Senior Legal Counsel - Provision and Corporate

Job Description:

Senior Legal Counsel, Provision & Corporate

Salary: Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
Location status: Hybrid Working
Location: Kirkstall Forge, Leeds
Role Type: Permanent

We make health happen

At Bupa, we exist to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. That’s what drives us every day, and it’s why our Legal teams play such a vital part in delivering safe, reliable and trusted healthcare services.

As our new Senior Legal Counsel, Provision & Corporate, you’ll join a supportive team that advises our Provision business units—covering our hospitals, clinics, dental practices and other healthcare services. You’ll help us navigate a complex regulatory landscape, shape corporate and commercial activity, and make sure we’re doing the right thing for our customers, our people and the communities we serve.

This is a role with real influence. You’ll work with senior leaders across Bupa, contribute to high‑profile projects and help strengthen our governance, risk management and operational excellence. If you’re looking for a meaningful career where your expertise helps make health happen, you’ll enjoy making a difference here.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Provide clear, strategic and practical legal advice to the Provision business units on corporate and commercial matters.
• Support on major transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as business or asset transfers and large‑scale commercial arrangements.
• Work closely with Legal Directors to identify, escalate and report material risks, ensuring senior stakeholders have what they need to make informed decisions.
• Build strong relationships across the business, contributing to executive, risk and project committees as a trusted adviser.
• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date records within our Legal matter management platform, helping us track and improve the effectiveness of our work.
• Act as lead counsel when working with external law firms—monitoring fees, assessing performance and ensuring value for money.
• Stay ahead of key legal developments, especially in healthcare regulation, and help the business understand how changes could affect commercial and operational activity.
• Play an active role in developing our legal knowledge base, templates, guidance and best‑practice processes.
• Support the ongoing identification and management of legal risks, including reporting into relevant Bupa Group committees.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• Significant experience advising on complex corporate transactions essential, including private M&A, commercial agreements and organisational restructures.
• A strong understanding of healthcare regulation—or the ability to quickly learn the essentials—with the confidence to spot issues early and know when to seek specialist input.
• Experience working in‑house at a senior level, including influencing leadership stakeholders and supporting change in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to turn complicated legal matters into clear, straightforward language.
• Strong judgement, attention to detail and the ability to balance legal, commercial and operational considerations.
• A collaborative working style — you’ll be someone who builds trust, stays calm under pressure and enjoys working as part of a wider legal community.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing with service) with the option to buy or sell days.
• Bupa health insurance (benefit in kind).
• Enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
• Annual performance bonus – based on company and individual performance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym is available.
• A wide range of other benefits and online discount

Why Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”. We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Kirkstall Forge