Senior Legal Counsel

Who We Are

At Omaze, we give our community in the UK and Germany the chance to win luxury homes and other life-changing prizes — all while raising money for the causes they love.

Thanks to our Omaze Community, we’ve raised over £100 million for UK charities in just five years. That’s millions helping organisations like Age UK, the RSPCA, British Heart Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity deliver life-saving work.

And the best part? We’re only just getting started. Omaze is building a business and culture committed to growth and creating significant social impact on a global scale.

🔑 About The Job

The Legal team at Omaze is responsible for protecting the company’s interests by providing long-term strategic direction and day-to-day operational support.

Omaze is seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Counsel Property & Prizes to join its UK legal function. The successful candidate will oversee all legal aspects of the property purchasing, prize acquisition, and winner support for the UK business.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage all legal aspects and support required for Omaze UK’s property purchasing, management, and delivery, as part of the company’s Million Pound House Draws.

Manage all legal aspects and support required for acquisition and delivery of all other Omaze UK prizes.

Provide strategic legal advice to the UK Property team on all aspects of property and prizes, and support needed for Omaze prize draw winners.

Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks associated with Omaze UK’s property and prizing processes.

Review property purchase agreements and property history reports to assess and advise on legal risks and solutions.

Manage relationships and spend with external legal counsel, including budget management.

Assist as needed with UK Legal team needs projects and priorities.

🤩 About You

• A qualified lawyer in the UK with 5+ years of experience working in an internationally/nationally recognised law firm and/or in-house legal department.
• Significant experience negotiating and providing legal advice on complex property purchases.
• Law degree.
• Fluent in English required (fluency in another European language a perk).
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Unmatched organisational skills and unyielding attention to detail.

Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Extreme multi-tasker with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Willingness to learn other practice areas.

Willingness to do the tedious, detailed-oriented legal work that keeps Omaze running and can independently exercise sound judgement with minimal supervision.

🙌 What’s In It For You

• Generous stock options scheme
• 25 days annual leave PLUS Bank Holidays
• Private medical and dental insurance
• 9% employer pension contributions, when you contribute at least 2%
• A generous personal learning and development budget each year to use on training courses, conferences and professional memberships
• Personal equipment budget to work from home
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Life assurance of 4x your salary
  
  

Additional Information

⭐ Office Policy: 3 days in person (Holborn)

📝 Contract type: Permanent, full time

DEI Statement

We actively seek out diversity of thought and experience to drive innovation. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives and work hard to ensure that every Omaze employee can bring their authentic self to work at all times.