Most Loved Workplace® Certified JobSenior Legal Counsel – Company Commercial
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At Virgin Atlantic UK, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Airlines space, Empowering Everyone to Take on the World with Love and Purpose.
At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it’s our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.
We’re looking for an experienced commercial aviation lawyer to join us as Senior Legal Counsel – Virgin Atlantic UK Commercial, taking on an influential role at the heart of our Corporate Development & Legal Affairs team.
Reporting to our Head of Legal, you’ll be a trusted legal partner to senior leaders across Virgin Atlantic, helping us navigate some of our most important commercial relationships, partnerships and strategic opportunities.
There’s plenty of variety. You’ll work across complex commercial agreements, with a particular focus on joint ventures and airline partnerships, loyalty programmes, and brand, marketing and trade mark matters. You’ll bring together strong legal judgement and commercial thinking, helping us find the right way forward in a fast-moving and highly regulated industry.
And this isn’t just about providing great legal advice. You’ll have the opportunity to influence how we do things, develop junior lawyers and play an important part in shaping a collaborative, high-performing Legal team.
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Requirements
- A qualified solicitor in the UK or equivalent jurisdiction, with a strong academic track record at 2:1 degree level or above.
- Experience gained within a Magic or Silver Circle law firm or high-performing in-house legal team, with a track record of advising on complex commercial matters.
- Strong aviation legal experience, with a track record of advising on complex commercial matters within the sector.
- Expertise across one or more of joint ventures and airline partnerships, loyalty programmes, and trade mark, brand and marketing matters.
- Strong experience of structuring, drafting and negotiating complex, high-value commercial agreements.
- Commercial judgement, communication and leadership skills to influence senior stakeholders, develop others and provide pragmatic advice in a fast-paced environment.
- An appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, including the development and implementation of playbooks and the ability to identify appropriate opportunities to use AI to improve legal processes and outcomes.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Inclusive environment
- Support for individual requirements during recruitment
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