Legal Counsel & Company Secretary

About the role

A fast-paced telecommunications business with operations across multiple international markets is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel and Company Secretary. The role provides legal, corporate governance and company secretarial support across the Group, working closely with senior management, Board members, finance, regulatory, commercial and operational teams. It suits a commercially minded lawyer combining strong legal capability with hands-on company secretarial and corporate governance expertise.

Key responsibilities

• Provide practical legal advice to the Group and its international operating companies, and advise on contractual risk, liability, indemnities, termination rights and commercial obligations.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements such as telecom and technology, supplier and vendor, distribution and channel, customer and enterprise, IT/software/SaaS, outsourcing and managed services, NDAs and consultancy agreements.
• Support negotiations with major suppliers, partners and operators, and work with regulatory and compliance teams on telecom operations across jurisdictions.
• Support disputes, litigation and external legal advisers where required, and give legal input into market entry, acquisitions and restructurings.
• Maintain legal controls, policies and contracting processes across the Group.
• Act as the main contact for company secretarial and corporate governance matters, oversee the legal entity structure and manage statutory registers, corporate records and governance documentation.
• Coordinate Board and shareholder meetings, including agendas, papers, resolutions, minutes and action tracking; ensure statutory filings and corporate submissions are completed on time.
• Manage director appointments, changes of officers, registered offices, incorporations, dissolutions and restructurings, and maintain delegated authorities, powers of attorney and authorised signatory records.
• Liaise with local counsel, company secretarial providers, corporate service providers and government authorities, and ensure subsidiaries comply with corporate governance requirements.
• Advise the Board, Chairman, CEO and senior management on governance, corporate authority and director responsibilities, and document and implement Board decisions.

Required profile

• Ideally qualified lawyer status in a recognised jurisdiction.
• Approximately 15+ years of relevant legal experience; exceptional candidates outside this range will be considered.
• Experience supporting Boards and senior executives, and managing multiple legal entities across several countries.
• Experience in telecommunications, MNO, MVNO, technology, digital or another regulated international business is highly desirable.
• Ability to coordinate multiple external legal and corporate service providers across jurisdictions.

Preferred experience

• Multi-country corporate structures, international subsidiary governance and Board and shareholder governance.
• Commercial telecom and technology contracts, corporate restructuring and entity rationalisation.
• Regulatory and compliance matters, international expansion and new-market entry.
• Working directly with CEOs, CFOs, General Counsel and Boards.