Legal Counsel Team Manager - Contract

Overview

Fasthosts is looking for an experienced, commercially minded legal professional to join us as Manager, Legal Counsel on a contract basis providing maternity cover until August 2027. You’ll lead a small UK legal team, act as our UK Data Protection Officer, and provide practical, business‑focused legal support across Fasthosts and IONOS Cloud. This role offers a great mix of hands‑on legal work, team leadership and collaboration with colleagues across the UK and Europe.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage, mentor and support the UK Legal team
• Act as the UK Data Protection Officer, overseeing GDPR/UK DPA compliance and advising on privacy risks
• Work closely with Group Legal to align on contracts, regulatory matters and wider Group initiatives
• Advise on commercial agreements (cloud/hosting, software licensing, strategic suppliers)
• Support on UK regulatory areas including consumer law, IP, competition and sanct...