Junior Corporate Counsel

Page Personnel; Oxford; Sur place; GBP 54 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

10% bonus

Permanent role

Résumé du poste

Page Personnel is seeking a Junior Corporate Counsel to join a growing in-house legal team in the energy sector. The role covers data protection compliance (UK/EU GDPR), DSARs, and DPIAs, alongside support for the company secretarial function and share plans.

The successful candidate will work across multiple jurisdictions, handle due diligence, and contribute to policy development within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in data protection compliance (UK/EU GDPR), DSARs or DPIAs.
• Strong knowledge of company law and company secretarial practice.
• Experience in corporate, commercial or compliance practice is ideal.

Responsabilités

• Support data protection compliance, DSARs, DPIAs and related queries.
• Assist with company secretarial tasks: board/shareholder resolutions, director appointments, AGMs, statutory registers and filings.
• Administer the Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and share capitalisations.
• Support IP and data governance: trade marks, copyright, licensing, and data licensing reviews.
• Develop and review compliance policies (AB&C, Modern Slavery, Sanctions, AML, Competition, Privacy).
• Maintain compliance trackers and regulatory filings; support corporate transactions and due diligence.
• Provide broader legal/compliance support including KYC, audit support, authorities, powers of attorney, digital signatures, insurance renewals, new market entry.

Connaissances

Data protection

GDPR experience

Regulatory compliance

Corporate law

Formation

Qualified lawyer or SQE candidate

Outils

AI tools

Description du poste

• Chance to join a growing in house legal team
• Join a strong brand

About Our Client

My client is a well known organisation that operates in the Energy sector

Job Description

• Support a leading energy market analytic's and consulting business with day-to-day compliance with data protection laws and regulations (including UK and EU GDPR), including handling DSARs, assisting with DPIAs and LIAs, implementing advice from the Group Data Protection Officer and responding to business queries.
• Support the group's company secretarial function, including preparing board and shareholder resolutions, coordinating director appointments and removals, managing AGMs, maintaining statutory registers and making UK and international subsidiary filings.
• Assist with the administration of the company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP), including preparing and managing documentation for share issues and leaver transfers, and maintaining the share capitalisation table.
• Support the legal team's intellectual property and data governance work streams, including managing the trade mark portfolio, assisting with copyright and licensing queries, and reviewing third-party data sources and licensing arrangements.
• Assist with the development, implementation and annual review of compliance policies and training programmes, including Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Modern Slavery, Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, Competition Law and Privacy policies.
• Help maintain the company's compliance framework, ensuring trackers are kept up to date and regulatory filings are completed on time.
• Support the team on corporate transactions, including due diligence processes, transaction documentation and post-completion integration activities.
• Provide broader legal and compliance support, including KYC and due diligence requests, audit support, maintenance of delegated authority structures and powers of attorney, management of digital signature certificates, document legalisation, insurance renewals, new market entry projects and other ad hoc legal matters.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Junior Corporate Counsel should have:

• A newly qualified lawyer with several year's practical legal experience; candidates working towards qualification via the SQE are encouraged to apply.
• Experience gained within a corporate, commercial or compliance practice at a law firm, or in-house at an international business.
• Practical experience of data protection compliance (e.g. UK/EU GDPR), such as handling DSARs, DPIAs or data protection queries, is essential.
• A good working knowledge of the fundamentals of company law and company secretarial practice.
• The ability to work across multiple jurisdictions and a willingness to liaise with local advisers and colleagues in different time zones.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to identify risk and compliance issues and to know when to elevate them.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple work streams and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with using AI tools (e.g. generative AI assistants and legal technology platforms) to work efficiently, with an understanding of their limitations and the importance of reviewing outputs and protecting confidential and personal data.

What's on Offer

• £60,000 annual base salary DOE.
• 10% performance linked annual bonus.
• Permanent position, with a start date from December 2026 onwards.