We are looking for a Senior Counsel to join Quantinuum’s legal team on a permanent basis. Our company is in a period of significant growth. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel to play a vital role in managing legal affairs and legal activities for the company.
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, the Senior Counsel is an important role in the business that will be based in London. You will be working closely with the legal team, to manage corporate contracts and transactional activities. Among key areas, the role will focus on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, technology licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, scientific research and collaboration agreements, trademark branding and marketing agreements, employment contracts, as well as providing support on various compliance functions, including in relation to technology control, import and export laws, data protection and regulations. In addition, you will develop and codify policies and standard operating procedures, and support in their rollout and related training.
We have many leading scientists working for us developing products which will have a significant impact on everyday life in the future. Your legal expertise will enable our teams and the company to be successful.
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Key Responsibilities:- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including technology licensing, SaaS, scientific research and collaboration agreements, branding and marketing contracts, employment agreements, and other corporate transactions.
- Provide pragmatic, business-focused legal advice to internal stakeholders across commercial, technical, scientific, and operational teams, enabling the company’s growth and innovation strategy.
- Partner closely with the VP, Deputy Chief Legal Officer and wider legal team to manage corporate legal activities and transactional workflows across multiple jurisdictions.
- Support compliance programmes relating to technology controls, import/export regulations, data protection, and other applicable regulatory frameworks, ensuring legal and operational risks are effectively managed.
- Develop, implement, and maintain legal policies, templates, and standard operating procedures to improve consistency, efficiency, and risk management across the business.
- Deliver legal training and guidance to internal teams to support awareness of contractual obligations, compliance requirements, and best practices.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with business leaders, scientists, product teams, HR, and commercial functions to provide timely and strategic legal input on new initiatives and partnerships.
- Identify opportunities to streamline legal processes, improve contract lifecycle management, and support scalable legal operations during a period of significant company growth.
- Support brand protection activities, including trademark-related matters and marketing/legal reviews.
- Assist with corporate governance, risk mitigation, and broader legal projects as required.
You must have:- Minimum 8-10 years of post-qualification legal experience
- US or UK Law Degree
- Admitted and registered as a solicitor in the UK or to practice in the US
Desirable:- Excellent research, writing and drafting skills
- Exceptional communication skills (oral and written)
- Strong organizational skills
- Incisive analytical thinker and a self-starter
- Energetic and dynamic
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to work under tight timeframes
- Company secretarial experience
- Experience of working in scientific, software engineering or computer science industries
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What is in it for you?
Working alongside a highly talented team, with leading names in the quantum computing industry. We offer a highly competitive package, equity, 28 days of paid holiday (in addition to public holidays), a workplace pension, a positive approach to flexible working and enhanced parental and adoption benefits.
About Us:
Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.
By uniting best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware, our integrated full-stack approach is accelerating the path to practical quantum computing and scaling its impact across multiple industries.
By joining Quantinuum, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.
Visit our news pages to learn more about Quantinuum and our scientific breakthroughs and achievements: https://www.quantinuum.com/news
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Please note that employment with us is subject to successfully passing our pre-employment screening checks. We are an inclusive equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.
