In-house Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

• Permanent role
• Hybrid working offered – 3 days a week from the Maidenhead office and 2 from home
• Join a growing industry – data centres/edge computing

The Company:

Pulsant is a leading UK digital infrastructure provider, offering innovative edge infrastructure solutions through our PlatformEdge. With 12 strategically located data centres and a dedicated team of over 330 professionals, we support 1000+ clients services across the UK with cloud, connectivity, and compute services.

The Role:

This role is responsible for overseeing Commercial and Corporate law that Pulsant might encounter. Where the area of law sits outside of the In-house Counsel’s experience then this person will effectively manage the external legal resources that they will bring to bear. The In-house Counsel will both prevent and protect Pulsant against commercial and other legal risk, working across the business to educate and support fellow team members in managing and mitigating such risk.

What You’ll Do:

• Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice on a variety of legal topics that relate to the business and their products or services.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial contracts and agreements.
• Managing and mitigating legal risks by designing and implementing appropriate company policies and procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations that apply to the business.
• Managing all company secretarial duties.
• Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company.
• Communicating with and managing any third-party bodies such as external counsel or auditors.
• Providing educational training and support on Commercial and Corporate Law across the business
• Staying up to date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect your business and specific industry.
• Executing procedures to protect intellectual property.
• Manage all litigation.
• Managing the legal expenditure budget.

What We’re Looking For:

• At least 5 years post qualification as a lawyer and has a practising certificate
• Previous experience as a commercial lawyer either in a legal firm or in a similar role.
• Sound understanding and knowledge of commercial and corporate law.
• Strong communication, presentation and relationship building skills.
• Excellent negotiating and drafting skills.
• ​​​​​​​Previous experience in performing company secretarial duties.

Why join Pulsant:

• Supportive work environment with a focus on career growth, development, work life balance and well-being.
• A friendly, family-like atmosphere where almost half of employees have been with Pulsant for 5+ years
• Benefits include hybrid working, pension, private healthcare, cycle to work scheme, free breakfast and snacks, Udemy license and more.

To hear more about working at Pulsant check out:

pulsant.com/careers

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Pulsant is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our people. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to us by email: careers@pulsant.com