Legal Counsel, EMEA
CoreWeave
What You’ll Do:
CoreWeave is seeking a dynamic Legal Counsel, EMEA, to join our international Legal team in London, and support across a broad range of work, including commercial contracts, employment, and corporate.
As only the second lawyer outside of the US, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact. You will be exposed to a broad range of work and will partner with key stakeholders across the company, not only legal colleagues in the US, but our People, Finance, Tax, Treasury, GTM, Marketing and Revenue teams.
About the role:
- Commercial: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including, customer, vendor and partnership contracts.
- Corporate: Support with post-formation formalities and on-going international subsidiary compliance, M&A, and other corporate-support work in partnership with our Corporate Legal team in the US.
- Employment & Mobility: Advise on employment issues, policies, and cross-border matters, working with the People team and external counsel where needed. Support immigration-related legal work to mobilise and manage a global workforce across EMEA, ensuring compliance with local requirements.
- Collaboration: Partner closely with the US Legal team and business stakeholders globally to ensure consistency of legal risk management and enable our international growth.
- Operational: Contribute to the development of scalable processes, templates, and playbooks.
Who You Are:
- Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with 3+ years PQE gained from training at a top-tier law firm, and with in-house experience at a high-growth technology company
- Strong grounding in at least commercial, employment, and corporate law gained from working in-house at scaling tech companies
- Demonstrated ability to manage a broad workload across multiple legal areas and jurisdictions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner effectively with colleagues around the world
- Pragmatic, solutions-focused approach and sound commercial judgment, able to balance legal risk mitigation with key business objectives and tasks
Preferred:
- Demonstrable experience with employment law in EU member states and supporting mobility-related work across EMEA and/or APAC is a strong plus
- Dual-qualification from a European jurisdiction (such as Spain, Norway, or Sweden) is desirable, but not essential.
Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
- You love to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, no matter the task
- You’re curious about building the essential cloud for AI and helping to enable the growth of the company internationally
- You’re an expert in providing legal support in a fast-paced, high-growth, scaling technology business
Why CoreWeave?
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
- Be Curious at Your Core
- Act Like an Owner
- Empower Employees
- Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
- Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The base salary range for this role is £80,000 to £110,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).
To fulfil our obligation to protect client data, successful applicants offered employment with CoreWeave will be required to complete a basic criminal record check, conducted in compliance with GDPR. Employment offers are conditional upon receiving satisfactory check results
What We Offer
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:
- Family-level Medical Insurance
- Family-level Dental Insurance
- Generous Pension Contribution
- Life Assurance at 4x Salary
- Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Work culture focused on innovative disruption
Benefits may vary by location.
Our Workplace
While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration
CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
CoreWeave does not accept speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of CoreWeave and your Terms & Conditions associated with the use of CVs will be considered null and void.
Any unsolicited CVs sent by your company to us – that is to say, in any situation where we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy – will be considered by us to be a “free gift”, leaving us liable for no fees whatsoever should we choose to contact the candidate directly and engage the candidate’s services, and will in no way establish any prior claim by your company to representation of that candidate should the candidate’s details also be submitted by any other party.
Export Control Compliance
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.