Legal Counsel

About the role

The Legal Counsel will provide commercially focused legal advice across the business, supporting commercial operations, telecommunications regulatory matters, network and technology contracts, corporate governance, disputes and general legal risk management.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including network infrastructure, sharing, interconnection, roaming, tower, fibre, technology, managed services, vendor supply, software, cloud, licensing, distribution and enterprise contracts.
• Advise on telecommunications and ICT laws, support compliance with operating licences, spectrum, interconnection and infrastructure sharing requirements, and monitor regulatory developments.
• Provide day‑to‑day legal advice to Commercial, Network, Technology, Finance, Procurement, HR and Operations teams, and support new products, services and strategic initiatives.
• Assist with corporate transactions, partnerships, joint ventures, due diligence for investments and acquisitions.
• Guide data protection, privacy and cybersecurity compliance, consumer protection legislation and internal compliance programmes.
• Manage commercial disputes, coordinate litigation and arbitration with external counsel, and advise on dispute strategy and settlement options.

Required profile

• Qualified lawyer with strong commercial experience.
• Preferably previous experience within a mobile network operator, telecommunications operator or broader TMT environment.

Required skills