Junior Commercial Counsel

🚛 About Qargo

Qargo is a cloud-based (SaaS) Transport Management Platform. We are a scale-up based in London (UK), Ghent (Belgium), and Chicago (US), and are rapidly expanding. The platform is an 'all-in-one system', handling everything from initial order entry to final invoicing. It optimises planning and has a built-in AI feature that automates lengthy manual tasks. Qargo is designed to help modern logistics operations run more efficiently, while increasing profitability and sustainability.

We're looking for a Junior Commercial Counsel to join our Finance & Legal team in London as our second legal hire — a hands-on, high-ownership role at the heart of our commercial and legal operations.

💼 About the Role

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You will be our second ever legal hire , reporting to the Legal & Compliance Lead

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You'll be the go-to person for day-to-day commercial contracting across Qargo's group entities (UK, Belgium, US).

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You'll own and operate our CLM system (Juro) , driving adoption and self-serve maturity across the business.

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You'll work closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Customer Success and the Security team — helping Qargo scale its legal function as we grow into new markets.

This is a rare opportunity to join a small, tight-knit legal team and make a real, visible impact from day one.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

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Own day-to-day customer contracting (MSAs, Order Forms, NDAs, DPAs, amendments, renewals, SOWs), with scope to grow into handling strategic, high-value, and enterprise deals alongside the Legal Lead.

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Manage and evolve Qargo's CLM (Juro) with the Sales-enablement Lead : manage templates, workflows, playbooks, reporting, and user enablement across the business.

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Co-own Qargo's data protection and privacy operations : negotiate customer and vendor DPAs, maintain the intra-group data sharing framework and privacy/cookie policies, and partner with Security on NIS2 and incident response readiness.

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Own end-to-end supplier and procurement contracting : SaaS vendors, IT, marketing, and professional services.

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Support US expansion : help stand up customer contracting workflows for Qargo Tech Inc.

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Provide support on corporate compliance and other ad hoc legal tasks as needed.

✅ Skills & Experience

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Either a qualified solicitor or CILEX lawyer in England & Wales (NQ–3 PQE), with in-house experience or 3–5 years of in-house legal experience at a technology or SaaS business.

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Solid grounding in SaaS commercial contracting : MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs.

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Familiarity with UK & EU GDPR and data protection fundamentals.

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Experience with a CLM tool (Juro experience is a real bonus!).

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Tech-native and AI-curious : comfortable with tools like Slack, Notion, Google Workspace and GenAI tooling.

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Pragmatic, business-first mindset - you translate legal risk into clear, actionable commercial advice.

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Confident operating autonomously in a small team , with high ownership and a bias to action.

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Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable with senior stakeholders and external advisers.

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Collaborative and curious — you genuinely want to grow a function, not just maintain it.

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Fluent in English . French or Dutch is a big plus!

🤝 What We Offer

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A competitive package

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Flexible hybrid working from our London office

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Private healthcare with Vitality

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Growth opportunities in a fast-scaling tech company expanding into the US and beyond.

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Meaningful ownership from day one — this isn't a support role, it's a building role.

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Being part of a driven and inclusive team that is transforming the logistics industry.