Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

Location: Manchester (Hybrid working available)

Overview

At Escode (part of NCC Group), we’re on a mission to make society safer and more secure. Our global community of talented individuals is driven by the desire to build a resilient digital world—and we’re thrilled that you’re considering joining us on this journey.

We’re currently seeking a Legal Counsel to join our high-performing Escode Legal Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified or trainee solicitor to take their legal career to the next level within a growing and dynamic area of contract law and software escrow.

About the Role

As a Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in supporting Escode’s commercial activities across the UK and internationally. You’ll work under the supervision of experienced legal professionals and in line with SRA requirements, delivering pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice across multiple business areas.

Key responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of commercial contracts and legal documents.
• Developing and maintaining legal templates tailored to evolving services and sales channels.
• Delivering legal training sessions to new joiners across UK sales and operational teams.
• Providing clear and actionable legal advice on commercial, IP, and dispute-related matters.
• Collaborating with compliance, corporate legal, and company secretarial teams to manage cross-functional legal issues.
• Supporting our international offices (e.g. Europe and the US) on English law aspects of contracts.
• Researching and advising on specialist topics relevant to the software escrow industry.
• Managing day-to-day legal queries and supporting broader legal team objectives.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience or strong interest in working within a legal environment (in-house or private practice).
• Ability to communicate legal advice in a clear and concise manner to a non-legal audience.
• Proven ability to collaborate and build relationships across diverse teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Confidence and willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong IT proficiency, particularly with Microsoft Office Suite.

Desirable

• Prior experience providing legal advice in a commercial or technology-focused context.
• Familiarity with the IT/software or cybersecurity industry.
• Awareness of escrow or business continuity solutions.

Why Escode?

The Escode division is the global leader in software resilience and business continuity, serving over 18,000 customers across the globe. We offer cutting-edge services including Escrow-as-a-Service (EaaS) and software verification, empowering clients to safeguard mission-critical applications both in the cloud and on-premise.

We’re proud of our culture—collaborative, inclusive, and relentlessly focused on delivering great work. If you’re looking to grow your legal career in a forward-thinking, security-led business, this could be your next big step.

Learn more at https://www.escode.com

About your application:

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details, please email global.ta@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Notice. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to security clearance as a mandatory requirement.