Regional Counsel

Regional Counsel

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).

Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Regional Counsel to join our Legal team, sat within the Group Central Support.  

We are looking for an experienced, confident and energetic individual, you will play a senior and leading role in the provision of legal support to Nord Anglia and your Regions, providing pragmatic, commercial and strategic legal advice. You will lead region-specific projects to transform legal operational practice and risk management. You will also act as principal legal lead on greenfield developments (new schools), campus lease renewals and school expansions. As well as supporting on other day-to-day legal operational matters for both your Region and, when the need arises, on projects for other key/strategic/functional areas within Nord Anglia. 

The role:

We seek an individual to join as Regional Counsel where your focus will be to:

• Manage Regional legal supplier strategy / relationship and engagement with external lawyers and other service providers.
• Liaise with various departments and offices in different countries and time zones across a global portfolio
• Manage and deliver a programme of improvement to provide best-in-class legal support to the Regions and key Nord Anglia business areas (including to schools, Corporate Development, Central Treasury/Tax, and Corporate Finance teams).
• Implement best in class tools/templates, training and know-how within regions.
• Lead and manage legal aspects of all greenfield/brownfield development (new schools/school expansions), construction and lease related projects.
• Lead and manage legal aspects of post-acquisition school integration within your Regions.
• Manage legal operational matters for other Group functions, relevant schools and regional offices.
• Identify ways to improve workflow and implement improvement projects.

The Successful Candidate will possess:

• Experienced lawyer with 8+ years PQE.
• Training in an international law firm. Knowledge and experience working with international laws and cross border transactions.
• Experience working with senior management teams.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High-level drafting and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders.

Please see full job description here.

About Us

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 87 international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.  We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.

Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.

By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team.  As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

To Apply

On-line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV.

Nord Anglia and our schools champion inclusion and belonging, to change our communities for the better. 

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.