Junior Legal Counsel - Open Cosmos This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Open Cosmos and our selected partners use cookies and similar technologies (together “cookies”) that are necessary to present this website, and to ensure you get the best experience of it. If you consent to it, we will also use cookies for analytics purposes. See our Cookie Policy to read more about the cookies we set. You can withdraw and manage your consent at any time, by clicking “Manage cookies” at the bottom of each website page. Accept all cookies Decline all non-necessary cookies Cookie preferences Select which cookies you accept On this site, we always set cookies that are strictly necessary, meaning they are necessary for the site to function properly. If you consent to it, we will also set other types of cookies. You can provide or withdraw your consent to the different types of cookies using the toggles below. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time, by clicking the link “Manage Cookies”, which is always available at the bottom of the site. To learn more about what the different types of cookies do, how your data is used when they are set etc, see our Cookie Policy . Strictly necessary These cookies are necessary to make the site work properly, and are always set when you visit the site. Vendors Teamtailor Analytics These cookies collect information to help us understand how the site is being used. Vendors Teamtailor Accept these cookies Decline all non-necessary cookies Skip to main content common--header--menu#toggle" data-common--header--menu-target="button" > Career menu Employee Log in as employee Candidate Log in to Connect Share page Facebook X LinkedIn Mail Exec · EXEC · Harwell, UK, Barcelona, Spain · Hybrid Junior Legal Counsel Apply for this job Aim high, go beyond! At Open Cosmos, we’re on a mission to make space accessible for everyone. We design, build and operate satellites that help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges — from climate monitoring to connectivity. We’re scaling rapidly across Europe and beyond, and with that growth comes increasing complexity, opportunity, and ambition. As a result we are now looking for a Junior Legal Counsel to join our team and support the commercial and operational activity behind our missions. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys working close to the business, taking ownership of their work, and contributing to innovative space projects in a fast-growing international company. What You’ll be doing The focus of
the role is day-to-day commercial legal work, while also contributing to more complex and innovative projects in the space sector. Working closely with the General Counsel, you’ll manage your own matters end-to-end, collaborating with teams across the business to deliver practical, commercially focused legal advice. You’ll Be: Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including NDAs, procurement contracts and customer agreements Supporting commercial transactions with appropriate supervision Providing legal support on complex space-related projects and transactions Managing assigned legal matters independently while escalating risks when needed Working closely with teams across the business — including Revenue, Procurement and Supply Chain — to provide pragmatic legal advice Translating legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders What You’ll Bring Practitioner-level expertise in Spanish law Experience working with commercial contracts Working knowledge of English law in practice Full professional proficiency in both English and Spanish A genuine interest in working in the Space Sector This role can be based in either Spain or the UK. To apply, you must have the legal right to work in your chosen location. Please submit your application and CV in English Why Open Cosmos? Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe. A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges. A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team. Division Exec Department EXEC Locations Harwell, UK, Barcelona, Spain Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time About Open Cosmos Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving customer problems with insights from space. Whether this is monitoring agricultural yields, assessing the damage of oil spills or providing navigation solutions, we believe that data from satellites is the most effective and sustainable way of achieving this. Apply for this job Exec · EXEC · Harwell, UK, Barcelona, Spain · Hybrid Junior Legal Counsel Loading application form Career site Data & privacy Manage cookies Employee login Candidate Connect login Already working at Open Cosmos? Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague. Log in Applicant tracking system by Teamtailor
Location
Didcot, GB
Total raised
$63.0M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
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