Legal Counsel

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In a world full of Uniteds, Citys and Rovers, there is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

The Role:

We’re currently recruiting a Legal Counsel within our Legal, Risk & Compliance Team to help us take things to the next level. We are looking to hire a lawyer with a passion and interest in working at a unique and ambitious football club. This rare opportunity will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to be based in London and work closely alongside the club’s Director of Legal, Managing Counsel, Legal Counsel and Associate Legal Counsel.

The successful candidate must have trained at a leading law firm or in-house legal team and have excellent academic credentials with at least 4 years’ post qualification experience.

About You:

We are looking for a bright and ambitious lawyer with demonstrable commercial acumen, a strong academic background and solid training from a reputable law firm or recognised in-house legal department. The successful candidate will have the following essential personal attributes:

• A confidential and discreet approach.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and capability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Personal integrity and commitment to providing sound advice to the Club.
• A personal commitment to continuous development both of the department, the service provision and your own personal development.
• A team player.
• Responds positively to change.
• A commitment to providing outstanding service.
• Ability to manage a varied and demanding workload.
• Willingness to be flexible around working hours as and when needed.

What you will do:

• Negotiating contractual documents with third parties, including prospective partners and suppliers, in collaboration with the Club’s commercial team;
• Advising all departments on key points of contractual negotiation and managing the timeline for all contractual processes (e.g., identifying, tracking, and actioning key contractual milestones such as renewals, deadlines, etc.).
• Advising on intellectual property matters.
• Providing advice to all areas of the business on regulatory matters (including, but not limited to, football regulations).
• Continually looking for ways to develop and improve the service provision of the Legal department.
• In particular, you will be providing legal advice and guidance across a range of activities including:
• Partnerships: drafting, advising on and negotiating international sponsorship deals for both the men’s and women’s teams.
• Retail: supporting the growth of our international retail offering. This will include drafting licensing and merchandise agreements and playing a key role in the Club’s IP and brand protection strategy.
• Supplier Agreements: supply of goods and services across a broad range of matters for all departments across the business.
• Ticketing and Hospitality: advising the Ticketing and Hospitality team on various legal aspects including sales agreements, terms and conditions of sale and catering contracts.
• Digital Media: providing legal support to the Club’s Marketing and Digital Media departments, assisting with the legal side of the Club’s media channels including its websites (both national and international), the Club’s Content team and the broadcast of the digital licensing arrangements within the parameters of the Premier League regulatory framework.
• Pre-season Tours and Friendlies: drafting and negotiating the Club’s match and tour agreements including sponsorship, broadcast, stadium hire and travel elements.
• Stadium related documents: venue hire agreements relating to non-football events (including music concerts, rugby matches, boxing matches, NFL matches and other large events), visitor attractions (including F1 Drive London and the Dare Skywalk), filming location agreements, stewarding, security and licences.
• Technology Agreements: advising our technology team on a broad range of IT/technology agreements including software licences, platform implementation and digital product build and implementation agreements.
• Club Policy Statements: drafting, reviewing, and updating where necessary Club Policy documents for publication both internally and externally.

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us:

DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box.

DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world.

DO IT OUR WAY – Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you:

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.