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.

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.

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.