Legal Counsel

About the role:

You will form part of a small, collegiate team of in-house legal professionals. You will provide legal advice and support to all areas of the business for the full cradle-to-grave lifecycle of rolling stock asset management. This role will give you the opportunity to gain experience across a broad spectrum of practice areas.

What will you be doing?

• Providing practical and timely legal advice in connection with the procurement, leasing, maintenance, operation, refurbishment, insurance, and disposal of rolling stock.
• Structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Working within multidisciplinary project teams on diversification, acquisition and growth opportunities across the business.
• Identifying, understanding and mitigating both legal and commercial risk.

What do we need from you?

• 3-5 years post-qualification experience.
• A background in asset leasing / finance.
• Experience in commercial contracts would be beneficial.

Why choose us?

As an employer we ask that all our employees follow and showcase five simple values; that we are:

• People People
• Future Forward
• Always Accountable
• Together Better
• Problem Solvers

Alongside these values we also believe our role as an employer is to empower our workforce to make self-sufficient, informed choices, giving them new experiences and helping to develop their careers.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset at Angel Trains, and this is why we invest significantly in both their professional and personal development. We have been accredited with Investors in People & Wellbeing Platinum Awards and we’ve tailored our competitive benefits offering to include:

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday allowance and employer pension contributions.
• A discretionary annual corporate bonus scheme.
• Additional benefits funding package.
• Season ticket loans, salary sacrifice cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes.
• Family-friendly and flexible working policies. We’ll strive to work around your commitments to offer you a better work/life balance.

Your physical and mental wellbeing matters to us and to support you during your career we also offer an Employee Assistance Programme, and a dedicated team of volunteer Mental Health First Aiders.

It’s a great place to work with modern offices in London and Derby (but with hybrid working), engaged colleagues, and external recognition as a “World Class Workplace”. Many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to discuss about how this could work for you.

Please note:

For an informal discussion regarding the role or a full copy of the Job Description please contact chris.hurford@angeltrains.co.uk. If you would like alternative copies of any documents or apply in a different manner please also contact Chris.  

We are not currently looking for external agency support at this time.

Deadline for submission is the 12/09/2025, however we reserve the right to close the advert before that date is reached.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Our policy is to recruit a diverse workforce and follow the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010.