Legal Senior Legal Counsel Permanent / Full-Time London, UK View position

Vorboss Limited; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vorboss Limited is seeking a commercially minded Senior Legal Counsel to join a growing in-house legal team. The ideal candidate will provide practical legal advice on various matters, negotiate contracts, and support compliance initiatives. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on engineering excellence and customer service, making a significant impact on the company’s operations and overall culture.

Benefits

Employee Share Plan

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Income Protection

Mental health support

Cycle to work scheme

Half price gym memberships

Free eye test

Travel loan

Salary management app

Qualifications

• 6-10 years PQE with experience in a reputable law firm.
• Knowledge of commercial contracts and legal drafting.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal advice to business colleagues.
• Prepare and negotiate agreements and documentation.
• Assist with corporate and compliance tasks.

Skills

Legal drafting

Commercial contracts

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Qualified Solicitor

Relevant law degree

Job description

Vorboss is building London’s next-generation business fibre network. This is a responsibility that we take seriously; we understand that for most businesses, reliable fibre internet is as important as heat, electricity, and water. We want to completely change the fibre network in London (and beyond), and we’re on the hunt for smart, talented people to join us.

At Vorboss, we do the right thing—no matter what. Our unwavering focus on engineering excellence and unrivalled commitment to customer service is trusted by the most important organisations across the UK and Europe in the technology, pharmaceutical, financial, and e-commerce industries.

We’re proud to have earned one of the best reputations in the industry, and it is essential to us that we maintain that reputation as we grow. Our team is tight knit and highly talented. We trust each other to do the right thing, take responsibility, and be a champion for our collective success.

We’re looking for talented, smart people to join us as we embark on this exciting period of growth. Our vision for Vorboss is to be ‘the best job that someone ever had’, regardless of how long they stay with us, and promise to provide a supportive workplace based on respect and trust.

Role overview:

We are looking for a 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.

Key responsibilities:

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.

- 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.

The right candidate:

- 6-10* years PQE with at least 2 years’ experience of working in a reputable 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

You may not meet every single desired requirement listed under "the right candidate" section . If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

- Employee Share Plan-Once an employee at Vorboss, we offer the opportunity to become a share holder in the company.

- Company pension scheme.

- 25 days of annual leave allowance that increases with years served(excluding bank holidays).

- Life assurance.

- Income Protection.

- Access to Spill, our mental health support partner.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Half price gym memberships through the healthcare provider.

- Free eye test.

- Travel loan.

- Hastee app, to help manage your salary and finance

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.