General Counsel

• Lead Canonical’s global Legal and Compliance function across EMEA and the Americas
• Build and manage management capability by hiring and developing managers, setting objectives, reviewing performance, and addressing under-performance
• Set the function’s operating cadence, including legal-work intake, prioritization, service expectations, and workload and risk reporting
• Own public-market legal readiness, including corporate governance, group and entity structure, delegated authority, policies, disclosure controls, and records
• Advise the CEO, COO, CFO, Board, and committees
• Own the commercial contracting framework, including templates, negotiating positions, deviation, and escalation processes
• Lead intellectual property and open source licensing strategy, including copyleft, trademark, and Ubuntu and product distribution terms
• Own the global compliance program covering data protection and privacy, export controls and trade compliance, anti-bribery and corruption, competition, and AI regulation
• Manage litigation, disputes, regulatory engagement, external counsel, budget, and quality
• Advise on M&A, partnerships, strategic alliances, and financing