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Legal Counsel - Global Commerce (supporting Technology & Marketplace)

Bristol
£90k – £100k/yr
Posted about 18 hours ago
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Shape the Future of Global Commerce Legal at Pax8

Join the global commercial legal function at Pax8, a cloud marketplace that is transitioning to an agentic AI platform. As a Legal Counsel, you will help power our evolution into an AI-first organisation while driving meaningful commercial impact across a rapidly scaling global marketplace.

Why This Role Is Different

This is not just another commercial legal role—it’s an opportunity to combine your commercial legal experience with programmatic leadership opportunities to drive meaningful change across the legal function. You’ll combine strong commercial legal expertise with cutting-edge AI exposure, building new capabilities while helping Pax8 transition into a truly AI-native business. From day one, you’ll gain hands-on experience with emerging tools that will elevate how legal work is delivered at scale.

Our Culture and Community

At Pax8, we’re building a smarter, more connected marketplace where technology and people succeed together. We’re collaborative, forward-thinking, and always innovating—creating an environment where your ideas matter and your growth is supported.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Own Core Commercial Work — Draft, review, negotiate, and simplify complex commercial and technology agreements in support of Pax8’s agentic marketplace ecosystem of vendors, partners, and customers.
  • Leverage AI as a Force Multiplier — Use AI-powered tools to accelerate contract workflows, enhance legal insights, and transform how the legal function operates.
  • Build for Scale — Contribute to programmatic, repeatable legal approaches that support a growing global marketplace and high-volume partner interactions.
  • Collaborate Deeply — Partner with commercial, product, and leadership teams to deliver practical, high-impact legal solutions.
  • Drive Strategic Outcomes — Translate business goals into actionable legal roadmaps aligned with measurable outcomes.
  • Streamline Execution — Remove friction, reduce dependencies, and enable faster business decision-making.
  • Stay Ahead of Change — Monitor legal, regulatory, and AI developments to guide the business proactively.

Your Impact

Your expertise will directly influence how Pax8 scales its global commerce function. By combining strong commercial legal foundations with emerging AI capabilities, you’ll help transform how we engage with partners—moving toward a more scalable, intelligent, and programmatic legal operating model.

What You’ll Bring

  • Proven Commercial Legal Excellence — Strong expertise in negotiating, drafting, and advising on complex commercial agreements, including key areas such as limitation of liability, indemnification, and risk allocation.
  • Deep Understanding of Data and Tech Frameworks — Familiarity with data processing concepts, privacy considerations, and regulations such as GDPR, alongside broader cloud and software ecosystem knowledge.
  • Commercial Instincts and Judgement — Confidence navigating “table stakes” legal issues such as privacy, security, and commercial risk.
  • AI Curiosity and Growth Mindset — Excited to embrace AI tools, experiment with new technologies, and build capability in an evolving legal landscape.
  • Impact-Driven Thinking — Ability to apply both your legal expertise and AI exposure to drive meaningful change across the legal function.
  • Builder Mentality — Experience or enthusiasm for creating scalable, programmatic approaches to engaging with stakeholders and trading partners.
  • Collaborative Approach — Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence and partner across teams.
  • Adaptability and Pace — Thrives in fast-moving environments, managing multiple priorities with attention to detail.

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Salary and Benefits

Qualified candidates can expect a salary between £90K to £100K depending on experience.

  • Long Term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
  • Private healthcare covered by Bupa
  • Bupa dental plan
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Royal London Workplace pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
  • Pax8 Cycle to Work Support Scheme Available
  • Dedicated time for training and personal development
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Health & Wellbeing coaching support
  • Fun and frequent company and team socials

Trust and Hiring

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust-based relationships—starting with how we hire. To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about—we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

Inclusivity Matters Here

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring, and sharing your transferrable skills.

This role can be based in either the United States or the United Kingdom. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in the United Kingdom.

If you struggle to get “time out” we’re happy to accommodate early/late conversations and interview times.

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Growth That Keeps Up with Your Ambition

There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace—whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organisation. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential. Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI-powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross-continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive—and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level.

Pax8 Values

Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, it’s business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.

  • We Before Me 🤝 — Fostering teamwork and collaboration
  • Compassionate Candor 💬 — Promoting open and honest communication with kindness
  • Light Up Learning 💡 — Continuously growing and sharing knowledge
  • Seek to Understand 🔍 — Valuing diverse perspectives and thoughtful engagement
  • Do What You Say ✅ — Ensuring trust and accountability
  • Driven by Passion 🔥 — Bringing energy and dedication to everything we do—as we strive to innovate and empower our partners every day

About Pax8

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business.

Background Checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests, and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed, all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal Opportunities

Pax8 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance, and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/

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Skills

Commercial Legal Expertise
Contract Negotiation
Data Processing Concepts
Privacy Considerations
Regulatory Knowledge
AI Tools
Stakeholder Management
Risk Allocation
Indemnification
Adaptability
Collaboration
Programmatic Approaches
Legal Insights
Strategic Thinking
Execution Streamlining
Emerging Technologies

Location

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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