Senior Legal Counsel

Company Description

At Zayo Europe, we’re driven by a bold vision to power the world through connectivity. We’ve built and operated the critical fibre networks that keep businesses, communities, and economies connected. In 2024, we embarked on an exciting new chapter as a standalone company — a milestone that empowers us to innovate, grow, and lead with greater agility. As we continue to evolve, our mission remains clear: to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that fuels the digital world.

Job Description: Senior Legal Counsel 

Please note this role is a 6 month fixed term contract to cover commercial matters 

 
Main Activities: 
 
Your main responsibilities will include: 

• Providing accurate and timely legal counsel to stakeholders on a wide range of legal topics, including contractual matters, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and risk management 

• Creating, reviewing, and negotiating various legal documents such as customer (including DORA addendums), vendor and partner agreements, terms & conditions and other contractual arrangements 

• Managing disputes, pre-litigation, and litigation matters and developing effective strategies to resolve legal issues and protect the company's rights 

• Liaising with and supervising external counsel for outsourced legal matters, ensuring efficient and cost-effective legal representation when required 

• Providing legal guidance on issues that impact the organization, and collaborating with third parties, including regulators and external counsel, as needed 

• Offering legal expertise in matters related to regulatory compliance, data protection, intellectual property, employment law and other relevant areas as needed 

• Advising senior management on the legal implications of strategic decisions and business activities 

• Providing training to the business on specific areas of legal expertise and as part of sales onboarding 

• Contributing to the development and improvement of the legal function, for example drafting or improving legal templates and playbooks 

 
 
Key Requirements: 

• You have a professional legal qualification preferably in England & Wales, but other common law jurisdictions will be considered 

• You have proven experience in general commercial issues working in-house or in private practice 

• You possess excellent legal and strategic judgment, coupled with strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills 

• You have learner mindset and capability to expand your knowledge in relevant areas of law beyond your current expertise and are keen to embrace legal tools and technology 

• You possess strong analytical skills, are meticulous, and are a quick learner 

• You are a good team player and possess a high level of integrity 

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills 

 
 
Desirable skills: 

• Experience in the telecoms infrastructure or related industries 

• Experience in corporate M&A 

UK Rewards

• Competitive compensation including annual incentive plan

• Hybrid working

• Excellent benefits including health, disability and life insurance

• Pension with higher employer contributions up to 8%

• Retail and fitness membership discounts

• Generous paid time off policy including enhanced paid parental leave, 25 days paid time off, one floating day and two volunteer days off per annum

• Employee assistance programs including mental health, wellbeing and medical support

Zayo Europe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.