Legal Advisor

Legal Advisor - Competition & Regulatory Compliance

Job Req ID: 32017

Posting Date: 30 Apr 2024

Function: Corporate and Regulatory Affairs

Unit: Legal, CoSec & Regulatory Affairs

Location:

1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive Salary & Great Benefits

Recruiter: Natilla Turner (A/L Friday 10th May)

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: 8/05/2024

Location: London (primary) Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast

Why this job matters

As a Legal Advisor in Competition & Regulatory Affairs, you'll provide legal support focusing on competition and regulatory law matters in the UK and other jurisdictions where BT Group operates. Your role involves offering solution-focused legal advice, partnering with the Regulatory Affairs team, and engaging with regulatory authorities like Ofcom.

What you’ll be doing

• Report to a Senior/Principal Lawyer while serving as a trusted advisor to the Legal Director.

• Provide expert legal advice on EU & UK Competition & Regulatory law.

• Handle various legal issues including advisory and contentious matters, market studies, M&A, regulatory consultations, and compliance activities.

• Independently advise on low-medium complexity matters and support litigation when necessary.

• Advise business colleagues on litigation and dispute risks and provide training and education on legal matters.

• Contribute to best practice documents and ensure seamless collaboration within the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance teams.

The skills you’ll need

• Take personal ownership of advice delivery, build professional relationships, and handle unexpected situations with resilience.

• Communicate clearly and effectively, tailoring advice to different stakeholders.

• Develop in-depth knowledge of relevant BT products, markets, and governance.

• Proactively identify risks, seek solutions, and influence stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.

• Work efficiently within multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to a supportive environment.

• Demonstrate leadership qualities by embodying BT's values and seeking continuous improvement.

Qualifications/Experience

• Qualified lawyer

• 1-4 years post-qualification experience

• In-house experience is beneficial but not essential

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

What’s in it for you? What are the benefits?

At BT, we entertain, educate, and empower millions of people every day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses, or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity.

Benefits of working for BT include:

• 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays)

• Pension scheme - you contribute 5%, BT contributes 10%

• Discounted broadband, and EE Mobile

• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work schemes and many more flexible benefits to fit around you

• Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Carers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network, and Pride network

• Volunteering days, so you can give back to your local community

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.