Senior Legal Counsel

About Marcura:

Marcura is a global leader in maritime technology and operations, supporting nearly one‑third of the world’s seaborne commodity trade. Our trusted platforms which span software, data intelligence and payments sit at the centre of digital transformation across the maritime industry.  We are now seeking a Company Secretary to join our high‑impact team and contribute to the success of one of the sector’s most forward‑looking organisations.

Purpose of Role

The Senior Legal Counsel is a senior, hands-on member of the Group Legal team, reporting to the Group General Counsel. The role provides business-focused legal support across Marcura's maritime technology and payments businesses, covering commercial contracting, M&A, financing and corporate matters, and the legal aspects of regulatory change, particularly in payments.

This is an execution-driven role for a lawyer who is comfortable running multiple matters at pace with limited supervision, combining strong drafting and negotiation skills with sound commercial judgement. The postholder will work directly with senior stakeholders, identify regulatory touchpoints in commercial and transactional work, and coordinate specialist and local counsel where needed.

This role covers a broad remit, and we know strong candidates will bring deeper experience in some areas than others. If you are excited by the role but do not tick every box, please apply. We would still like to hear from you.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead commercial contracting across the Group, drafting and negotiating master services agreements, customer and vendor contracts and strategic partnership agreements, and maintaining the related templates and playbooks.
• Run M&A transactions end-to-end, including due diligence, transaction documents, conditions precedent, closing and post-closing integration.
• Support financing and refinancing projects, including reviewing and negotiating facilities agreements, security packages and covenant terms, and managing CP and closing deliverables.
• Support corporate governance across Group entities, including preparing board papers and resolutions and keeping transaction records audit-ready.
• Advise senior stakeholders on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, giving clear, risk-weighted advice aligned with commercial objectives.
• Work with Compliance to build regulatory requirements into commercial contracts (e.g. data security, audit, business continuity, subcontracting and termination), proportionate to the risk.
• Track regulatory change affecting the Group (payments, AML/CTF, sanctions, data and operational resilience) and turn it into practical guidance and playbook updates with minimal disruption to sales cycles.
• Manage pre-litigation disputes and claims, and instruct and supervise litigation counsel where needed.
• Instruct, manage and quality-control specialist and local counsel, delivering integrated, business-ready advice and keeping external spend under control.
• Drive improvements in legal operations, including templates, playbooks, contract management and the use of legal technology and automation.
• Support and mentor junior team members and deliver practical training to commercial teams