In-house Commercial and Real Estate Counsel
Tech Stack
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
In-house Commercial and Real Estate Counsel
London, UK
Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We are transforming the physical world by developing Physical AI-real-world robots for industries such as food, mining, and transport. Our systems aim to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, making complex physical operations more reliable, scalable, and productive.
We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders. We believe the next great technology companies will transform not only information but also the physical systems that shape everyday life.
If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and draft real estate and commercial contracts and documents.
- Provide expert legal advice and counsel to our business, with a focus on real estate and commercial matters.
- Structure, negotiate, and draft documents related to partnerships with restaurants, leasing, acquisition and disposition of real estate assets, and procurement.
- Collaborate with our business to create policies, processes, and best practices for commercial and real estate deals.
- Negotiate commercial contracts with our customers, which includes large enterprises.
- Help set up and maintain corporate entities in new markets.
- Find creative and pragmatic legal and regulatory solutions for our rapidly-growing global business.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with a wide variety of business units.
- Manage outside counsel work and efficiently manage outside counsel spend.
- Support all legal needs of the EMEA business, which includes commercial, corporate, litigation, employment, real estate, and intellectual property issues. At a startup like ours, you will face all kinds of legal issues, not just those confined to your area of expertise. Strong candidates face these questions with an open mind and are willing to work outside their comfort zone to address challenges efficiently and quickly.
Requirements
- Qualified to practice law in a jurisdiction where we do business, including but not limited to, UK, US, FR, IT, SP, PT, or PL.
- Experience: 5-10 years of relevant experience, including experience in the real estate sector in a law firm and/or in-house role within a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Commercial contract negotiation experience is required. Real estate expertise is strongly preferred but not required.
- Skills: Strong analytical, research, and drafting skills, with the ability to navigate complex legal matters and present information directly to key business stakeholders in a professional manner.
- You are:
- Entrepreneurial and take active ownership of your areas of responsibility and see tasks through to completion.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and risk.
- A quick and flexible learner.
- Experienced at communicating with senior leadership.
- Keen to connect with, build, and maintain relationships with colleagues at all levels and across geographies.
- Flexible about working varying hours as needed, working at times with global teams in other time zones.
We Offer
At Atoms, you’ll work on one of the defining challenges of our time-bringing automation into the physical world to drive real, lasting impact. We exist to uncover valuable unknown truths and turn them into progress, which means constantly pushing beyond what’s known and building what doesn’t yet exist. The work is ambitious and often challenging, but it’s grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. Our work only matters if it serves others, and we know that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team-so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.
About the Company
This role is based in our London office. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change-we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.
Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others?
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