideal for someone who can work at pace, exercise sound judgement, and support the business through a key fixed‑term period with practical, credible legal input.

Hiring: In‑House Legal Associate

Newcastle | 6‑month FTC | 4 days | £53,000 FTE pro rata

The Role

We are looking for an In‑House Legal Associate to join Hubexo on a 6‑month fixed‑term contract. This role sits within Corporate Services and reports to our Chief People Officer. It is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and is offered on a 4‑day‑per‑week basis.

This is a role for a commercially strong solicitor who can step in quickly, provide practical legal support, and help us maintain continuity across legal, contractual, privacy and compliance activity. You will work across a varied workload and support teams across the business with sound judgement, clear advice and a calm, hands‑on approach.

This is not a role focused on building future structures from scratch. It is about keeping important legal work moving, supporting the business well, and helping us manage risk with clarity and pace.

This is what you’ll be doing

• Provide day‑to‑day commercial legal advice across Hubexo, helping stakeholders navigate legal issues in a practical and commercially sensible way.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including service agreements, licences, terms and conditions, consultancy agreements, employment‑related documents, novations and non‑disclosure agreements.
• Support customer, supplier and parent company vendor agreements, balancing legal risk with commercial priorities.
• Coordinate legal queries across the Hubexo group globally and manage input from external legal advisers in local jurisdictions where specialist or in‑country support is required.
• Take responsibility for the contractual documentation that underpins the global Hubexo Platform, including the Master SaaS Agreement and Product Specific Terms, ensuring they remain current, practical and aligned to business needs.
• Support the legal review of new product launches globally, ensuring compliance and appropriate legal risk management as new products and changes are introduced.
• Support privacy and data protection activity across the business, including GDPR advice, internal policies and good practice.
• Draft, review and maintain legal and compliance policies covering areas such as privacy, data protection, cookies and acceptable use.
• Support intellectual property matters, including trademarks, contribute to company compliance and governance activity, and keep legal records, templates, registers and documentation accurate and up‑to‑date.
• Support key business priorities across Hubexo, including product changes, privacy controls, copyright licensing, customer legal queries and security due diligence activity where legal input is required.
• Line‑manage our Contracts Administrator, helping to ensure work is prioritised and contractual administration activity is delivered effectively.

About You

You are a qualified solicitor with strong post‑qualification experience in commercial legal work. You are confident drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, and you know how to give clear, practical advice in a business environment.

You bring strong experience in data protection, privacy and GDPR matters, along with the judgement to balance legal risk with commercial reality. You may have built that experience in‑house or in a leading law firm supporting commercial clients. In either case, you are comfortable working closely with non‑legal stakeholders and explaining legal points in a way that helps people make decisions.

You are likely to have experience handling complex commercial agreements in a technology, SaaS or product‑led environment, and you are comfortable working across multiple priorities in a fast‑moving business. Experience coordinating with external counsel, supporting international legal matters or contributing to product or launch‑related legal review would be valuable here.

You are organised, detail‑focused and able to manage a varied workload without losing pace or quality. You can work independently, become effective quickly, and bring a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset to a fixed‑term role. Experience with intellectual property, trademarks, governance or formal DPO activity would be useful, but they are not essential.

You should also be comfortable providing direction and support to a Contracts Administrator, helping maintain standards and momentum across legal and contractual administration activity.

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