Legal Counsel

Summary

•    Working within the MAG Legal Team supporting CAVU, our global online business 
•    Based at Manchester Airport  
•    Full time, permanent role 
•    Competitive salary plus benefits 
•    Hybrid role (3 office days, required to be Mon and Thurs, plus one other day)


About MAG

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities.

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:
•    Bonus scheme 
•    Flexible and generous company pension plan with various company contribution options (up to 10%) that you can change to suit your personal needs  
•    25 days holiday plus bank holidays  
•    Free parking  
•    Subsidised public transport  
•    Huge range of company discounts  
•    2 volunteering days per year  
•    Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week  
•    Care Concierge service  


About The Role

This role will be working primarily within the CAVU team. CAVU is our global online business. CAVU’s purpose is to find new and better ways to make airport travel seamless and enjoyable for everybody. From the smallest ideas to the biggest changes. Every day is about creating better travel experiences. From a revenue accelerating single platform technology, Propel, through to world-class hospitality venues including 1903 and Escape Lounges – CAVU’s solutions make travel more seamless and enjoyable for passengers, and more profitable for clients and partners.  

As Legal Counsel, you will support and help the business deliver its commercial objectives by providing practical, risk-based legal advice, drafting and negotiating contracts, supporting legal and regulatory compliance, and embedding effective legal support into day-to-day business decision-making. The role involves working closely with the Legal team and the wider business to provide commercially focussed legal advice.

Key Responsibilities: 

•    Provide commercial legal advice: Provide accurate, timely and commercially focused legal advice to CAVU and Airports stakeholders 
•    Draft, review and negotiate contracts: Manage commercial agreements spanning across Technology, Service Agreements, NDA’s, Data, Software Licences and more. 
•    Support CAVU Experiences, Connect and Commerce: Provide legal support across CAVU’s Experiences, Connect and Commerce businesses.  
•    Support the Airports team: Support the Airports Legal team on commercial contracts and wider legal issues for the Airports division  
•    Support Group team: Support the corporate functions within MAG with company secretarial and other corporate matters.   
•    Build stakeholder relationships: Build effective working relationships with colleagues across CAVU, Airports, MAG Legal and wider business teams, providing advice that is clear, practical and aligned to stakeholder needs.  
•    Support legal operations and continuous improvement: Contribute to the development of legal templates, guidance, training, playbooks, process improvements and management information, helping the Legal team deliver efficient, consistent and value-added legal services.  


What Will Make You Successful

The successful candidate will be a qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate and 2–4 years’ post-qualification experience.

Bringing strong expertise in drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, the successful candidate will have excellent commercial awareness, be confident in providing practical, risk-based legal advice and managing a varied caseload, progressing matters proactively while working effectively with appropriate supervision. 

They will possess strong legal drafting, research, analytical and written communication skills, alongside sound judgement and a proactive approach to problem-solving, recognising when issues require escalation.

Success in this role will also require the ability to build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, prioritise competing demands and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.  

A keen eye for detail, strong IT skills (including experience using AI to support working processes) and a commitment to improving legal processes and ways of working are essential.

Experience advising on technology, software, e-commerce, digital products, intellectual property, competition law or data protection matters, as well as experience working with procurement, commercial, product or technology teams, or within regulated sectors such as aviation, travel, hospitality, infrastructure or digital marketplaces, would be advantageous but is not essential. 
 

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

We’re building something brilliant at MAG: a diverse team of Journey Makers who share our values and want to make a difference. We’re on a mission to be number one in our industry, and that takes talent in all its forms. With so many exciting roles across our airports and businesses, there’s space for your unique strengths to shine.

Whether this is your first role or your next big step, we want to hear from you – even if you don’t think you tick every box. What matters most is what you bring.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you need any adjustments to support your application or interview, just let us know. We’re committed to helping you perform at your best.

At MAG, every journey matters. Our Colleague Communities play a big part in that: Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity), Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mind Matters (Mental Health), PACT (Parents & Carers), RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity), and the CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group.