In House Legal Counsel

This is a newly created role at an exciting time in the growing legal team.

Reporting directly to the General Counsel & Company Secretary you will become a key part of the legal team providing advice on a wide range of matters across the group. You will have the opportunity to create your own relationships with different stakeholders in our sales product technology and operations teams as well as our Executive Team.

Youll also work closely with the other support functions of the group: compliance marketing HR and finance to address current and emerging legal issues in a way that meets the groups needs. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to switch from private practice or build on their existing inhouse experience in a role where they can implement change and make an impact.

Additional responsibilitiesinclude:

• Supporting and working closely with General Counsel & Company Secretary on all aspects of the role
• Review draft and negotiate a range of commercial contracts including customer terms and conditions framework agreements supplier agreements and end user agreements
• Preparing template contracts
• Designing and implementing company policies and procedures
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
• Support on Mergers & Acquisitions both pre and post acquisition
• Instruct and manage a panel of external lawyers to provide support as necessary and efficiently and in a cost effective manner
• Support on UK GDPR matters
• Keep uptodate with changes to laws rules and regulations that directly affect the business and specific industry and consider the impact to the business
• Provide legal assistance as and when required to meet the business needs

• Are a qualified solicitor with relevant post qualification experience
• Have strong commercial and contract experience
• Have strong experience gained within an inhouse team or within a private practice commercial corporate or litigation team.
• Have excellent drafting skills and attention to detail
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Are able to interact with and advise employees at all levels within the business and comfortable translating complicated legal concepts into easytounderstand information
• Have the ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Are able to work well in a team and independently
• Are a team player with a proactive and cando attitude

At iomart were committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We also recognise your experience may not be perfectly aligned to all the criteria in the job ad. If you like the sound of this role even if you dont meet all the criteria we encourage you to apply. You might just be the right fit for this or other roles.

Salary: Attractive package

• Supported training and development
• Holiday Trading Scheme buy or sell part of your annual leave allowance
• Flexible and Hybrid working
• Day off on your birthday
• Enhanced paternity maternity and adoption leave
• Flexible Benefits scheme

iomart is the UKs leading Secure Cloud Managed Services Provider. We are passionate about delivering Hybrid Cloud Data Protection Cyber Security and Secure Connectivity to over 9000 organisations in the UK and globally.

• We have over 25 years expertise in data centre and cloud services
• 600 skilled professionals and turnover over 127m
• Our HQ is in Glasgow and offices across the UK.
• We provide critical services across all public and private sectors

Please click apply if you like the sound of this. If you do not have an up to date CV or want to have a chat about the role first please contact us on

Were an equal opportunities employer and want our vacancies to be available to all so if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the process then just let us know.