Senior Legal Counsel

Lebara is a telecommunications company providing services using the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business model to customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France and Denmark. Additionally, Lebara has license agreements for the use of the brand in further four global markets Spain, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and Australia with Nigeria launching soon.

Lebara was founded in 2001 with the intent to bring something new to the telecoms industry. Created by three entrepreneurs who migrated to Europe from Sri Lanka, the company name was formed from a combination of the founders’ surnames, and Lebara quickly became one of the fastest-growing MVNOs in Europe.

Lebara became private equity owned in 2017 and our current owners Waterland acquired the business in Nov 2024. Lebara is a business on a transformation journey which has and continues to achieve results and under our new ownership the business is moving from a consolidation phase to a growth phase.

Lebara’s business has evolved based on its customers’ needs, from providing international calls to the migrant community, to becoming a significant value challenger within the wider telecoms category. Lebara offers prepaid and SIM-only mobile tariffs, and in 2017, Lebara launched its first postpaid monthly contract SIMs in the Netherlands. Lebara operates under the Full MVNO model in France and Germany and Light MVNO model in its other markets with the UK and the Netherlands preparing to move to full MVNO.

Lebara’s purpose is to consistently provide customers with a better value alternative to the established category players. Lebara supports its 4.7 million customers with a reliable network offering and exceptional customer service (Trustpilot average of 4.6 across the main 5 markets), at an affordable price, all of which makes Lebara the smarter way to connect.

The Lebara legal team is a small, top flight, focussed, capable, enthusiastic, in-house HQ team that provides legal support across the Lebara Group.

The Senior Legal Counsel will act as primary legal contact for the UK business on a variety of commercially focused matters and partner closely with UK stakeholders, including the UK management team. The Senior Legal Counsel will report to the Chief Legal Officer and be part of the wider Lebara legal team.

1. Lead counsel for the UK business, managing day-to-day legal queries and advising on a variety of legal issues facing Lebara’s UK business

2. Drafting, negotiating and advising on:

a) commercial contracts for suppliers, agencies and software

b) consumer contracts

c) marketing law (terms and conditions, promotions and advertising campaigns)

d) technology projects

3. Stakeholder management

4. Advising on high level consumer complaints

5. Instructing and managing external lawyers

6. Creating template documents and processes as necessary

7. Training and development for internal clients

8. Compliance and regulatory oversight and guidance – OFCOM, ICO

1. Qualified lawyer (ideally UK qualified) with circa 4+ years of PQE. This is a guide only.

2. Trained at a reputable law firm.

3. Broad commercial law experience.

4. Strong drafting and negotiation skills.

5. A secondment or previous in-house experience within a telco, tech or consumer environment.

1. Ability to prioritise and manage a busy and varied workload.

2. Excellent inter-personal skills with a collaborative working style.

3. Highly motivated and committed approach.

4. Driven and forward thinking with strong commercial acumen and intellectual curiosity.

5. Ability to influence and manage a wide range of stakeholders at every level.

6. Customer centric mindset.

7. Prepared to do the work yourself wherever appropriate – no task is beneath us