Legal Assistant
Legend is seeking a Legal Assistant based in Jersey or London to join its global Legal Team. This role is designed for an individual early in their career, such as a non-qualified solicitor, who will report to a senior legal counsel.
The Legal Assistant will support the efficient operation and administration of the Legal Team by enhancing internal processes and policies. They will provide assistance on a range of routine legal matters and day-to-day group administration activities, helping to ensure the team functions as a high-performing unit within a fast-paced international business environment.
- Support with the day-to-day legal review and negotiation of supplier agreements with appropriate supervision via our procurement platform, utilising legal templates and playbook(s) and taking ownership of the legal stages of the process for assigned contracts.
- Assist with other repeatable legal matters, such as reviewing and negotiating NDAs and contractor agreements, drafting board minutes, and managing registered trademark filings and renewals - all using legal templates and with appropriate supervision.
- Support with corporate group administration matters, including liaising with external advisors and agents, supporting with submission of required filings and record keeping, and satisfying KYC requests.
- Support internal legal team administration for new work requests, including management of legal inboxes and other legal communication channels, and the assignment and tracking of matters across the team.
- Invoice administration and budget tracking for the Legal Team.
- Identifying, updating, strengthening and enforcing key team policies and processes (both internally and externally), including ensuring legal document repositories, contract databases and information management platforms are updated and maintained.
- Look for opportunities to simplify, automate and improve repeatable legal processes, helping the team become more efficient as we continue to grow.
- Assist with key legal project management, including organising meetings, managing project documentation, and supporting project objectives.
- Enhance legal technology tools, coordinating with third-party vendors to optimise functionality and resolve operational issues.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to progress routine legal matters efficiently, maintaining accountability and service delivery.
- Contribute across a range of legal and governance initiatives, carrying out research, regulatory filings and other operational activities as required.
- Excellent organisation and project coordination skills, with the ability to keep multiple pieces of work moving while maintaining exceptional attention to detail (required).
- Comfortable managing competing priorities and delivering high-quality work in a fast-moving environment (required).
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a focus on identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working (required).
- Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment, juggling competing interests and stakeholders (required).
- Experience being involved in supporting projects with legal input or focus (required).
- Enthusiasm for contributing to a dynamic legal team and making a substantial impact on legal operations and administration (required).
- Experience reviewing legal agreements based on templates or playbooks, with support/ guidance (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with legal tools and technology is advantageous (nice-to-have).
- Prior experience in a legal operations role (nice-to-have).
- Law degree qualification (nice-to-have).
Legend is the company behind more than 25 sports and gaming brands, focused on player experience across betting and gaming. It operates with a global team of over 800 people across 10 hubs worldwide, building and growing its portfolio of brands. The company describes its approach as driven by data, creativity and collaboration, summarised in its "Mindset, Vision, Performance" formula. Headquartered in St Helier, Jersey, Legend operates hubs across Europe and North America. In 2026 Genius Sports announced a definitive agreement to acquire the company.