Legal Counsel

Optoma; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading visual solutions provider is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join their team in Hemel Hempstead. The role involves providing legal support across multiple jurisdictions, managing commercial contracts, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate should possess a law degree, relevant in-house or private practice experience, and excellent communication skills. This hybrid role offers competitive benefits, including medical insurance and extensive holidays.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental cover

Pension

Up to 30 days holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience working in-house or in private practice in the UK or foreign qualified.
• Minimum 1-3 PQE.
• Desirable: GDPR/ISO 27001 experience.

Responsibilities

• Supporting leadership with commercial contracts and legal compliance.
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Supporting legal governance and compliance including GDPR.

Skills

Excellent English written communication

Excellent English verbal communication

Attention to detail

Client focused

Independent and self-motivated

Fluent in French or German

Education

University degree in Law

Job description

Overview

Vacancy: Legal Counsel - Hybrid Working 50% in Hemel Hempstead Head Office (HP1 2UJ) and 50% Remote
Posted on 06/08/2025

About Optoma

A passionate, customer-focused brand, Optoma products captivate, inspire and connect people for a better experience. Optoma Europe Ltd. has headquarters in the UK with regional offices throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) territory. Optoma provides reliable and innovative visual solutions for customers and partners. We bring people together through captivating visual experiences, serving customers who demand seamless, innovative technology to tell their stories. We make our customers’ dreams possible. As a global leader in large display technologies, Optoma combines cutting-edge design and engineering to deliver visual display solutions from the home to the office, classroom and commercial spaces.

Remuneration

Working for Optoma, you can expect a competitive salary with additional corporate benefits such as medical insurance, dental cover, pension and up to 30 days holiday per year - subject to service requirements.

Job Description

We are looking to enhance our operations with the addition of an experienced in-house legal counsel to support the Optoma Europe Ltd. business activities, which play a pivotal role in our global company and a lead for business transformation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of implementing new processes and policies, as well as leading in the management of the commercial needs of the company in multiple jurisdictions. We are seeking a legal professional who can align with and support our EMEA business strategy by delivering practical in-house legal solutions and effective risk mitigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting Optoma EMEA leadership and senior management team with commercial contracts and legal compliance across multiple regions
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts with both suppliers and clients
• Support and guidance with all legal and litigious matters and monitoring regulatory developments
• Support with general legal governance and compliance including GDPR, ISO and offering legal input on environmental compliance matters in collaboration with relevant internal stakeholders
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders in EMEA regions

Qualifications

• Key Skills & Experience:
  • University degree in Law
  • Relevant practical experience in private practice, in-house in the UK or foreign qualified
  • Minimum 1-3 PQE
  • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent English drafting skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Independent and self-motivated
  • Client focused
  • Desirable: GDPR/ISO 27001 experience
  • Employment law experience
  • Policy drafting/management experience
  • Second language: Fluent in French or German
  • Experience working with the distribution of goods across the EU/EEA is highly advantageous