Legal Counsel

InPost UK; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider is searching for a Legal Counsel to join their dynamic Legal team. This hybrid position based in Liverpool or London focuses on providing commercial and legal advice, managing contracts, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate is a qualified lawyer with 4+ years of experience, capable of navigating a fast-paced environment and supporting business growth across commercial partnerships. This role promises both challenges and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave

Vitality Health Care

Work from Anywhere

Enhanced Parental Leave

Rail Loan

Volunteering Days

Hybrid Working

Bring Your Dog to Work Day

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with approximately 4+ years of PQE, preferably in-house.
• Strong understanding of business dynamics and legal outcomes.
• Exceptional drafting and contract negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial and contract advice across the business.
• Review, draft and negotiate key commercial contracts.
• Manage litigation and compliance day-to-day.

Skills

Legal expertise

Commercial acumen

Contract delivery

Stakeholder management

Resilience and adaptability

Education

Qualified lawyer (England and Wales or common law)

Job description

Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we’re looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Legal team!

Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK’s leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and the launch of our transformative Send service, we’re bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel.

At InPost UK, we’re building an unparalleled group of talent that’s committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale‑up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We’re a passionate bunch with high ambition – we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.

About the role

We are excited to welcome a talented lawyer to our in‑house Legal team at InPost UK to provide legal advice / support across the group. Reporting to our Director of Legal you'll be part of a supportive, down‑to‑earth, high quality legal team. Your work will be highly varied – while your primary focus will be supporting our commercial and network teams to drive business growth across our locker and home delivery networks as well as eCommerce partnerships, you will also collaborate with other core functions and contribute to impactful initiatives across the business.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a lawyer looking to further develop their in‑house expertise in a rapidly evolving company. At InPost, we are truly revolutionising the traditional delivery landscape through the quality of our technology, people, products and partnerships. If you're excited by the idea of being part of a business that is positively impacting the daily lives of the people around you, while having both the autonomy and support to do your best work, this is the role for you.

What you’ll be doing

• Business Partnering: Provide clear and practical commercial and contract advice across all levels of the business, particularly with our commercial, marketing and logistics teams.
• Contract Delivery: Review, draft and negotiate key commercial contracts across retail partners, suppliers and our locker estate network in partnership with senior leadership and sales teams.
• Litigation and Compliance: Support with general claims and litigation management while managing business compliance day‑to‑day.
• Company Secretarial: Provide support as required including managing administrative duties and maintaining statutory records.
• Continuous Improvement: Critically review, refine and update precedents library and playbooks as well as business processes.
• Innovation Support: Partner with the wider legal team offering advice on new product design and launches.
• Regulatory Foresight: Stay ahead of legal and regulatory developments to ensure InPost is well‑prepared for the future.

There's always more to a role than a job description! We look forward to sharing more with you should you progress through the application process.

What we need from you

• Legal Expertise: You’re a qualified lawyer (qualified in England and Wales or another common law jurisdiction) with ~4+ years’ PQE having trained with a reputable law firm – in‑house experience is preferred.
• Commercial Acumen: You blend deep legal knowledge with a solid understanding of business dynamics, always looking to align legal outcomes with commercial objectives.
• Contract Delivery: Stellar drafting skills and experience negotiating commercial contracts.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience partnering with commercial teams at all levels of seniority, with the ability to distil complex legal issues into clear and actionable business advice. You build relationships through credibility and great natural rapport.
• Resilience and Adaptability: You can navigate ambiguity with a cool head, have a high level of accountability and approach working in an ever‑changing environment with humour and determination.

This is a hybrid role based in our central London or Liverpool office 2‑3 days per week.

We’re looking for people who are ready for a fast paced environment, get their kicks out of problem solving and can balance getting today's stuff done, whilst building for the future. We’re looking for people with drive and natural curiosity – who want to do things differently. And do them brilliantly.

Perks of the job

• 🌞 Enhanced Annual Leave – 26 Days Plus the Option to Buy Additional Days per year – More time for you to relax, explore, and enjoy life.
• 🌟 Vitality Health Care – Stay healthy and happy with our top‑notch health coverage.
• 🌍 Work from Anywhere – 4 Weeks per year – Embrace the freedom to work remotely abroad for up to 4 weeks per year, allowing you to explore new horizons while staying connected.
• 👶 Enhanced Parental Leave – We support you during those precious family moments.
• 🚊 Rail Loan – Commute with ease! Purchase an annual season ticket, expense it through our InPost expenses procedure, and enjoy a more affordable interest‑free repayment over the year.
• 🌳 Volunteering Days – Take a paid day to make a difference in your community.
• 🏡 Hybrid Working (Role suitability dependent) – We innovate, collaborate and optimise by coming together 3 days per week in the office.
• 🐶 Bring Your Dog to Work Day (Every Friday) – Make every Friday pawsitively amazing!

The InPost process

We pride ourselves on our candidate experience. We want to make this as straightforward as possible, for you and for us! We will try our best to get back to you within a few days to let you know if we’d like to take you to the first stage. This normally involves a 20 minute chat with our Talent Team. If we both feel the connection, you’ll then go through another one or two stages, depending on the level of the role.

At InPost, we love uniqueness. Our strength is our people.

We strive to create an open, equal, inclusive environment in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish and be themselves.