Associate Legal Counsel

at  CityFibre

Job Description

As well as having a strong understanding of UK laws and regulations, ideally you’ll be a UK qualified solicitor, ideally with 1-3 years PQE, however excellent candidates with less experience will be considered. You’ll also have:

• Good drafting skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Adaptable and able to manage competing priorities and multiple stakeholder

THIS HYBRID ROLE OFFERS A GREAT BALANCE OF HOME AND OFFICE WORKING. YOU’LL JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES IN YOUR LOCAL OFFICE AT LEAST 3 DAYS A WEEK.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.
What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

As well as having a strong understanding of UK laws and regulations, ideally you’ll be a UK qualified solicitor, ideally with 1-3 years PQE, however excellent candidates with less experience will be considered. You’ll also have:

• Good drafting skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Adaptable and able to manage competing priorities and multiple stakeholders

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Transactional work, including corporate transactions
• Supporting on a wide variety of other legal work which may include litigation, employment, marketing & advertising and compliance
• Drafting and negotiating customer and supplier agreements
• Risk mitigation, horizon scanning and awarenes