Group General Counsel

Thanks for stopping by! We’re Doctor Care Anywhere: Doctor Care Anywhere Group plc (DCA) is the UK’s largest private provider of telehealth services.  The Company works with insurers, healthcare providers and corporate customers to serve patients with a range of digitally enabled telehealth services on its proprietary platform. 

DCA is committed to delivering the best possible patient experience and clinical care through digitally enabled, joined up, evidence-based pathways.  DCA’s strategic ambition is to be the UK market leader in digitally enabled primary care, helping to meet the health needs of patients and payors in a challenging and fast changing environment. 

The Role: The Group General Counsel (GC) is a senior leader within Doctor Care Anywhere and a trusted adviser to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Board. The role plays a central part in supporting the delivery of DCA’s strategy, enabling sustainable growth, and ensuring robust governance, regulatory compliance, and risk management across the Group.

This is a broad, hands-on role with a strong commercial focus, encompassing legal leadership, data protection oversight (including acting as Data Protection Officer), and support for Company Secretarial activities. The GC will operate with confidence in a lean, high-growth environment and provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice that enables innovation while safeguarding patients, the Company, and its stakeholders.

Role Breakdown:

• Commercial and strategic legal matters (c. 80%): Commercial contracting, legal advice to the business, corporate activity (including reorganisations and M&A), and management of external legal advisers.
• Other duties (c. 20%): Board and governance support, data protection oversight, company secretarial support, and broader legal or risk-related projects as required.

Salary: From £160,000 per annum DOE

Work location: London office based (up to 2 days WFH)

Application Deadline: 9am Friday 15th May 2026

General Counsel Responsibilities

• Act as principal legal adviser to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, providing clear, practical, and commercially focused legal advice.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including healthcare regulation, competition law, anti-bribery and corruption, modern slavery, sanctions, and data protection.
• Identify, assess, and help mitigate legal and regulatory risks in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including technology, procurement, distribution, sales, and services agreements.
• Lead and oversee the Group’s corporate governance framework, policies, and compliance obligations.
• Support strategic initiatives, corporate transactions, and structural changes, including acquisitions, disposals, and group reorganisations.
• Manage and oversee external legal advisers, ensuring effective instruction, quality control, and cost discipline.
• Support and advise on Company Secretarial matters as required, working with outsourced and/or in-house providers.
• Support compliance with ASX listing requirements and relevant corporate governance standards.
• Act as a visible and collaborative senior leader, building strong relationships across the business.
• Provide constructive challenge and independent judgment in support of sound decision-making.
• Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement.