Sr. Legal Counsel

Illumio, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

London, United Kingdom

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We are seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial to support Illumio’s global Go-to-Market teams and provide cross-functional legal support.
• Reporting directly to the VP of Legal, you will serve as the primary commercial attorney for EMEA and overflow support for the Americas (as needed) while also contributing as a legal generalist.
• The ideal candidate will also own a substantive specialty area (e.g., EMEA employment law, privacy, compliance).
• This role offers high visibility and meaningful impact on the company’s growth.
• Negotiate enterprise SaaS and software agreements in close partnership with Sales and other revenue teams.
• Lead commercial legal support for EMEA (e.g., UK, Germany, France) and overfill support for deals in the Americas, including enterprise, channel, OEM, and strategic partner agreements.
• Partner closely with Human Resources and business leaders to advise on EMEA employment law matters, manage risk, and help enable compliant practices.
• Help develop and refine legal processes supporting Sales, Marketing, Channels, and Customer Success.
• Partner with Revenue Operations on customer acquisition and retention initiatives.
• Work with field operations to streamline negotiations, reduce acquisition costs, and enhance customer success.
• Negotiate complex technology transactions with a practical, risk-balanced approach.
• Prior experience supporting other practice areas such as Employment, Product, Privacy and IP highly preferred.
• UK-qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with strong academic credentials.
• Typically 10+ years’ experience in employment law (law firm and/or in-house); experience supporting multinational organizations preferred.
• In-house experience at a high-growth technology company, ideally late-stage private or early public.
• Deep commercial contracting experience in enterprise SaaS/software and cybersecurity.
• Strong working knowledge of data privacy and security, and AI compliance matters applied directly to commercial contracts.
• Prior experience advising on employment law matters across EMEA.
• Experience with channel partner structures (distributor, reseller, MSP).
• Hands-on, efficient deal-closing approach with strong attention to detail and the big picture.
• Comfortable working across multiple regions, including the Middle East and United States.
• Ability to support customers in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, public sector).
• Versatility to support other practice areas and a willingness to take on whatever legal work the business needs, big or small.
• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and ability to simplify complex legal concepts.
• Proven ability to prioritize, operate independently, and adapt in a fast-changing environment.
• A sense of humor, a collaborative spirit, and a desire to play a key role in building a world-class team.

🎯 Requirements

• UK-qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with strong academic credentials.
• Typically 10+ years’ experience in employment law (law firm and/or in-house); experience supporting multinational organizations preferred.
• In-house experience at a high-growth technology company, ideally late-stage private or early public.
• Deep commercial contracting experience in enterprise SaaS/software and cybersecurity.
• Strong working knowledge of data privacy and security, and AI compliance matters applied directly to commercial contracts.

🏖️ Benefits

• High visibility and meaningful impact on the company’s growth.
• Opportunity to work with a world-class team.
• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working model with ideally 1-2 on-site days a week in our London office.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities, including training and education programs.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunity to work on high-profile and complex deals.
• Ability to support customers in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, public sector).
• Versatility to support other practice areas and a willingness to take on whatever legal work the business needs, big or small.
• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and ability to simplify complex legal concepts.
• Proven ability to prioritize, operate independently, and adapt in a fast-changing environment.
• A sense of humor, a collaborative spirit, and a desire to play a key role in building a world-class team.

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About Illumio, Inc.

Illumio, Inc. provides zero-trust segmentation software that stops breaches from spreading across hybrid-cloud data centers and endpoints. Its platform maps application dependencies, then enforces workload-to-workload communication rules on servers, VMs, containers and bare-metal in real time without network changes. Organizations use Illumio to visualize traffic flows, ring-fence critical assets and meet regulatory mandates. Founded in 2013, the company serves Fortune 500 enterprises and federal agencies from headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

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