Legal Counsel (Commercial Property)

Project People; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Legal Counsel specializing in commercial property to join their in-house team in Oxford. This permanent position will involve advising on property issues, managing external lawyers, and delivering legal solutions efficiently. Candidates should be qualified solicitors with 5-8 years of experience and excellent communication skills. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement with flexibility for on-site work.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-8 years PQE.
• Ability to handle large workloads and adapt to new skills.
• Experience with Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Responsibilities

• Advise on litigation/property issues and estate management queries.
• Deliver legal solutions on target and to budget.
• Manage external lawyers and ensure effective delivery.

Skills

Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales

Commercial property experience

Property litigation experience

Excellent Communication skills

Drafting skills

Negotiating skills

Job description

Overview

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 Shareholders

Key skills required

• 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)

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