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We’re looking to expand our legal team and provide the opportunity to a future commercial lawyer to train in an exciting in-house environment. The Trainee Solicitor will provide legal support and advice to the business, from senior business leaders through to junior sales and administration. You will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and European Finance Manager amongst others, with supervision from the Group Head of Legal and a full training programme.

The role
The Trainee Solicitor will help to provide day to day commercial legal, administrative and organisational support in a Legal, Data Protection and Company Secretarial capacity. Some examples of this are set out below.

Responsibilities include:
Commercial legal advice – negotiating contracts and NDAs, responding to internal legal queries and customer negotiations. Dealing with insolvency issues, insurance, and billing queries.

Disputes – includes debt claims management with our credit control and sales admin teams, small claims litigation, engaging with external debt collection agencies and legal advisers. Manage cases from start to finish, including official filings, drafting letters and other documents, obtaining any relevant information required and attending court proceedings where necessary. Manage the independent arbitration facility that we require under Ofcom guidelines.

Corporate/M&A – assist in the post-acquisition onboarding for M&A deals by the company and coordinate with external resource to obtain Bibles, DD and other information required to be kept by the Legal team.

General Compliance/Legal Research – Keeping up to date with relevant Telecoms, Internet of Things (including Ofcom consultations) and other regulatory requirements and providing information on compliance to customers to help ensure we meet customer requirements.

Intellectual property and copyright – help maintain trademark portfolio and deal with other intellectual property issues.

Data Protection – assist the Group Data Protection Officer with data impact assessments, data incident reports, customer queries and general compliance with Data Protection Laws.

Company Secretarial work – help maintain company secretarial files and registrations across the global range of companies.

Skills required:
The Trainee Solicitor must have completed the LPC or equivalent qualifications for training in England and Wales and meet the character and suitability requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

• Ideally some background in commercial contract law and experience of working with commercial disputes and claims and knowledge of the associated legal processes, procedures, and requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to manage multiple tasks or caseloads
• Good attention to detail to be able to carefully analyse files and data
• Legal research skills and the desire to develop an understanding of the law
• A self-starter, motivated to take on new challenges and be capable of working to deadlines
• Office administrative skills for tasks such as filing, typing and letter writing
• Good teamwork skills particularly when working with other departments to complete tasks
• Flexibility and adaptability in their attitude and approach to work
• Business acumen and an understanding of the business needs
• Professionalism when working with colleagues, senior partners (including at external law firms), experts and customers.

Behaviours

• Motivation
• Performance under pressure
• Attitude
• Investigative
• Accountability
• Professionalism
• Resilience

Why work with us?

• The opportunity to work for an entrepreneurial Company
• Full training, ongoing support, and the tools you need to grow and develop in your role
• We are a company with a heart and who genuinely values and respects its employees

In addition, we provide the following benefits:

• 25 days holiday
• Buy up to 5 days additional holiday
• Birthday Day off
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Group Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Up to 50% off an annual Pure Gym membership
• Dental cover
• Doctor at Hand (online GP service)
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite parking
• Onsite gym
• Access to a variety of online discounts on major retailers
• Employee assistance program

Who are we?
Wireless Logic – IoT connectivity for any device, anywhere

We are a leading global IoT connectivity platform provider that simplifies and automates IoT management for any device, anywhere. With more than 10 million IoT subscriptions active in 165 countries and direct partnerships with 50 mobile networks, we provide reach into more than 750 networks across the globe and deliver value throughout the IoT connectivity chain.

Our purpose-built platform offers a single window to securely connect and manage assets across any network and number of deployments. For our customers, this serves to simplify supply chains, accelerate time to market, lower the total cost of ownership and deliver connectivity that just works.

We are entirely customer and market-driven, meeting our 25,000+ customers where they are to help them innovate by providing industry expertise, service support and the most flexible, resilient and secure connectivity solutions in the market. Our broad sector expertise includes industry, agriculture, healthcare, security, transport, utilities and smart cities.

We are backed by Montagu Private Equity, one of the world’s leading private equity-backed investors, giving Wireless Logic Group unrivalled financial strength.

Where do I apply?
If this sounds like a role, you are interested in please submit your application directly through our website including your CV.

By applying for this role, you are consenting for us to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the holding or processing of your data please contact us and we will respond to your query as soon as possible.

As an equal opportunities employer, Wireless Logic is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Wireless Logic.