Job Title: | Legal Counsel - Property - Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Location: | Berkshire |
Industry: | |
Salary: | Negotiable |
Start Date: | asap |
REF: | P/Legal/Sara_1666186765 |
Contact Name: | Sara Rowe |
Contact Email: | sara.rowe@projectpeople.com |
Job Published: | over 1 year ago |
Job Description
Legal Counsel - Property - Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 - Permanent - Mobile Telecoms
Mostly remote working with a 3-4 days per month in Reading office
Exciting new opportunity for either a newly qualified or experienced qualified legal counsel / solicitor who has knowledge of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 to join a leading mobile telecoms company in Berkshire.
In a nutshell: The In-house property legal team look after all of the tenant and lease agreements for mobile telecoms sites throughout the UK (over 20,000) from BAU through to disputes and litigation matters.
The Role:
In-house legal team are seeking a Legal Counsel with experience working with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to join their property team. Whether you are newly qualified or an experienced lawyer, we'd love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity for someone already working within telecommunications or someone looking to move into a new Industry, offering flexible and remote working
The in-house legal team provide high quality, nimble and commercially focused property legal and dispute resolution support to the Company and particularly the internal and external property teams, across a variety of projects in relation to ongoing management of the network in excess of 20,000 sites across all property and telecommunications issues.
What you can expect to be doing:
Supporting the legal team on all aspects of the ongoing management of the Company Network to include legal support to the legal and property teams
Delivering excellent legal solutions on target and to budget ensuring external legal spend is effective and efficient
Managing external lawyers appointed by the Company to include approving documentation and ensuring that the external lawyers deliver accordingly
Assisting with establishing and constantly improving effective and efficient processes and policies, particularly with regard to leveraging the impact of the Electronic Communications Code
Supporting and facilitating project activities/deliverables on all sites/projects
Managing and advising upon legal disputes/issues including a high volume of proceedings against Site Providers and other third parties in order to deliver new Code agreements, mitigate risks to the network managed by the Company and avoid loss of coverage
Providing full legal support to the property and operations teams across multiple projects including delivering timely and accurate advice on all aspects of relevant legislation
Advising the property teams and agents on legal queries, analysing legal rights and providing strategic, commercially focused advice and/or negotiating (where applicable) with the Site Providers and/or their legal advisers
Advising the business on general litigation/property/telecoms issues and general estate management queries
What we are looking for:
A qualified solicitor
Experience of working with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Experience of working in one or more of the following: Telecommunications, Commercial or Real Estate Litigation, in-house property legal tea , Commercial Real Estate.
Excellent word processing skills including Microsoft Excel / Outlook / PowerPoint / SharePoint and Word
Ability to handle large workloads and to adapt and learn new skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work well and thrive under pressure
Organised, efficient, enthusiastic, and resilient
Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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