--- title: 'Legal Counsel at GetGround' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/legal-counsel-getground-london-yqyp50ar6343' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-21' --- # Legal Counsel at GetGround - **Company:** GetGround - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-21 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/getground/9be36492-7f83-4ca0-9617-9bb3b240043a ## Job description We’re looking for a Legal Counsel to join GetGround’s Legal, Risk & Compliance team, giving practical, commercially minded legal and regulatory advice as we scale. You’ll advise on commercial contracts, product questions, partnerships, regulatory matters and disputes, and work on projects that strengthen the function as the business grows. You’ll be a trusted partner to teams across GetGround and a key part of how we manage risk day to day. The Opportunity GetGround operates at the intersection of fintech, proptech and wealthtech. We have £2Bn+ in assets on platform, 30,000+ users across 70 countries, and a portfolio of regulated products spanning mortgages, property management, and investment tools. We are the first end-to-end real estate investment offering, making the dream of owning property accessible to everyone, globally. We're building the future of asset ownership and in doing so, helping to address wealth inequality. As we continue to grow, our legal, risk and compliance needs are growing with us. You'll play a central role in keeping the business legally sound, moving quickly, and operating with integrity. This would be a great opportunity for a lawyer who wants to work on genuinely varied, interesting matters in a collaborative and supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and grow ## What You'll Be Doing Commercial and Contracts - Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including supplier agreements, partnership contracts, and customer terms - Advise business teams on contractual risk and help them make informed decisions quickly - Maintain and improve GetGround's contract templates, playbooks, and standard terms - Support the management of external counsel on matters requiring specialist input Product and Regulatory - Provide legal input on new product features, customer journeys, and platform changes - Advise on FCA regulatory requirements as they apply to GetGround's products and services - Support compliance reviews of customer-facing content and regulated communications - Help track relevant regulatory developments and flag implications for the business Corporate and General Legal - Support on corporate matters including fundraising, corporate governance, and company secretarial work - Advise on data protection and privacy matters, including GDPR compliance - Provide general legal support across the business on employment, IP, and operational matters - Help build scalable legal processes, templates, and training materials ## About You You're a UK qualified solicitor with around 2+ years PQE and some in-house experience. You bring: - A high level of attention to detail, and strong legal drafting skills - Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills, with an eye for detail - A good understanding of digital law, the tech regulatory landscape and how regulation applies to fintech or financial services products - Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn and pick up new areas of law quickly - A strong risk radar and commercial mindset, giving the business practical advice, not just legal analysis - Comfort working independently and owning your workload - Clear, concise communication skills, written and verbal and great stakeholder management skills - A collaborative approach and genuine interest in the business, not just the legal matters Highly desirable: - Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products - In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech - Exposure to data protection, GDPR, or privacy work We know that great candidates don't always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we'd encourage you to apply anyway. What we are building: The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally. Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law. - 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male - 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries - Our work on [Design Accessibility](https://medium.com/@GetGround/design-that-works-for-everyone-accessibility-at-getground-a7cf7ca867f0) - Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our [recruitment privacy policy](https://25516403.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25516403/GetGroundRecruitmentPrivacyPolicy.pdf). ## About GetGround ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: GetGround is an all-in-one property investment platform that helps UK landlords and international investors find, finance, and manage buy-to-let properties through limited companies. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Moubin Faizullah-Khan (CEO) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Fintech, Real Estate, Property Technology (PropTech) - Target customers: B2C (UK and international buy-to-let landlords and property investors), B2B (property developers) - Mission or purpose statement: "To make the world's largest asset class more transparent and accessible." ## Products & Services - **GetGround Platform (Core)**: A SaaS platform offering company formation, accounting, tax filing (including HMRC-recognised Making Tax Digital tools), and company management for property-holding limited companies. - **GetGround (Complete)**: An expanded subscription tier that adds lettings and property management, landlord insurance, and dedicated investment consultant support. - **Property Sourcing**: A service (following the acquisition of BuyAssociation) to help investors find, analyse, and compare property deals. - **Mortgage Brokerage**: Services to plan financing, compare lenders, and manage remortgaging. - **Property Intelligence**: An AI-powered tool that allows users to ask questions about deals, yields, and tax in plain language, with answers backed by their property data. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Total Funding**: Raised a Pre-Seed round, a Seed round (led by Salica in 2018), and a Series A round (led by QED Investors in June 2021). The total amount is not publicly listed. - **Key Metric**: Over £3 billion in assets on the platform; 30,000+ customers from 70+ countries. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: QED Investors (lead Series A), Salica (lead Seed). Acquired BuyAssociation in December 2025. - **Growth Signals**: Managing over £3bn in assets; acquired a property sourcing company to expand upstream; strong international customer base; rated 4.7 on Trustpilot. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertical Integration**: Combines company formation, accounting, tax, property sourcing, mortgage brokerage, and lettings management into a single platform, removing the need for multiple third-party providers. - **Regulatory & Tax Expertise**: Deeply integrated with UK tax law (MTD-compliant) and the specific needs of property-owning limited companies, a complex niche. - **International Focus**: Explicitly built for international investors (30k+ customers from 70+ countries), simplifying a process that is notoriously difficult for non-UK residents. - **Tech Stack**: Modern engineering stack (Go, React, TypeScript, GCP, K8s) with a growing focus on AI-native features (Property Intelligence tool). ## Strategic Focus - **Product Expansion**: Deepening the platform's capabilities, particularly in AI-driven property intelligence and upstream property sourcing (post-BuyAssociation acquisition). - **Asset Growth**: Scaling the total value of property and assets managed on the platform (targeting a larger share of the $326tn global property market). - **International Growth**: Continuing to serve and acquire customers from outside the UK who want to invest in the UK property market. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Impact**: The company is working to "upturn a $326tn asset class," offering employees a chance to solve complex problems in a massive, traditionally opaque market. - **Engineering Culture**: A modern tech stack (Go, React, TypeScript, GCP, K8s) with a focus on AI. The team is described as "feedback obsessed" with a "pursuit of excellence." - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Employees represent over 20 nationalities, with 45% identifying as female. The company is committed to equal opportunities. - **Work Model**: Hybrid working model, blending remote work with in-person collaboration. Employees can work abroad for up to 4 weeks annually. - **Benefits**: - Competitive salary and stock options. - Health and dental insurance from day one. - 13 mental health and community days (12 mental health days + 1 community day) on top of annual leave. - Monthly wellness budget for physical, emotional, or financial wellbeing. - Free breakfast daily in offices. - **Offices**: London (HQ), Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Philippines. ## Sources 1. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/about) 2. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/careers) 3. [getground.co.uk](https://www.getground.co.uk/) 4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/getground) 5. 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