About Frank
Frank is a newly established legal advisory company created to modernize how businesses access legal services.
Built in response to structural changes in the legal market, Frank operates a tech-enabled, subscription-based legal advisory model serving scaleups and mid-market companies. By combining strong legal expertise with technology and a product-oriented delivery model, Frank delivers high-quality legal advice in a more predictable, efficient and scalable way.
Frank is owned 50/50 by Skeil, a venture studio with experience building professional services companies, and Molteberg Nilsen, an established law firm. This structure provides commercial freedom combined with strong legal credibility.
The Role
We are looking for a Head of Legal to ensure high and consistent legal quality across all client deliveries.
This role holds overall responsibility for legal quality, methodology and professional standards within Frank, and reports directly to the CEO.
The role is primarily operational and advisory, not administrative. You will maintain your own client portfolio while acting as the senior legal authority, quality assurer and sparring partner for the legal team.
The role does not include formal personnel responsibility, but carries clear professional leadership responsibility.
Purpose of the Role
Ensure that all legal services meet high and consistent professional standards
Establish frameworks and methodologies that enable scalability
Create a safe and supportive environment for less experienced jurists
Act as the legal backbone of the organisation as Frank grows
Key Responsibilities
Legal Quality and Professional Leadership
Have overall responsibility for building, developing and scaling the legal team
Lead hiring, onboarding, learning and development of jurists
Ensure that all legal services meet high and consistent professional standards
Establish frameworks, methodologies and routines that enable quality and scalability
Create a safe and supportive environment for less experienced jurists
Build a strong team culture with clear expectations, feedback and development
Plan team capacity and allocate legal competence across client work
Act as the legal backbone of the organisation as Frank grows
Be part of the leadership team and contribute to strategy, growth and scalability
Operational Legal Delivery
Manage your own portfolio of client assignments
Handle matters across employment law, contract law and corporate law
Support prioritisation and resource allocation across cases
Ensure deadlines are met and client expectations are managed
Structure, Methodology and Scalability
Develop and maintain legal playbooks, templates and standardised approaches
Contribute to the design of scalable service offerings
Support implementation of technology and AI tools in legal delivery
Identify opportunities for efficiency, optimisation and quality improvement
Collaboration and Culture
Work closely with the CEO on legal direction and service development
Act as a role model for professionalism, quality and work ethic
Prioritise team needs when required to ensure delivery continuity
Candidate Profile
We are looking for a highly experienced lawyer with a strong commercial mindset, such as:
Background from a business law firm or legal advisory environment
Experience from legal teams within Big Four or similar
Experience and Qualifications
Minimum 8 years’ experience as a qualified lawyer
Solid experience from business-oriented legal advisory work
Broad legal competence, particularly within employment law, contract law and corporate law
Proven experience with legal quality assurance and review
Experience mentoring and guiding other lawyers or jurists
Strong commercial understanding and client orientation
Personal Attributes
Trusted advisor with strong legal and commercial credibility
Clear, structured and pedagogical communicator
Coaching mindset with a focus on developing others
Strong prioritisation skills in a high-tempo environment
High resilience and ability to handle multiple parallel processes
Strong business acumen and openness to technology and new ways of working
What We Offer
A central role in building a new legal advisory platform
Opportunity to shape legal quality, methodology and delivery standards from day one
High degree of autonomy and real influence
Close collaboration with CEO and core leadership
Modern, tech-enabled working environment
Opportunity to help build a scalable, high-quality legal organisation
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