Senior Legal Counsel

PXC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications provider is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join their team in Manchester. The role involves providing legal support across various commercial and corporate matters, ensuring compliance while enabling strategic business goals. The ideal candidate will have strong negotiation skills, in-house experience, and a solid understanding of technology and media law. The company offers a flexible working environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including private healthcare and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

PXC Flex benefit

Hybrid working policy

25 days holiday plus extra days

Free private healthcare

Competitive pension scheme

Free broadband for all employees

Flexible salary sacrifice scheme

Inclusive employee networks

Qualifications

• Provide legal support in commercial and corporate law.
• Advise on non-standard commercial transactions and dispute resolution.
• Work autonomously and in a team on strategic matters.

Responsibilities

• Support stakeholders on contract negotiation and governance.
• Anticipate and mitigate legal risks while enabling commercial opportunities.
• Collaborate with various teams to align legal support with business goals.

Skills

Commercial experience

Strong influencing and negotiation skills

Excellent plain English writing and drafting skills

Ability to work autonomously

Technology, media and telecoms knowledge

In-house experience

Training at respected law firm

Job description

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Talent Acquisition Leader | Strategic Sourcing, Process Improvement, EVP & Brand, People Leadership, DEI, Data & Insights

We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.

Born from the combination of Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s wholesale services and national network business, we operate across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and Skopje, North Macedonia).

Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.

About the Role

PXC legal sit within the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance teams at PXC, reporting to the Chief Corporate Services Officer. We work closely with the Finance, Security, Supply and Partnerships, Wholesale Product and Commercial teams, and the wider business as needed.

Our lawyers are commercial advisers; passionate about the law but integrated and aligned to the priorities of PXC. Working to support the network and its wholesale customer base, you will provide timely, accurate legal support, enabling the business to meet its strategic goals whilst maintaining compliance with law and regulation.

What you will be working on

• As a valued member of the team, the senior stakeholders of the business will rely upon your legal expertise as well as your ability to rationalise, explain and simplify issues.
• You should expect a broad exposure to many areas of mainly commercial and corporate law, advising the business in a wide context of its day-to-day and strategic priorities, as well as ad hoc advice on other matters from time-to-time.
• Whilst working in within a close team environment on strategic matters, you should be comfortable to work autonomously on your day-to-day activities.
• Support stakeholders on non-standard commercial transactions including contract negotiation, dispute resolution, legal/commercial support, internal reporting and governance within the business.
• Demonstrate an ability to anticipate and mitigate legal risks whilst supporting commercial opportunities.
• You will report to PXC’s General Counsel.

What will make you successful in your role?

• Commercial experience
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent plain English writing and drafting skills
• The ability to work autonomously, as well as within a close-knit team
• In-house experience
• Technology, media and telecoms knowledge
• Training at respected law firm

How we look after our employees

• Our brand new “PXC Flex” benefit launched in January 2025, which includes Flex30, an additional 30 hours* of leave every year for you to use how you wish
• Our hybrid working policy offers you flexibility to work from home 60% of the time, with the other 40% connecting with your colleagues in one of our accessible and collaborative office spaces
• A starting holiday allowance of 25 days* holiday and up to 10 extra days* leave via our holiday purchase scheme
• Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus
• Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and births
• Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym, electric car scheme and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash
• A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC

(* Days and hours are based on a full-time employee’s working pattern and leave is pro-rated for part-time employee)

At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.

We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Telecommunications

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