Legal Counsel (Property Litigation)
Posted 20/05/2024 by Project People
Legal Counsel (Property Litigation)
Contract - 6 months
Reading - Hybrid working
MBNL is jointly owned by EE and Three, two of the UK's leading and most innovative mobile operators. Established in 2007 as the industry's first network-sharing joint venture, MBNL's mission is to provide best-in-class mobile infrastructure services to EE and Three for serving their tens of millions of customers in the UK. Working at MBNL means being part of a team where you feel connected, valued, and supported.
The Role:
MBNL's Legal Property Team provides commercially focused and efficient legal solutions together with risk management support across all areas of the business. 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 Litigation) involves legal management of a significant portfolio of sites in litigation, covering all projects and "business as usual" areas including Code renewals; Notices to Quit - exits and replacement sites; Site Access & Estate management (including rent review, dilapidations, decoms etc).
What the Legal Counsel (Property Litigation) will do:
- Strategically and/or estate-significant disputes work (acting as a point of escalation from early-stage disputes handled by the regional team lawyers).
- Regulatory advisory work including general health and safety, fire safety, building safety, ICNIRP, competition law; and
- Public law matters as required (primarily concerning planning matters and judicial review).
Broader responsibilities may require the holder of the role to act as the Lead on the following matters:
- Telecoms judicial reviews.
- Noise abatement notices.
- All magistrate's court enforcement procedures.
- All aspects of site access).
- Underpaid/overpaid rent.
- Rent arbitrations.
The successful Legal Counsel (Property Litigation) will have:
- A UK/Dual Qualified solicitor
- 3 years PQE (or equivalent)
- Experience of Real Estate Litigation.
- Ideally some in-house experience but will consider candidates from a private practice.
- Ability to handle large workloads and to adapt and learn new skills.
- Excellent communication, Drafting and Negotiating skills.
- Ability to work well and thrive under pressure.
- An ability to work in a rapidly changing environment with complex and occasionally challenging relationships.
Nice to Have:
- Volume portfolio management
- Experience of implementing process change
- High volume dispute resolution / litigation experience
- Health and Safety / Regulatory experience
- Public Law
- Telecoms experience
To apply for the Legal Counsel (Property Litigation), please send your CV to (url removed)
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- Type:
- Contract
- Start Date:
- asap
- Contract Length:
- 6 months
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- Job Reference:
- PP/CK/LegalCounsel_1716220697
- Job ID:
- 221687178
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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