Senior Legal Counsel

This is a hybrid role based in London, Canary Wharf.

The Role
euNetworks is seeking an experienced, commercially minded Senior Legal Counsel to join its Legal team in London.

This is a senior role within an agile and collaborative legal function, supporting euNetworks’ business across the UK and Europe. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading negotiations on complex customer and supplier agreements, supporting strategic network infrastructure projects, and partnering closely with stakeholders across the organisation.

You are be a pragmatic, solutions-focused lawyer with significant experience negotiating sophisticated telecommunications, technology and infrastructure agreements with multinational customers, global cloud and technology providers, international carriers and strategic suppliers.

This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer who enjoys operating in a fast-paced, commercially driven and highly collaborative environment.

What will you be doing?
Reporting to a senior member of the Legal team, you will provide strategic and day-to-day legal support across euNetworks’ business and operations.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Drafting and negotiating complex customer agreements relating to telecommunications, network infrastructure and connectivity services with sophisticated multinational customers, hyperscalers, international carriers and other strategic accounts.
• Supporting complex network infrastructure deployment projects, including real estate, wayleave, construction, engineering and deployment arrangements.
• Negotiating supplier agreements relating to network services, hardware, software and strategic procurement.
• Advising internal stakeholders on legal risk, contractual strategy and dispute management.
• Managing and coordinating external counsel across multiple jurisdictions where required.
• Supporting corporate transactions, strategic initiatives and other business projects.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of legal processes, contract standards and risk management frameworks.
• Supporting telecommunications regulatory and compliance matters across the UK and Europe.
• Mentoring and supporting junior members of the Legal team and contributing to effective project management across legal matters.

What do we want from you?

• Qualified as a lawyer in England & Wales with approximately 6 – 8 years’ post-qualification experience, including experience gained at a leading law firm.
• Excellent academic credentials and strong technical grounding in commercial contract law.
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements with sophisticated multinational customers and strategic suppliers.
• Experience supporting infrastructure deployment, construction and network build projects.
• An understanding of telecommunications, digital infrastructure, technology or network services businesses.
• Sound commercial judgement with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives in a pragmatic and solutions-oriented manner.
• Confidence operating independently, managing complex matters and leading negotiations on business-critical transactions.
• Effective stakeholder management, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and manage multiple competing priorities effectively.

Advantageous to have, but not essential:

• Data Protection experience
• IT Security experience
• Competition Law experience
• Corporate Governance experience
• Additional European language skills

If this position is of interest but you don’t think you meet all of the criteria listed, please consider applying still. euNetworks looks to recruit people with the right attitude, potential and ambition and for the right candidate, we will provide further training and support to enable you to develop in the role.

What can we offer you?
At euNetworks we invest in our people by offering a range of benefits and development opportunities designed to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing. Employees have access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme that promotes mental health and also recognises the importance of work-life balance through initiatives such as a dedicated birthday day off and “give back” days to support volunteering activities. euNetworks’ bonus scheme is linked to both individual contribution and overall company performance with opportunity to overachieve in both areas. In addition, euNetworks operates a flexible hybrid working policy, enabling employees to balance in-office collaboration with remote work, fostering productivity, autonomy and a positive employee experience.

Our Family Friendly Policy delivers enhanced and inclusive parental benefits that can viewed here

Insurances, pensions, leave and additional enhancements are modelled to work with local country provisions, please email [email protected] for more details.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Our company values drive our behaviour and form the basis of how we operate our business. We work as a team promoting a culture of collaboration, trust and respect where every individual is heard.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and commit to providing each individual with the support, continued learning and the tools to achieve their goals and an environment in which they can thrive.

We strive to make the hiring process equitable and accessible for all. Providing candidates with the opportunity to be their true selves and explore how you might thrive at euNetworks. We are a recognised Disability Confident employer and will make provisions where possible to support you through the interview process, if you require any reasonable accommodation through the selection process, please let your Talent Partner know.

What do we do?
euNetworks is a pan-European provider of bandwidth infrastructure services and a vital enabler of Cloud and AI adoption. We’re the leading connectivity partner for data centre companies and their customers in Europe, directly connecting over 600 data centres today. We own and operate 18 metropolitan city networks connected with a high capacity intercity backbone covering 53 cities in 17 countries. A leading provider of cloud connectivity, we directly connect to all major cloud platforms.