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The Role
Are you a UK-qualified lawyer with a talent for commercial contracts including construction standard forms? Whether you're from an in-house or private practice background, we want you to bring your expertise to our dynamic commercial legal team, working closely with our In-Building Solutions and Procurement teams. You will be at the forefront of reviewing, drafting, and negotiating tender documents, contracts, and other crucial legal documents, including supplier/vendor agreements, licensing agreements, and services and maintenance agreements.
At Cellnex, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting our mission to connect every corner of the UK. You'll be joining us at a time of exciting digital innovation, contributing to Smart Cities, IoT, digital broadcasting, and the UK's transport and emergency services. If you're a qualified solicitor or barrister passionate about reducing digital inequality and driving forward 21st-century communications infrastructure, we want to hear from you!
This is a hybrid role, based out of our lovely offices in Reading, Manchester or Leamington Spa 3 days a week, with 2 days at home.
We are keen to encourage all applications, so if you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia, a medical condition or individual need – which you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best.
Key Responsibilities
The postholder will be responsible for providing legal services and commercially focused legal advice to various Cellnex UK internal teams, primarily the In-Building Solutions team as well as the Procurement team and Senior Management. Significant areas of practice will include the following:
* Acting as business partner for the In-Building Solutions commercial and operations teams, building strong relationships, implementing effective ways of working to analyse and manage risk effectively while supporting the business to achieve sales targets and timelines.
* Leading and being accountable for customer negotiations on design and build, installation and services and maintenance contracts, as well as concession agreements and negotiations with mobile network operators/ other communications providers, often involving competing priorities within tight deadlines.
* Advising on public procurement tenders and framework agreements with channel partners.
* Maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and regulation as it applies to the organisation and to contracts with third parties, including security (notably the Telecommunications Security Act), data protection and compliance issues, ensuring contracts comply with UK data protection legislation and Cellnex policies.
* Maintaining and developing standard templates, playbook, and clear guidance, primarily for the In-Building Solutions business area, to empower the business teams to pursue sales opportunities.
* Supervising the work of more junior members of the Commercial Legal team, overseeing complex matters as required, and providing coaching and development.
* Providing strategic and proactive legal advice to Board directors and Executive Committee on contractual risks, working with and influencing senior stakeholders and teams across the business on managing and mitigating risks.
* Proactively understanding and keeping up to date with market trends; relevant technology; growth opportunities; and competition environment, fostering relevant external relationships.
* Accountable for identifying and implementing relevant process improvements within the legal team and across the organisation; developing and refining precedent documents; and delivering relevant training to internal colleagues.
Experience
* Lawyer qualified to practise in England & Wales, ideally 8-12 years PQE
* Able to manage a full portfolio of matters, including organising and providing high level reporting on progress, effectively prioritising based on risk and reward, and adaptable to changing priorities
* Able to work proactively and independently with sales and delivery teams, Executive team, external lawyers and advisors, escalating decisions to Head of Legal where required
* Demonstrates drive and enthusiasm to pursue matters to completion, working across business and support teams
* Substantial experience of construction contracts (NEC3, NEC4, JCT)
* Substantial experience of customer and supply contracts such as framework agreements with call-off structures, master services agreements, services agreements
* Demonstrable experience of and interest in understanding products and services in a technology/B2B environment
* Experience of procurement contracting working on standard and non-standard terms
* Good working knowledge of public procurement rules or demonstrable experience of working in a regulated sector and interest in developing public procurement knowledge
* Hybrid role with 3 days a week on site, this can be in any of our UK offices but the ability to attend the Reading office at least a couple of times a month to work with the In-Buildings Solutions team would be desirable.
Don’t worry if you don’t meet all the requirements, we're creating a space where everyone, no matter their background, can thrive. If you're excited about this opportunity, but worry your experience doesn't match every single thing in the job ad. We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect fit for this role or another one down the line. Our team's here to help you see how your skills line up.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Cellnex Telecom is a leader in communication, technology and innovation and employs over 2000 people. We want everyone to feel valued by creating a culture of inclusion and belonging. We do this by empowering all of our people to be authentic and share their ideas and experiences to ensure we have diversity of perspective. Only by doing this will we be a truly innovative forward-thinking organisation.
Who Are We?
Cellnex is Europe’s and the UK’s largest and fastest-growing independent owner and neutral operator of wireless telecoms infrastructure and is integral to the successful rollout of 5G. With the wireless infrastructure foundation that we deliver across rural and urban areas, Cellnex UK helps to connect everyone, everywhere - reducing digital inequality and supporting socio-economic growth. Our networks and solutions are built to be fit for now and the future so that the UK can prosper. We are a business built on commercial and technical innovation, ambition and sustainable growth.
We provide high-speed connectivity for sports stadia, shopping centres, campuses, railways, ports and even in the air. Whenever you're out in public, and you call a loved one, scroll through social media, watch a funny video or check if your train is running on time, there's a high chance that our infrastructure is enabling your connection. We're at a point of high growth and lots of change, and so we're looking for a forward-thinking, challenge-loving innovative individual to join our business!
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