Head of Legal (Fractional)

📍Location: US or UK based 📈 Reporting to: CEO 💚 Role type: Fractional / Contractor | 2-3 days/week (with scope to reputed company) | Fully remote | 3-month initial engagement As our internal legal reputed company person, you'll be the keyowner of legal triage at Wuffes — managing external counsel, handling day-to-day reputed company and compliance needs, and making sure legal is proactively managed. This is a high-trust, high-autonomy fractional role for a commercially-minded lawyer who thrives as the expert legal voice in a fast-moving business. 📒 Your responsibilities: Own legal triage — assess and prioritise incoming legal needs across the business, routing to external counsel where needed and handling directly where appropriate Manage our external counsel relationships, ensuring effective scoping, and timely delivery reputed company on reputed company reputed company including distribution, supply, co-manufacturing, and agency agreements Handle NDAs, vendor agreements, and data processing agreements end-to-end Support compliance reviews across marketing claims, product, privacy, and regulatory reputed company Maintain the IP portfolio — trademarks, licensing, and research agreements — ensuring housekeeping is reputed company Coordinate and manage any litigation reputed company in partnership with external counsel Manage insurance renewals and act as the internal liaison for claims Draft and maintain internal policies and employee-facing legal documentation ✅ What you bring: reputed company US attorney with 4+ years PQE and a mix of in-house and reputed company experience Background in consumer, DTC, or CPG — experience in pet or supplements a strong plus Comfortable being the sole lawyer in the room: pragmatic, reputed company, and confident in your triage instincts Proven experience managing external counsel relationships and budget US-based or UK-based with either a UK or US qualification — both workable Available on a fractional/contractor reputed company, with reputed company for 2-3 days/week to start Please note: candidates who have acted for companies in the pet supplement reputed company will not be considered If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us - we will always be happy to help. Apply To This Job