Vision: To be the UK’s leading digital infrastructure partner, enabling a fully connected future
Mission: Deliver reliable, high quality site access, infrastructure and services that support our customers’ evolving connectivity needs.
For almost two decades, Cornerstone’s infrastructure has quietly supported the UK’s mobile networks. Whilst we continue to strengthen that foundation and extend its reach, we’re in an exciting period of acceleration and product development that will see us enable more connectivity and compute to more communities and industries across the UK.
As we accelerate into new products, new markets, and new opportunities, you will play a defining role in what our success will be.
The Role
As Property Counsel (Acquisitions), you’ll play a hands-on role at the heart of the legal property function, helping to keep Cornerstone’s estate moving forward. From securing new sites and negotiating renewals to supporting upgrades, alterations, and key statutory processes, you’ll be involved in a varied mix of property transactions that directly protect and strengthen the business’s portfolio. You’ll also have the chance to shape how the legal function works behind the scenes—managing legal suppliers, keeping a close eye on budgets, and finding smarter, more efficient ways to improve processes. Alongside this, you’ll provide focused legal support to the Acquisitions project, becoming a trusted partner in helping it deliver at pace
Why This Role Matters
This is a role with real impact. By helping Cornerstone secure and progress key sites, you’ll play an important part in keeping critical infrastructure projects moving and supporting the connectivity that millions of people and businesses rely on every day. Your work will help remove barriers, reduce risk, and make sure the legal function is a true enabler of growth.
What You’ll Do
📍 Manage a busy caseload of acquisition transactions and legal escalations.
📜 Support lease work, renewals, notices and statutory processes⚖️ Advise on Code and Landlord & Tenant matters to unlock challenging sites.
🤝 Work closely with legal suppliers and acquisition teams to keep matters moving
📊 Track milestones, update systems and report on progress clearly
💼 Help manage supplier performance, spend and day-to-day legal support.
🛠️ Improve ways of working across legal processes and supplier management.
🌟 Support the wider Legal & Compliance team with training, meetings and collaboration.
What You’ll Bring
🎓 A qualified solicitor with strong experience in commercial propertylaw.
🏢 Solid grounding in commercial conveyancing, landlord and tenant matters, and property transactions.
⚖️ Good knowledge of the Electronic Communications Code and LTA1954.
💼 Experience working in a fast-paced in-house team or with in-house clients.
🔍 A sharp eye for detail, paired with a proactive and solutions-focused mindset.
🤝 Confident building strong relationships and working collaboratively across teams.
💬 Clear communication skills, with the ability to give practical and commercially focused advice.🚀 Comfortable making decisions, spotting improvements, and helping drive change.
Why Join Us?
Reward & Recognition: Competitive salary and an excellent bonus structure.
Time to Recharge: 30 days’ annual leave.
Long Term Security: Competitive pension scheme and life insurance
Flexibility: Hybrid working to help you balance work and homelife.
Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance including dental and optical cover.
Lifestyle Perks: Cycle to Work scheme, Electric Car scheme, and retail discounts.
Community & Growth: A generous refer a friend scheme.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success. We strive to cultivate an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered. By embracing unique perspectives and experiences, we drive innovation and drive our organisation forward, therefore, we recognise the importance of welcoming applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
We want to ensure everyone is able to present their best self throughout the recruitment process so if you require any adjustments, please let us know.
If this role is of interest to you and you would like to find out more, please do apply with an up to date version of your CV.