OneAdvanced is looking for a capable, motivated Legal Counsel to join our dynamic Legal Commercial Team. In this key role, you’ll support the business in achieving its growth ambitions across the UK and Ireland, providing practical, commercially focused legal guidance that helps drive strategic decision making.
Reporting into our Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to negotiate contracts, manage legal risk, and ensure we continue to operate with high legal and ethical standards. This is a hybrid role, with ideally one day per week in our Birmingham Mailbox office.
What Makes Our Legal Team Different:
Our team blends legal expertise with innovation, collaboration and a genuine focus on professional growth:
Tech-Enabled Legal Practice – We enhance our work through AI tools like Wordsmith AI to drive efficiency and improve outcomes.
Continuous Learning – Monthly lunch & learns, product deep-dives with our tech teams, and hands-on “legalthons.”
Team Development & Culture – Dedicated team away days and ongoing development opportunities.
High Team Engagement – Our eNPS score of +45 reflects a positive, supportive and high-performing environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Commercial Contracting
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements for a leading SaaS provider, including MSAs, bespoke customer contracts, supplier and partner agreements, licensing terms, RFP responses, escrow agreements, call-offs, and data processing agreements.
Deal Support
Partner with Sales and GTM teams to support negotiations and help close customer agreements.
Privacy & Data Protection
Advise on privacy and data protection considerations, reviewing DPAs and escalating issues where required to our Privacy, AI & Cyber specialists.
Strategic Business Support
Get involved in wider commercial and strategic initiatives across the business, from partner and supplier agreements to AI-related legal considerations, potential M&A activity, and cross-functional commercial projects.
Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with 3+ years PQE, ideally gained in-house or in a reputable law firm
Strong background drafting, negotiating and advising on technology and SaaS commercial contracts
Good understanding of UK GDPR and data protection obligations
Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Commercial mindset with excellent communication and stakeholder skills
Highly organised with strong attention to detail
Proactive, collaborative and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes
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Wellbeing focused – Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral
Personal Growth - Regardless of where you are at in your career, we’re committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally
Financial wellbeing - We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important
Recognition – Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do
Making a Difference – we provide opportunities to help our people make a difference to the causes they care about
OneAdvanced is one of the UK's largest providers of business software and services serving 20,000+ global customers with an annual turnover of £330M+. We manage 1.5 million 111 calls per month, support over 2 million Further Education learners across the UK, handle over 10 million wills, and so much more. Our mission is to power the world of work and, as you can see, our software underpins some of the UK's most critical sectors.
We invest in our brilliant people. They are at the heart of our success as we strive to be a diverse, inclusive and engaging place to work that not only powers the world of work, but empowers the growth, ambitions and talent of our people.
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