Head of Legal

About Frank

Frank is a newly established legal advisory company created to modernize how businesses access legal services.

Built in response to structural changes in the legal market Frank operates a tech-enabled subscription-based legal advisory model serving scaleups and mid-market companies. By combining strong legal expertise with technology and a product-oriented delivery model Frank delivers high-quality legal advice in a more predictable efficient and scalable way.

Frank is owned 50/50 by Skeil a venture studio with experience building professional services companies and Molteberg Nilsen an established law firm. This structure provides commercial freedom combined with strong legal credibility.

The Role

We are looking for a Head of Legal to ensure high and consistent legal quality across all client deliveries.

This role holds overall responsibility for legal quality methodology and professional standards within Frank and reports directly to the CEO.

The role is primarily operational and advisory not administrative. You will maintain your own client portfolio while acting as the senior legal authority quality assurer and sparring partner for the legal team.

The role does not include formal personnel responsibility but carries clear professional leadership responsibility.

Purpose of the Role

• Ensure that all legal services meet high and consistent professional standards

• Establish frameworks and methodologies that enable scalability

• Create a safe and supportive environment for less experienced jurists

• Act as the legal backbone of the organisation as Frank grows

Key Responsibilities

Legal Quality and Professional Leadership

• Overall responsibility for legal quality across all client work

• Quality assurance of legal advice documents and deliverables

• Act as senior legal authority in complex matters

• Provide guidance sparring and professional support to jurists

• Ensure consistency in legal reasoning documentation and client communication

Operational Legal Delivery

• Manage your own portfolio of client assignments

• Handle matters across employment law contract law and corporate law

• Support prioritisation and resource allocation across cases

• Ensure deadlines are met and client expectations are managed

Structure Methodology and Scalability

• Develop and maintain legal playbooks templates and standardised approaches

• Contribute to the design of scalable service offerings

• Support implementation of technology and AI tools in legal delivery

• Identify opportunities for efficiency optimisation and quality improvement

Collaboration and Culture

• Work closely with the CEO on legal direction and service development

• Act as a role model for professionalism quality and work ethic

• Prioritise team needs when required to ensure delivery continuity

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a highly experienced lawyer with a strong commercial mindset such as:

• Background from a business law firm or legal advisory environment

• Experience from legal teams within Big Four or similar environments

• Alternatively senior experience from private commercial law firms

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience as a qualified lawyer

• Solid experience from business-oriented legal advisory work

• Broad legal competence particularly within employment law contract law and corporate law

• Proven experience with legal quality assurance and review

• Experience mentoring and guiding other lawyers or jurists

• Strong commercial understanding and client orientation

Personal Attributes

• Trusted advisor with strong legal and commercial credibility

• Clear structured and pedagogical communicator

• Coaching mindset with a focus on developing others

• Strong prioritisation skills in a high-tempo environment

• High resilience and ability to handle multiple parallel processes

• Strong business acumen and openness to technology and new ways of working

What We Offer

• A central role in building a new legal advisory platform

• Opportunity to shape legal quality methodology and delivery standards from day one

• High degree of autonomy and real influence

• Close collaboration with CEO and core leadership

• Modern tech-enabled working environment

• Opportunity to help build a scalable high-quality legal organisation
  

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