Director of Legal Counsel, Liberty Global
UK Employment
Offers bonus
Global telecoms company & tech investor
Open for applications
Global telecoms company & tech investor
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Offers bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build tomorrow’s connections today, bringing people together through the power of technology.
Role
Who you are
- Relevant years of working experience in the employment area with a University Master of law degree
- Good knowledge of the law and of other specialist areas within it (e.g. contract and commercial law), and practical legal experience in a (international) business context or a law firm
- Experience in providing (detailed and) solid legal support on general policy issues
- Good organizational skills
- Negotiating skills and social skills in representing interests and providing advisory work
- Ability to interact professionally with all levels and cultural backgrounds in the organization
- Writing skills, for expressing matters, contracts, reports, etc., in legal terms accurately and inventively
- Needs to be a team player. Hands on mentality
- Experience or ability to with work in a dynamic, high-paced organization
- Good level of spoken and written English needed
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Director, Legal Counsel, Employment Law (UK)to join our team in London, UK
- The Senior Legal Counsel (Employment Law) functions as a contact point and discussion partner for the business units for all employment related legal affairs, including matters of substantial operational and/or commercial importance
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Advises and takes a leading role in the preparation and determination of resolving amongst others disputes and settlement agreements in relation to employees, and thereby helps to bring about a result which is in the best possible interests of the Company. Will liaise with external lawyers in the event of legal proceedings being taken
- Gatekeeper in minimising Legal risk in relation to the matter addressed
- Provides legal advice to HR and the Business, including reviewing policies and procedures
- Keeps track of new legislation and advices the Company of such and assists with the implementation of required legal amendments to policies and procedures
- Maintains contacts with business/company lawyers, takes part in study groups on various legal subjects
- Provides expertise in works council matters
- Drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of legal employment matters (such as but not limited: restructures (team and organisational), individual (complex) issues, TUPE, large framework agreements for outsourcing), as well as negotiating, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts
- Working with HR and Business Services procurement team on Contingent Labour Contracts
- More general commercial legal support depending on capacity (e.g. contracts for the purchase of business and customer services)
- Advises in other legal areas where necessary
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Liberty Global is a world leader in broadband, video, and mobile communications, responsible for top brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, and Sunrise in Switzerland. The company also actively invests in and launches infrastructure, content, and technology ventures, such as EV charging network company Believ (formerly Liberty Charge), green energy brand Egg, and AtlasEdge Data Centers, among others.
The company has been undeniably successful, having created an impressive family of brands containing both big names and smaller innovators - its investment arm has a portfolio of more than 75 companies ranging from ITV to cloud-native app protection platform Lacework. In its own words, its scale allows it to "transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments", enabling all brands within its roster to benefit from its industry leading experience.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plan
- Paid volunteer time off
- Healthy food and snacks
- Flexible working
- Learning and development opportunities
- Retirement scheme
Company values
- WE ARE STRAIGHT UP: We are authentic, transparent and do the right thing for our customers and our organization.
- WE ARE LIMITLESS: We’re bold and set new standards in all that we do.
- WE ARE UNITED: We collaborate and embrace our differences to achieve our goals.
- WE ARE AGILE: We are resilient. We strive to embrace change, evolve, transform and adapt quickly.
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
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Leadership
Mike Fries
(CEO)Was a member of the Liberty Global founding team, and launched the company’s international expansion. Since then, they have served in various strategic and operating capacities, finally being appointed as CEO in 2005.
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