Charles L. Howard
Charles L. Howard

Legal Counsel

Actively looking · Member since 21 Oct 2026
Location
United Kingdom
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am a dual-qualified lawyer admitted in New York and England & Wales, with more than four years of in-house legal experience supporting high-growth technology businesses.

I advise founders and operational teams on complex commercial, corporate, regulatory, tax, intellectual property, data privacy, and employment matters across international markets.

My experience includes supporting fintech, HR technology, cybersecurity, and litigation teams. I have led legal work for market expansion in the United States and across the MENA region.

I draft and negotiate technology and SaaS agreements, manage cross-border transactions, and build practical compliance processes for evolving privacy, AI, and financial-services regulations.

I have worked as sole legal counsel and as part of multidisciplinary teams, partnering with external counsel, finance stakeholders, and senior leadership to manage risk while enabling business growth.

I am Oxford-educated and fluent in English, French, and Spanish, with upper-intermediate Portuguese. I bring a commercially focused, technology-aware approach to legal problem-solving.

Skills

26 capabilities

Experience

Career history

Legal Counsel Qlub

Advised a global fintech business on evolving financial regulations and licensing regimes across the MENA region, developing legal solutions for the deployment of new fintech products in challenging jurisdictions.

Led legal support for expansion into the United States, covering corporate, tax, regulatory, and contractual matters. Managed a broad range of contracts, two M&A matters, data-use and intellectual-property issues, and relationships with external counsel and finance partners.

Legal Counsel MeVitae

Drafted IT and SaaS contract templates, including software agreements, NDAs, distribution agreements, and partnership agreements. Negotiated cross-border commercial deals to protect proprietary technology.

Supported US market expansion through the establishment of a Delaware subsidiary and management of state and federal legal and tax compliance. As sole legal counsel, oversaw global privacy processes, ISO 27001-related work, international data transfers, AI regulatory compliance, IP, HR processes, employee handbooks, corporate insurance, and an employment-discrimination compliance initiative.

Litigation Paralegal Candey

Supported a £30 million UK High Court and LCIA contract dispute involving two major litigation funders and unsettled legal issues that attracted legal press attention.

Produced legal research, including a memorandum on arbitration clauses and arbitral appeals that informed case strategy. Prepared and filed court documents, organized case files, managed deadlines, assembled bundles, and took notes at conferences and High Court hearings.

Legal Analyst Netcraft

Drafted and negotiated complex global software agreements for governments, major technology companies, and financial institutions, protecting intellectual property and mitigating liability.

Investigated cybercrime and IP infringement, used UDRP and stakeholder negotiations to remove malicious and infringing content, and developed a cross-border IP database to improve takedown efficiency. Conducted multi-jurisdictional research, client due diligence, GDPR compliance, privacy-policy drafting, DSAR handling, and Data Processing Agreement negotiations.

Education

Learning history

University of Oxford

BA, Jurisprudence (Law)

BA in Jurisprudence (Law). Recipient of the Comparative Private Law Prize.

This professional hasn’t added portfolio projects yet.

This professional hasn’t listed any services yet.

Jobs Talent AI Tools Salaries
Menu