Senior Legal Counsel Cambridge, UK

Position Summary: This is a full-time position in our Legal department in our Cambridge office on a hybrid basis (minimum 3 days in the office).

If you’re an ambitious, smart and talented lawyer who enjoys working on a variety of tasks in a fast-growing business, then this is the role for you. The most exciting part of being Senior Legal Counsel at Cycle Pharmaceuticals is the opportunity to be truly instrumental in bringing new, life-changing pharmaceutical treatments to market.

You will also provide legal advice to Cycle Vita, our patient support hub, which aims to deliver life-improving product support tailored to the unique challenges faced by patients throughout their treatment journey. This role is both rewarding and dynamic, presenting fresh challenges with our exciting product pipeline.

You will act as a trusted business partner to teams across Cycle, helping the organisation navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges, while supporting our operations, contracts, processes and policies to meet the highest legal and ethical standards. You will collaborate closely with colleagues across Regulatory, Compliance, Quality, Pharmacovigilance, Patient Support, Supply Chain, Project Management, Marketing, Product and Commercial teams, in the UK and across the USA.

At Cycle, we believe that Every Single Patient Matters
. This is at the heart of why we work and are looking for people to join our team who share our vision. We know that life-changing treatments need life-improving product support to match, because when you put the two together, great things can happen.

Our core focus therapeutic areas include oncology, rare metabolic, immunological, and neurological genetic conditions, where we improve existing drugs, repurpose them for new uses, and bring generics back to market. Using cutting-edge drug delivery technologies, we enhance the efficiency of treatments, offering patients greater freedom and choice. If you want to know more about what we do, then, why not check out our website below and take a look at some of our patient stories:
Patient Stories - Cycle Pharma.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with a significant US presence, Cycle has scaled rapidly and was named one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies by The Sunday Times (Sunday Times 100 2024 & Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025).

• Partner cross-functionally with teams in the UK and across the US to support risk-aware, commercially balanced decision-making.
• Advise on a wide range of matters including but not limited to commercial, corporate, IP and data protection matters.
• Work closely with Compliance function to promote compliance with relevant sector regulations and industry codes.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of contracts including manufacturing agreements, supply agreements, IP licences, distribution agreements, quality agreements, pharmacovigilance agreements, consultancy agreements and confidentiality agreements.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of company policies, procedures and training to strengthen Cycle’s governance framework.
• Support corporate transactions, such as acquisitions and integrations, ensuring alignment with Cycle’s strategic objectives and global operations.
• Conduct legal research, advising on the impact of new or evolving legislation and technology, for example DUAA and AI.
• Support with corporate matters including company secretary functions.

• Qualified solicitor (UK) or equivalent, 5+ years PQE (private practice or in-house),
  OR 2+ years PQE with significant pre-qualification legal experience (e.g. as a paralegal, contract analyst or similar).
• A positive, team-oriented approach to solving problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to adapt and respond to challenging requests and perform diverse tasks to a consistently high standard.
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Ability to provide practical legal advice that supports business and commercial goals.
• Experience or interest advising in commercial, corporate, data protection and IP.
• Famili…