Senior Corporate Counsel (maternity cover)

About this role

div class= content-intro p class= font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7] Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M amp;A. /p p class= font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7] Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby amp; Juvenile, Garden amp; Outdoor, Sports amp; Fitness, and Home amp; Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration. /p p class= font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7] Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail. /p p class= font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7] We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win. /p /div p The Corporate Counsel (M amp;A) will be responsible for providing general advice across all functions, with a focus on executing on unybrands’ acquisitions. The primary responsibilities will be enhancing leading on legal workstreams of our acquisition process from letter of intent, through to diligence, transaction document preparation, negotiation and execution. Moreover, the role will involve general in-house matters (commercial contracts, employment matters, intellectual property, data privacy, etc). The candidate would also be expected to be able to assist the General Counsel in equity and debt matters (including in respect of the negotiation of any future equity or debt finance rounds for unybrands). /p p You will have the opportunity to work cross functionally across the company and contribute to important strategic initiatives as well as operational matters. /p p *this job might require you to travel to Hemel Hempstead office occasionally. nbsp; /p p strong Responsibilities include - but not limited to: /strong nbsp; /p ul li Lead the negotiating and drafting of acquisition contracts for ecommerce brands being folded into the unybrands portfolio. /li li Assist the General Counsel on corporate finance matters (equity and debt). /li li Lead the negotiating and drafting of contracts customary to a fast-growing ecommerce startup with a primary focus on commercial contracts. /li li Draft, review, revise and negotiate a range of complex corporate and commercial agreements, including warehousing, marketing, IT, licensing, services, consulting, supply, confidentiality, collaboration, research, and data-related agreements. /li li Provide legal support across the organization, including quickly and effectively identifying complex legal and compliance issues and providing advice in a manner that integrates legal risk management with the company’s business objectives. /li li Collaborate with outside counsel on intellectual property and data privacy matters and ensure execution of action plans and recommendations. /li li Enhance existing policies, processes, and templates, as well as training employees with respect thereto and implementing the processes and templates on our technology platforms. /li li Collaborate both within t