(Senior) Legal Counsel - Sports Sector - Regulation/Governance/Corporate Compliance

J Matthews Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global brand in the sports sector as a Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel. This diverse role focuses on regulation, governance, and compliance, allowing significant autonomy in your caseload. With opportunities for internal career progression, this hybrid job offers competitive remuneration and significant stakeholder interaction.

Qualifications

• Significant prior experience in the sports sector.
• Qualified as a UK Solicitor or in another Common Law jurisdiction.
• Prior in-house experience not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Work on diverse Regulation, Governance, and Corporate Compliance matters.
• Run own caseload with autonomy and report to the General Counsel.
• Engage with stakeholders across all business levels.

Skills

Regulation

Governance

Corporate Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Education

Qualified UK Solicitor or Lawyer in a Common Law jurisdiction

Job description

Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel - sports sector - Regulation/Governance/Corporate Compliance focus

Do you want to work for a household global brand name in the sports sector?

Client

You will be working for one of the world's most instantly recognisable and globally iconic brand name organisations.

Role

You will undertake an extremely diverse and broad role, working principally on a wide range of Regulation, Governance and Corporate Compliance focused matters.

You will report directly into the General Counsel and you will be given large amounts of autonomy to run with your own caseload from the off. You will have direct exposure to all levels of stakeholders from within the business. You will have fantastic opportunities for internal career progression and development.

You will be rewarded with a highly competitive remuneration package.

You will be able to undertake elements of remote/home working in this hybrid role.

You

You will have significant prior experience in the sports sector. This role is open to exact prior PQE levels. You will be either be qualified as a UK Solicitor or as a Lawyer in another Common Law jurisdiction. Prior in-house experience is not a pre-requisite for this position.

Please note that we will respond to your application directly should we wish to discuss this opportunity further with you. By replying to or applying for this role you acknowledge that due to the volume of applications anticipated to be received not all applications can be replied to.