Home → Jobs
Legal Counsel
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system.
Job Posted- 24 Feb 2026
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 10 Mar 2026
Roles and responsibilities
• Drafting and negotiating contracts for football transactions across the Club’s men’s first team, women’s first team and academy teams.
• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial and operational contracts with partners, suppliers and service providers.
• Providing support and advice across all the Club’s departments on a range of matters. This will include working closely with internal stakeholders in the Club’s Technical, Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Finance, People and Culture, Media, Medical and Technology departments.
• Identifying, assessing and putting in place measures to ensure legal compliance and mitigation of legal, regulatory and reputational risks.
• Providing support on contentious matters, including the production of submissions and witness statements for disputes in football-specific forums.
• Providing advice to internal stakeholders on applicable rules and regulations (including football-specific rules and regulations).
• Proactively assisting with the development and implementation of Club policies, processes and internal legal strategy.
• Working innovatively with the Club’s Technology department to develop and implement cutting-edge legal software and systems.
• Working closely with the Data Protection Officer to ensure compliance with all relevant data protection laws and regulations.
• To support the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights working in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively staying abreast of all relevant legal, regulatory and industry-specific developments and ensuring that relevant stakeholders are made aware of the same.
• Instructing and managing external legal advisers when necessary.
Click here for a full job description
How to Apply
Please click APPLY NOW to begin the application process.