Senior Legal Counsel

Three Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Three Ireland is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to provide strategic, solution-focused legal advice to support network, IT strategy and infrastructure programmes. You will lead on high-value commercial arrangements for network infrastructure, IT, managed services and supply chains, ensuring risk is managed while enabling business objectives.

You will advise on procurement, supplier governance, IP ownership and licensing, with strong stakeholder management and experience in regulated telecoms

Qualifications

• 7+ years post-qualification experience in commercial/technology law, in-house or private practice.
• Experience negotiating and drafting complex technology, infrastructure and outsourcing agreements.
• Strong risk allocation, liability and indemnity structuring in long-term contracts.
• Experience advising on procurement processes and RFP-based sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations and drafting of high‑value technology, infrastructure, and supply agreements.
• Provide concise, commercially-focused legal advice to technology, procurement and finance teams.
• Advise on strategic sourcing, RFPs, bidding processes and contract structuring.
• Structure service levels, performance regimes and lifecycle obligations in contracts.
• Identify and mitigate legal and commercial risks in long-term arrangements.
• Lead on liability regimes, indemnities, termination, and IP ownership/licensing structures.

Skills

Contract drafting

Technology law

Commercial transactions

Procurement

IP licensing

Regulated environment

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Job description

At Three, we’re all about challenging what’s possible, finding smarter, faster and more agile ways to connect people and technology. Our Legal & Regulatory team plays a critical role in enabling innovation while ensuring we do it responsibly and in line with evolving privacy, AI and data governance obligations.

Join us as a Senior Legal Counsel

The Senior Legal Counsel provides strategic solution-focused legal advice that supports delivery of the company’s business plan, network and IT strategy and large-scale infrastructure programmes. As a key advisor to the business, the Senior Legal Counsel role leads on complex, high-value and long-term commercial arrangements for network infrastructure and IT, managed services and critical supply chains, ensuring that legal and regulatory risk is effectively managed while enabling delivery of business objectives.

What else it involves

The Senior Legal Counsel will:

• Lead the negotiation and drafting of complex, high‑value, multi‑year technology, infrastructure and supply agreements, including network equipment supply, managed services, deployment programmes, and IT software and licensing arrangements;
• Provide clear, concise, timely commercially‑focussed legal advice to Technology, Networks, Procurement and Finance teams in order to support delivery of the company’s network strategy and commercial objectives;
• Support and advise on strategic sourcing and procurement processes, including RFPs, bidding processes and contract structuring, to ensure optimal commercial and risk outcomes;
• Structure and negotiate key contractual frameworks including service levels, performance regimes, milestone delivery, acceptance and testing, warranty and lifecycle obligations;
• Identify, assess and manage legal, commercial and operational risk in large‑scale and long‑term supply and managed services arrangements, including advising on appropriate risk allocation and mitigation strategies;
• Lead negotiations on liability regimes, indemnities, limitation of liability, termination rights (including exit and transition), change control mechanisms, and intellectual property ownership and licensing structures;
• Support governance and internal approval processes for material commercial commitments, ensuring alignment with company and Group policies and risk appetite;
• Advise on supplier performance, disputes, claims and contract variations to ensure the company’s contractual position is protected throughout the lifecycle of key agreements;
• Partner with Regulatory and Compliance teams to ensure that arrangements comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations, including telecommunications, security and data protection requirements;
• Manage and report legal matters in accordance with company and Group policies so that the business operates in line with corporate governance requirements and maintains stakeholder confidence;
• Instruct and manage external lawyers as and when required, including managing legal budget as it relates to specific instructions so that external legal advice is focused, appropriate and provided in a cost‑effective manner.

The Skills we are looking for

Must Have

Minimum 7 years’ post-qualification experience in commercial/technology law in-house or private practice.

Strong experience advising on:

• Negotiating and drafting a range of complex technology, infrastructure, outsourcing, managed services, IT and services and supply contracts,
• Structuring and negotiating large‑scale commercial transactions, including long‑term and high‑value strategic supplier arrangements;
• Risk allocation in complex contracts, including service levels, performance regimes, liability models, indemnities and termination frameworks;
• Advising on procurement processes, including competitive tenders and RFP‑based sourcing;
• Intellectual property ownership, licensing and use in technology and infrastructure contexts;
• Contract lifecycle management, including variation, dispute resolution and supplier management; and
• Advising in a regulated environment, including telecommunications, infrastructure or similarly regulated sectors.

Strong stakeholder management skills, including dealing directly with senior internal clients.

Demonstrated proactive and effective business counselling, issue spotting, problem solving, negotiation and analytical skills representing the business on diverse issues and projects with a proven track record of influencing effectively to build consensus and achieve objectives.

Proven ability and enthusiasm working in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams.

Excellent communicator with ability to explain complex issues with demonstrated ability to identify and communicate broader business and legal risks and opportunities outside of, but relevant to, specific legal projects.

Nice to Have

Knowledge of and experience advising on telecoms regulation and network infrastructure obligations;

Understanding of security, resilience and operational requirements in critical infrastructure environments;

Experience working on cross‑border or multi‑jurisdictional supply arrangements.