Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel

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At Three, we’re all about challenging what’s possible, finding smarter, faster, and more agile ways to connect people and technology. Our Legal & Regulatory team plays a critical role in enabling that innovation while ensuring we do it responsibly and in line with our data protection and privacy obligations.

Join us as a Senior Legal Counsel 

The Senior Legal Counsel provides strategic solution-focused legal advice that supports delivery of the company’s business plan and commercial objectives. As a key advisor to the business, the Senior Legal Counsel ensures that legal risk is effectively managed, and the organisation complies with internal and Group governance requirements.

In this role, you will ensure that all consumer communications, offers, campaigns, and brand activities comply with legal and regulatory requirements, with a particular focus on consumer protection, telecoms regulation, advertising standards, and intellectual property management. 
You will work collaboratively with cross functional stakeholders to enable innovative and commercially compelling consumer propositions while safeguarding the company’s reputation and maintaining robust legal and regulatory compliance. 


What else it involves

The Senior Legal Counsel will: 

• Provide clear, timely, commercially‑focused legal advice on consumer marketing campaigns, advertising, digital media, customer communications, promotions, sponsorships, and endorsements. 
• Ensure compliance with consumer protection laws (including unfair commercial practices, consumer rights, e‑commerce and distance selling rules) and advertising/ASA Codes relevant to telecoms offerings. 
• Draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements supporting the consumer and marketing ecosystem. 
• Review and draft consumer‑facing terms, promotional T&Cs, offer mechanics, and campaign claims to ensure accuracy, fairness, and regulatory compliance. 
• Manage and protect Three Ireland’s IP portfolio, including trademarks, copyright, content licences, and brand assets across campaigns and media. 
• Advise on media partnerships, content licensing, creative production, and agency arrangements to ensure IP integrity and brand protection. 
• Advise on regulatory obligations under communications and telecoms laws as they relate to consumer services, pricing, transparency, switching, contract modifications, and service quality. 
• Support the interpretation and implementation of ComReg requirements, decisions, codes, and guidelines that affect consumer products and communications. 
• Partner with the Regulatory and the Compliance teams to educate the business on regulatory duties and ensure internal controls effectively manage regulatory and legal risk 
• Manage and report legal matters in accordance with Three Ireland and HWL polices (including the HWL Legal Policy and Company Secretarial Policy) so that the business operates in accordance with company and shareholder corporate governance requirements and maintains and builds shareholder confidence;
• Ensure that legal proceedings involving or relating to the business are proactively and professionally managed in order that the interests of the business, legal risk and reputation of the business is protected;
• Instruct and manage external lawyers where required, including managing legal budget and ensuring cost-effective and targeted advice. 

The Skills were looking for:

Must Have 

• Minimum 7 years’ post-qualification experience in commercial, regulatory, consumer, media, or technology law.: 

Strong experience advising on:

• negotiating and drafting a range of complex commercial/marketing/media/technology/IP contracts,
• consumer protection laws and end-user facing terms and conditions in a regulated sector (including e-commerce, data protection and privacy regulations),
• Advertising, marketing, media, brand, and promotional compliance; 
• Advising on day to day competition law issues at it applies to the business; 
• Intellectual property (copyright, trade marks, licensing). 

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including dealing directly with senior internal clients. 
• Demonstrated proactive and effective business counselling, issue spotting, problem solving, negotiation and analytical skills representing the business on diverse issues and projects with a proven track record of influencing effectively to build consensus and achieve objectives.
• Proven ability and enthusiasm working in cross-functional multidisciplinary teams. 
• Excellent communicator with ability to simplify complex issues and articulate risk in the context of commercial aims. 
  
  
  Nice to Have 
• Knowledge of and experience advising on telecoms regulation. 
• Knowledge of and experience of financial regulation as it applies to mobile-based financial products or carrier billing. 
• Knowledge of data protection and privacy as it relates to digital marketing and consumer communications. 
• Experience with e‑commerce platforms, digital media, influencer arrangements, and online consumer journeys. 
• Understanding of competition law as it applies to pricing, promotions, and market behaviours. 

Benefits of Working at Three

• Flexible working with our new Hybrid model, our employees will enjoy more flexibility working from home and our Dublin head office location (3 days per week office based).
• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus & pension contribution
• 25 days holidays plus 2 company days
• Annual Leave buy or sell (buy or sell up to 5 days AL each year)
• Healthcare Insurance through our flexible benefits programme
• Life assurance, phone & laptop, subsidized canteen
• Access to learning & development tools
• Free on-site parking

You may think you know us, but we’re full of surprises. Intrigued? Join us and Be Phenomenal. Apply now at: https://www.three.ie/careers #Jobs

At Three, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. As Ireland’s largest mobile telecommunications provider, we provide a better connected life for our diverse customer base, and want our teams to reflect this. We welcome and celebrate all identities and strive to create a culture of belonging where employees can thrive as their authentic selves. If you do not ‘tick every box’ in this job description, you likely have other valuable skills that would make you a great fit for one of our teams. If you feel this role is for you, then please apply! 

If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please let us know when scheduling your interview, or alternatively, please email aoife.omeara@three.ie Apply now at Three, a Phenomenal career awaits!