Senior Legal Counsel (B2T)

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What you'll do

In April 2024, Vodafone announced the creation of a new division called Vodafone Investments which is responsible for managing Vodafone's interests in its non-wholly owned assets with a mandate to drive value creation and prevent value leakage. The Lead Counsel B2T is responsible for supporting the Group GC, Vodafone Investments Director and the wider Investments team in delivery and management of the 'Business to Telco' aka B2T entities included within Vodafone Investments.

Vodafone B2T includes:

1) Vodafone UK / Three

2) Vodafone Italy / Swisscom

3) Vodafone Spain / Zegona

The Lead Counsel B2T will support day 1 preparation for M&A deals and ensure capabilities are in place to manage contracts in life. They will provide legal advisory to enable our cross-functional capability to sell, deliver and manage transformed Group Services to B2T partners.

• Provide expert legal advice and strategic business partnering to the B2T entity (UK / Spain / Italy), Vodafone Investments Director and the Legal & Business Integrity Leadership Team members.
• Responsible for advising on Vodafone B2T and structuring and negotiating related strategic programmes.
• Provide legal advice to board directors and senior business stakeholders on complex contractual matters, ensuring contractual compliance.
• Develop strong business partner relationships with key leaders across Vodafone Investments, Legal & Business Integrity, Group External Affairs, Vodafone Local Markets, Commercial Shared Operations and Vodafone Business to enable value delivery in an effective, efficient and compliant way.

Who you are

• Legally qualified with significant experience gained either in-house or at a leading law firm
• Strong drafting and negotiating experience, with ability to provide innovative legal solutions in a fast-moving industry
• Professional level fluency in written and spoken English
• Experienced manager of diverse teams with a strong track record on engagement.
• Highly experienced lawyer, with M&A Law / post deal implementation experience as well as knowledge of telecoms industry.

Not a perfect fit

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.

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