Role Summary

NdCare and the Neuro Inclusion Project operate at the intersection of healthcare, digital health, research, and public-sector partnership. These are high-trust, high-scrutiny environments.

We are seeking a Legal Advisor to provide early-stage legal structure, equity hygiene, and risk containment, particularly around:

• equity-based roles
• intellectual property
• regulated health activity
• future investment readiness

This is not a volume legal role.
It is a strategic safety role.

Purpose of the Role

The Legal Advisor exists to:

• Ensure NdCare’s foundations are legally sound and investor-safe
• Prevent avoidable mistakes in equity, IP, and governance
• Support ethical, transparent engagement with contributors and partners
• Enable growth without legal fragility

If this role is done well, nothing dramatic happens... because problems never arise.

Key Responsibilities

1. Equity & Share Structure

Advise on equity-based compensation structures

Support drafting and review of:

• equity-only role agreements
• vesting and cliff arrangements
• advisor agreements

Ensure future EMI scheme eligibility is protected

2. Intellectual Property Protection

• Advise on IP ownership, assignment, and licensing
• Ensure founder and contributor IP is properly protected
• Prevent accidental loss of core IP through informal arrangements

3. Health & Regulatory Risk

Advise on legal boundaries relating to:

• digital health
• therapy and clinical activity
• safeguarding responsibilities

Support clarity around scope of practice and liability exposure

4. Contract & Agreement Review

• Review key contracts, MOUs, and partnership agreements
• Flag risk, ambiguity, or misalignment early
• Ensure agreements reflect ND-affirming, non-extractive principles

5. Investment & Due Diligence Readiness

• Support preparation for seed investment
• Identify and remediate legal risks ahead of diligence
• Advise on board, shareholder, and governance structures

What This Role Is Not

• It is not a general counsel position
• It is not a high-volume contract drafting role
• It is not responsible for operational compliance management
• It is not expected to absorb unmanaged risk

This role provides guidance, guardrails, and escalation, not execution alone.

Equity / Fee Structure

Compensation options:

• Advisor equity: ~0.05–0.25%
• Deferred fees with future conversion
• Hybrid arrangement (to be agreed)
• Vesting: Typically time-bound (12–24 months)
• Time commitment: Ad hoc / quarterly rhythm
• Review point: Annual or milestone-based

All arrangements will be documented clearly and ethically.

Who This Role Is For

This role may suit someone who:

Is a solicitor or legal professional with experience in:

• startups / scale-ups
• equity and share schemes
• health, digital, or regulated sectors

• Understands investor expectations
• Is comfortable advising early-stage, values-led organisations
• Can communicate clearly without legal intimidation

You do not need to agree with everything NdCare does... you need to protect it.

What We Explicitly Welcome

• Clear, plain-English legal advice
• Collaborative, non-alarmist working style
• Honest discussion of risk and trade-offs
• Flexible engagement structure

We value lawyers who prevent problems, not just document them.

Why This Role Matters

Most early-stage ventures fail not because the idea is wrong...
but because the foundations were informal, rushed, or undocumented.

This role ensures NdCare:

• is investable
• is protected
• treats contributors ethically
• does not carry hidden legal debt