Legal Counsel (Commercial Property)
Permanent Position
Reading (Hybrid - 2 or 3 days on-site)
About the role :
The MBNL in-house legal team provides commercially focused and efficient legal solutions together with risk management support across all areas of the business from property to procurement. The team are responsible for a range of activities including delivering robust and legally sound contracts; dispute resolution and management; and supporting the wider Property & Legal function on all aspects of property acquisition, disposal and estate management.
The Legal Counsel (Property) will be responsible for providing high quality, nimble and commercially focused transactional property and property litigation support in relation to ongoing management of a network in excess of 20,000 sites.
Key responsibilities:
Advise the business on general litigation/property/telecoms issues and general estate management queries
Analyse legal rights and provide strategic commercially focused advice and/or negotiating (where applicable) with the Site Providers and/or their solicitor
Deliver excellent legal solutions on target and to budget ensuring external legal spend is effective and efficient
Manage external lawyers appointed by MBNL to include approving documentation and ensuring that the external lawyers deliver: (a) to agreed strategy, standards and service levels; (b) within defined timescales; (c) to budget; and (d) with added value, and provide reporting / management information as required by MBNL
Assist with establishing and constantly improving effective and efficient processes and policies, particularly with regards to leveraging the Electronic Communications Code
Support and facilitate project activities/deliverables on all sites
Work closely with property colleagues to support their business requirements as well as reporting to the ShareholdersKey skills required for this role :
An England and Wales Qualified Solicitor
Minimum of 5-8 years PQE
Commercial property or property litigation experience (essential)
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (essential)
We would welcome applications from candidates with private practice and/or in-house experience in the above fields
Ability to handle large workloads and to adapt and learning new skills
Excellent Communication, Drafting and Negotiating skills
Ability to work well and thrive under pressure
Organised, efficient, enthusiastic and resilient
An ability to work in a rapidly changing environment with complex and occasionally challenging relationships.
Nice to have Telecoms experience
Electronic Communications Code (desirable but not essential)If interested and to know more about the role, please share your CV with me -
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