Commify

Legal Counsel (6 month Fixed-Term-Contract)

Commify  •  Nottingham, GB (Hybrid)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

At Commify, we're not just a company, we're a globally connected team of innovators who love what we do. As a CPaaS leader with 25 years of groundbreaking experience, we're the force behind over 7 billion customer interactions each year, enabling businesses worldwide to connect via advanced channels like SMS, RCS, and complex mobile journeys.

Our culture is our core strength. Operating across the UK, EMEA, the USA, and Australia, we've fostered a truly diverse and connected environment, earning a consistent 4 out of 5 culture score in our employee engagement surveys. You'll join a vibrant team where your diverse experience makes a daily global impact.

We need talented people to grow a global company where everyone feels proud to belong, have a purpose and do their best to directly shape the digital future.

Requirements

Supporting the General Counsel in the running of the legal department, providing legal support to all areas of the business globally. This will primarily involve being responsible for maintaining precedent legal documents and negotiating customer and supplier contracts. The role will involve providing commercial advice on all legal matters to the business and ensuring the business complies with its legal obligations. There is scope to focus on areas the successful candidate is interested in such as real property, intellectual property, employment and corporate law.

The Person:

  • Qualified Solicitor: Fully qualified Solicitor (or equivalent UK/international legal qualification) with a strong background in commercial law.
  • Commercial Contracts: Proven track record drafting and negotiating customer, supplier, and vendor agreements.
  • Pragmatic Approach: Ability to deliver commercially focused, risk-assessed advice rather than just academic legal theory.
  • Precedent Management: Experience creating and maintaining standard company templates and precedents.
  • Adaptable Generalist: Comfortable supporting multiple global departments and prioritising a high volume of varied requests.

Desirable:

  • Intellectual Property & Trademarks
  • Corporate Law & Governance
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Property/Leaseholds

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary (£60 - 70,000)
  • Comprehensive healthcare cash plan
  • A generous 27 days of annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
  • 2 Wellbeing leave days and 2 days dedicated to giving back to your community
  • Enjoy your birthday off!
  • Employer pension contribution at 5%
  • Death in service benefit (4 times your salary)
  • Annual award recognition
  • Fun monthly and quarterly social events
  • Opportunities for training and professional development
  • Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Commify

About Commify

Most businesses are terrible at communicating with their customers. They either don't communicate enough, or use channels their customers don't like. But when they get it right, it can transform their customer experience and their financial performance. So, it's our mission to make business communication brilliant.

Commify is Europe's leading supplier of Application-To-Person business messaging services. We help over 46,000 companies communicate brilliantly with their customers and staff; sending almost 5 billion messages a year through our portfolio of brands.

Our messaging solutions encompass everything from SMS to mobile payments, accessed through web applications, APIs or bespoke integrations. All of our products and platforms are supported by a passionate and innovative international team, with in-house development and support.

Headquartered in Nottingham (UK), we sell through a portfolio of brands, dependent on geography and customer segment. These include Esendex, TextAnywhere, Text Marketer, Skebby, Massenversand, SMSpubli, SMS Envoi, and Spryng and operate in the UK, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and The United States.

Backed by ECI Partners, we continue to innovate and grow both existing and new markets to support more companies to transform their business communications.

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Nottingham, GB
Year Founded
2001
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