Greensphere Capital
Legal Counsel, Fund and Portfolio Businesses
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Location: Home-first, with occasional time in Greensphere's London office after onboarding
Commitment: Part-time - up to 3 days per week, flexible hours will be considered
Reporting to: General Counsel
About Greensphere Capital
Greensphere Capital is a fund manager and the UK's largest female-owned venture capital firm, with more than 15 years at the forefront of pioneering sustainable investing. Our portfolio spans science-driven ventures and renewable energy assets, with the team bringing deep operational, investment, and venture-building expertise across land management, agriculture, food systems, supply chains, AgTech, nature-based solutions, renewables, and waste. We take an active, hands-on approach to supporting the companies we back, including on the fund and portfolio-level financial operations that keep the platform running smoothly.
The role
Greensphere Capital is looking for a commercially minded Legal Counsel to take ownership of the day-to-day contractual and corporate legal work across GSI, Gaia Engineered Solutions and the wider portfolio of companies. This is a newly created, part-time role suited to an experienced commercial/corporate lawyer who is comfortable working independently across a broad and varied caseload, and who wants the flexibility of a home-based role with occasional time in London.
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Key responsibilities
Commercial and contractual work (core focus)
- Drafting and reviewing all types of contracts for our portfolio companies, including:
- NDAs
- Term sheets
- Supply agreements
- Operation and maintenance contracts
- Power purchase agreements (PPAs)
- Leases and/or option agreements in respect of land
- Employment and consultancy contracts
- IP licences
Corporate documents
- Drafting and reviewing standard corporate documents, including:
- Share / Asset Purchase Agreements
- Articles of Association
- Shareholders Agreements
- Loan Agreements
- Ancillary completion documents - board minutes, resolutions, share certificates
Deal execution and ongoing legal support
- Managing contract execution via DocuSign
- Managing deal completion checklists
- Supporting onboarding and KYC processes
- Reviewing and updating company policies
- Providing broader ad hoc support on deal structuring, employment law matters and property/asset-related contracts as they arise
- Manage external counsel and off-site paralegals
About you
- Qualified solicitor with strong commercial and/or corporate experience
- Comfortable working across a broad and varied caseload; we expect most commercial/corporate skills to be transferable even where you haven't covered every contract type listed above.
- Prior in-house experience is a plus, but not essential.
- A self-starter, comfortable working independently and managing your own workload in a lean, part-time capacity.
- Happy with a predominantly home-based arrangement, with occasional travel into London.
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What we offer
- A part-time role - up to 3 days per week - with flexibility on how those days/hours are structured.
- Predominantly home-based working, with occasional time in our London office.
- Competitive salary, c~£125,000 (FTE equivalent), pro-rated for the agreed working pattern and dependent on experience.
- The opportunity to build and shape the in-house legal function as our portfolio grows.
Why Join us
You'll join a small, senior team at a fund genuinely committed to sustainable and science-led investing, with the opportunity to build and own a critical function from a position of real trust - working directly with the General Counsel from day one and with support from a team of off-site paralegals.
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