Join our Team as a Legal Counsel
Location: Whiteley, Hampshire
Salary: Competitive
Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:30pm
About the role:
Are you ready to provide practical and commercial legal advice in a dynamic environment? As a Legal Counsel at Onecom, you'll work closely with our legal team to support the business with varied legal enquiries, contract management, and regulatory compliance.
What makes you a great fit:
Experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
Excellent understanding of contract law
Ability to review and report on complex contracts
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the business
Strong analytical skills
Commercial and financial awareness
Proficiency in Outlook, Word, and Excel
Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload
Enthusiastic, dynamic, and proactive approach
Comfortable working collaboratively in a small legal team
Comfortable working closely with executive and senior management
Delivers high standards consistently
Takes on and achieves targets and project deadlines reliably
Focuses on solutions and tackles challenges on own initiative
Communicates in an open, candid, complete, and consistent manner
Key responsibilities:
Act as the first point of contact for varied legal enquiries from the business
Advise internally and instruct external counsel
Manage legal matters and projects
Review, amend, and negotiate contracts with third parties
Draft sales contracts, NDAs, and various other agreements
Maintain and update standard legal documents
Manage the contract process through to completion
Maintain corporate records and handle Companies House filings
Keep up to date with upcoming legal and regulatory changes
Advise the business on regulatory and compliance matters
Update company documentation
Perks for our People:
Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays and buy/sell options
Other Leave: Birthday day off, 12 paid hours for flexible use, Volunteer day
EV Scheme: Lease a brand-new electric car
Lifestyle: 9% combined pension contribution and 4x salary life assurance
Rewards: Quarterly and annual employee awards, discounts on tech
Socials: All-expenses-paid company events
Development: In-House Training Academy
Wellbeing: 24/7 access to mental health support, Calm App, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, free breakfast & fresh fruit, eye-care vouchers, financial wellbeing support
Who we are:
Onecom is an award-winning provider of Communication Technology, trusted by UK organisations to deliver Simply Brilliant Customer Experiences.
Our values:
We champion our values in everything we do: Innovation, Integrity, Ambition, Knowledge, Inspiration.
ED&I:
We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates to complete our equality monitoring form as part of the application process. Responses are anonymous and help inform our future initiatives