Legal Counsel m/f

What we’re all about:

Any company can tell you about how they are a multi award winning, market leading business and yes, we are both of those things in the world of IoT connectivity!  But we’re more than that. 🌍✨ Our mission? To make IoT management a breeze for any device, anywhere. With over 10 million IoT subscriptions active in 165 countries and direct partnerships with 50 mobile networks, we connect you to more than 750 networks worldwide, delivering unmatched value across the IoT connectivity chain.

Innovation is in our DNA, and we have an insatiable hunger to ‘wow’! 🚀 While we may not always get it right, our drive to collaborate, innovate, and achieve top-notch customer satisfaction never wavers. We offer industry expertise, stellar service support, and the most flexible, resilient, and secure connectivity solutions on the market. Our expertise spans across various sectors, including industry, agriculture, healthcare, security, transport, utilities, and smart cities.

IoT… a fancy acronym or a secret code?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is like the magical glue that keeps the world connected! 🌐✨ From ordering your favourite takeaway to the ANPR technology that helps you find a parking spot, IoT is everywhere—even if you don’t realize it. At Wireless Logic, we provide cutting-edge connectivity solutions and technologies to ensure a vast array of devices stay seamlessly connected.

Role Overview: 

Ready to be the legal wizard for the world of IoT? We're expanding our legal team and are on the hunt for a brilliant Legal Counsel to dive into our exciting in-house environment. This isn't your average stuffy legal gig; it's a chance to be at the heart of our operations, providing essential legal support and advice to everyone from our senior business leaders to our sales and administration teams. You'll be a key player in our small but mighty legal team, working closely with the Group Head of Legal and our current trainee solicitor, and collaborating directly with the CEO, CFO, and in-country MDs.

Your Daily Quest (Key Responsibilities):🌎 

• Provide commercial legal advice, which means you’ll be negotiating contracts and NDAs, responding to internal legal queries, and getting involved in customer negotiations. You'll also tackle insolvency issues, insurance matters, and billing queries.
• Manage disputes from start to finish, including debt claims with our credit control and sales admin teams, small claims litigation, and engaging with external debt collection agencies and legal advisers. You might even find yourself attending court proceedings where necessary, and you’ll oversee our independent arbitration facility.
• Assist with Corporate/M&A activities, specifically helping with the post-acquisition onboarding for M&A deals and coordinating with external resources to get all the necessary Bibles, DD, and other info for the legal team.
• Keep us compliant! You’ll be staying on top of relevant Telecoms, IoT (including Ofcom consultations), and other regulatory requirements, and sharing this crucial compliance info with our customers.
• Help maintain our intellectual property and copyright, which means you’ll be assisting with our trademark portfolio and handling other IP issues.
• Support the Group Data Protection Officer with Data Protection tasks, including data impact assessments, incident reports, customer queries, and ensuring we’re always compliant with Data Protection Laws.

The Secret Sauce (Key Experience & Skills):🍨 What do you think this person needs to absolutely smash this role? These are the qualifications, skills, and traits we’re after:

• Specific experience: Eligibility to practice law in France; alternatively, qualification in another civil law jurisdiction with substantial experience in French law.
• Sector knowledge: Ideally, you’ll have a background in commercial contract law and experience working with commercial disputes and claims, along with knowledge of associated legal processes.
• Communication wizardry: Excellent written and verbal communication skills – Fluent in both French and English.
• Master of multitasking: You’ll be able to manage multiple tasks and caseloads like a pro.
• Attention to detail: Your keen eye for detail will help you carefully analyze files and data.
• Continuous learner: Strong legal research skills and a genuine desire to develop your understanding of the law.
• Bonus Skills: Office administrative skills (filing, typing, letter writing), strong teamwork skills, flexibility, and a solid understanding of business needs.

What Will Make You Shine At Wireless Logic (Behaviours & Culture) 😇: We’re all about people who bring their A-game for the team. List what behaviours are needed that will make them a superstar in this role. 

• Motivation and passion that lights up the room.
• The ability to stay calm and collected under pressure.
• Develop, inspire and engage others around you, supporting principles of inclusion and equity.
• Actively participate in and promote our social initiatives.
• Be a brand ambassador for our business!
• Demonstrate interest in continuous self-development.
• A positive, can-do attitude that’s infectious.
• A collaborative style that gets the best out of others.
• Accountability and professionalism (but don’t worry—we’re not all suits and ties).
• Resilience to roll with the punches and come back swinging.

Your Objectives for the Year: 

• Become a commercial contracts guru: Confidently negotiate and draft a wide range of commercial contracts, ensuring legal compliance and protecting Wireless Logic’s interests.
• Streamline dispute resolution: Efficiently manage and resolve a significant percentage of small claims litigation and debt recovery cases, reducing external legal spend.
• Support M&A integration: Successfully assist with the legal onboarding of acquired entities, ensuring all post-acquisition legal documentation and processes are seamlessly integrated.

Why Come Work With Us?👋

Here’s why we’re confident you’ll love being part of our team:

• 🚀 The chance to join a creative, entrepreneurial company where bold ideas are celebrated.
• 🎓 Full training, ongoing support, and the tools to help you thrive and grow in your role.
• ❤️ We’re a company with heart. We genuinely care about our people and make sure everyone feels valued, respected, and part of the family.

Ok, I'm Interested, What’s Next?🙌

Thank you so much for your interest in Wireless Logic Group, we appreciate the time and emotion that goes into an application. 

We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion but would love to stay in touch for future opportunities. 

Overview of interview process at Wireless Logic: 

• Tele Interview – Meet the people team😊
• 1st Interview (Virtual) - Meet your manager 😀
• 2nd Stage - Meet your peers😁
• Final Stage - Meet our leadership🙂

If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will work together to best meet your needs.

How we work?🏢

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process, but we are currently excited to have our employees experience our office culture as much as possible.

Wireless Logic unites and brings people together. We accomplish this when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture we aim to reflect the world’s diverse voices both internally and externally to ensure success in our mission.

By applying for this role, you are consenting for us to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the holding or processing of your data please contact us and we will respond to your query as soon as possible.

 

 

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process, but we are currently excited to have our employees experience our office culture as much as possible.

 

Wireless Logic Group unites and brings people together. We accomplish this when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture we aim to reflect the world’s diverse voices both internally and externally to ensure success in our mission.

 

By applying for this role, you are consenting for us to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the holding or processing of your data please contact us (recruitment@wirelesslogic.com) and we will respond to your query as soon as possible.