Property Counsel in Birmingham

Senior Recruitment Consultant – Supply Chain at Advanced Resource Managers

Birmingham

Property Counsel

The role of Property Counsel is to provide a full range of property advice to projects and key internal stakeholders with a particular focus on utilities and statutory undertaker work, in order to minimise exposure and risk whilst ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations and timely delivery of property requirements and with minimal supervision.

Accountabilities

Assisting with the provision of high quality legal support on all aspects of property law in connection with the projects including the acquisition and disposal of a very diverse range of properties comprising high value commercial, residential & agricultural properties; disposal of properties; granting and taking leasehold interests; landlord and tenant matters; granting licences and easements to utilities and other stakeholders; and related template documentation. In all cases, providing advice in such a way so as to ensure that the business is not exposed to undue risk and that consistent standards are adhered to.

Assisting with legal agreements, easements, acquisitions and disposals and legal process relating to utilities, telecoms and other statutory undertakers and similar third parties, protecting the project\’s interests, its ability to discharge its role as nominated undertaker and agent for the Secretary of State and facilitating the construction and, management and operation of infrastructure

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor with post-qualification experience in property law.
• A working knowledge gained in-house or in private practice dealing with government departments, utilities and/or transport undertakers.
• A working knowledge of negotiating and completing legal agreements, easements, acquisitions and disposals and legal process relating to utilities, telecoms and other statutory undertakers and similar third parties.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal

Industries

Legal Services