Job Description

Legal Counsel (6 month Fixed-Term-Contract)

Location: Hybrid, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Role Overview

Supporting the General Counsel in the running of the legal department, providing legal support to all areas of the business globally. This will primarily involve being responsible for maintaining precedent legal documents and negotiating customer and supplier contracts. The role will involve providing commercial advice on all legal matters to the business and ensuring the business complies with its legal obligations. There is scope to focus on areas the successful candidate is interested in such as real property, intellectual property, employment and corporate law.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain precedent legal documents and company templates
Negotiate customer and supplier contracts
Provide commercial legal advice on all legal matters
Ensure business compliance with legal obligations
Support multiple global departments with varied legal requests

Requirements

The Person:

Qualified Solicitor: Fully qualified Solicitor (or equivalent UK/international legal qualification) with a strong background in commercial law.
Commercial Contracts: Proven track record drafting and negotiating customer, supplier, and vendor agreements.
Pragmatic Approach: Ability to deliver commercially focused, risk-assessed advice rather than just academic legal theory.
Precedent Management: Experience creating and maintaining standard company templates and precedents.
Adaptable Generalist: Comfortable supporting multiple global departments and prioritising a high volume of varied requests.

Desirable Skills

Intellectual Property & Trademarks
Corporate Law & Governance
Employment Law
Commercial Property/Leaseholds

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
Comprehensive healthcare cash plan
27 days of annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
2 Wellbeing leave days and 2 days dedicated to giving back to your community
Birthday off
Employer pension contribution at 5%
Death in service benefit (4 times your salary)
Annual award recognition
Fun monthly and quarterly social events
Opportunities for training and professional development
Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Work Arrangement

Hybrid, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

About the Company

At Commify, we're not just a company, we're a globally connected team of innovators who love what we do. As a CPaaS leader with 25 years of groundbreaking experience, we're the force behind over 7 billion customer interactions each year, enabling businesses worldwide to connect via advanced channels like SMS, RCS, and complex mobile journeys.

Our culture is our core strength. Operating across the UK, EMEA, the USA, and Australia, we've fostered a truly diverse and connected environment, earning a consistent 4 out of 5 culture score in our employee engagement surveys. You'll join a vibrant team where your diverse experience makes a daily global impact.

We need talented people to grow a global company where everyone feels proud to belong, have a purpose and do their best to directly shape the digital future.

Commify is the team behind a global portfolio of business messaging brands. We work with more than 46,000 companies, helping them transform their mobile communications with their customers and staff.

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