Senior Legal Counsel

We are looking for commercially minded Senior Legal Counsel to join a growing in-house team. The successful candidate will report directly to our General Counsel and will be responsible for providing assistance on a wide variety of legal, compliance and regulatory matters.

(Please note that this list is not exhaustive)

This is an exciting time to be joining a fast-growing company and being able to gain invaluable legal experience across a breadth of areas.

As our general commercial lawyer, you will:

• Provide high quality, practical and commercial advice/guidance to colleagues across the business, including the senior management team, on a wide variety of legal related queries and contracts.
• Oversee and/or assist with preparing and negotiating various agreements, T&Cs and other documentation, for example, with customers, suppliers, contractors, landowners and local authorities.
• Support the development, implementation and enforcement of company policies and procedures including providing internal training and guidance.
• Instruct and liaise with external counsel on specific projects.
• Oversee and/or assist with a broad range of corporate, compliance, regulatory and company policy related tasks.
• Help to embed/reinforce Vorboss’ culture of Doing the Right Thing.
• To take on any other duties which are within your skills and abilities.
• Note: The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

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• 4-7* years PQE with at least 2 years’ experience of working in a strong UK law firm
• Thorough knowledge of legal drafting and experience of working on a wide range of commercial contracts and matters.
• Experience in a telecom / TMT and/or regulatory environment would be desirable but not essential.
• An ability to work within a fast paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work autonomously on assigned projects and tasks.
• Excellent planning and organising ability in coping with a demanding workload.
• Adaptable and able to work on a variety of matters at any one time.

*other levels of PQE will be considered for someone with relevant experience.

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Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We aim to create a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued.

This commitment includes training managers and all other employees about their rights and responsibilities under the equality, diversity, and inclusion policy. Responsibilities include staff conducting themselves to help the organisation provide equal opportunities in employment, and prevent bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination.

Vorboss promotes step-free access at our main headquarters, whilst taking into consideration physical barriers employees might face across all other sites.

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