Senior Legal Counsel: Property (Part Time)

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Welwyn Garden City is seeking a Senior Property Counsel to provide legal expertise and support Tesco's Property strategy. This role involves reviewing property documents, advising on risks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a qualified Real Estate Lawyer with at least 5 years of PQE, skilled in litigation and stakeholder management. Enjoy a hybrid working model that supports flexibility and balance between personal and professional commitments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE as a Real Estate Lawyer.
• Solid understanding of litigation, planning/construction law, employment law, and competition law is a plus.
• Experience in instructing external counsel and specialist lawyers.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and mentorship on property law.
• Review property documents and advise on risks.
• Partner with teams to meet business needs in property matters.
• Support Property governance including board paper input.
• Collaborate with external law firms for efficient legal services.
• Manage property policies and compliance training.

Skills

Qualified Real Estate Lawyer

Excellent technical and interpersonal skills

Outstanding stakeholder management

Commercial, practical and innovative outlook

Job description

The Senior Property Counsel will report to the Head of Legal – Property & Transformation and will collaborate closely with the Property, Legal, and wider operational and support teams across Tesco Group. This role requires demonstrating legal expertise to contribute to and support the delivery of Tesco Property's strategy and operational objectives!

• Provide commercially minded legal advice and mentorship to the business on all areas of property law.
• Review all types of property documents and advise on risks and issues across all areas of the Property plan (including acquisitions, disposals, asset management).
• Partnering with colleagues from the Tesco Property and Legal teams to ensure property matters are addressed in a timely and risk-balanced manner to meet business requirements.
• Support on Property governance including input into board papers.
• Working together with external law firms to share knowledge and standard process to ensure the efficient delivery of property legal services to the business.
• Ensure that all external legal advice is provided in an efficient way, including the negotiation and management of external legal fees.
• Management of relevant property policies and processes, including any property related compliance training
• Support with the development of our property legal capability in India.

• Qualified Real Estate Lawyer (5year PQE+)
• Excellent technical and interpersonal skills.
• Solid understanding of litigation, planning/construction law, employment law and competition law a plus.
• Experience in instructing external counsel and specialist lawyers where applicable.
• Outstanding stakeholder management.
• A commercial, practical and innovative outlook.

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