Assistant Legal Counsel
Location: Churchill House, Parkside, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3SG
Department: Legal
Reporting to: General Counsel & Group Company Secretary
About the role
Join Churchill Living as an Assistant Legal Counsel and work alongside the General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel to provide practical legal advice and support across the business. You will collaborate closely with operational teams, helping them achieve their objectives while contributing to the wider goals of the Group. Full training and guidance will be provided across all aspects of the role.
•Provide non-contentious and contentious legal advice across a varied range of business matters.
•Support land acquisitions, plot sales and general property management.
•Draft and negotiate land, marketing, IT and construction contracts.
•Advise on contractual disputes, boundary issues, lease interpretation and other ad hoc legal matters.
•Help the business maintain regulatory compliance, including AML, FCA and GDPR requirements.
•Assist with company secretarial filings, statutory books and meeting minutes for Group companies.
•Provide legal administrative support for major transactions, liaising across departments to identify and collate relevant documentation.
This is a Head Office-based role in Ringwood, Hampshire, working five days a week. Some travel within the UK may be required.
About you
You may be newly or recently qualified as a solicitor and looking to build broad in-house experience within a small, supportive legal team. An initial understanding of real estate—particularly leasehold matters—or commercial property would be valuable, while experience in corporate or company law would be an advantage.
Most importantly, you will be proactive, enthusiastic and ready to take a positive, can-do approach. We welcome applications from newly qualified solicitors who are keen to learn, develop their experience and make a contribution across the business, irrespective of the breadth of their previous experience.
How you’ll be rewarded
By joining Churchill Living you will be part of a Company that really cares, and we are proud to offer a wide range of benefits including:
•Competitive salary
•24 days holiday plus the opportunity to buy more or sell it
•Day off on your birthday
•Company pension contribution
•Private medical cover and health screening
•Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
•Discretionary sick pay
•Group life assurance
•Charity fund matching
•Long service awards and peer to peer recognition scheme
•Professional development
•And much, much more!
About us
We are Churchill Living, the leading provider of housing that offers freedom, independence, and unrivalled living value for the over 60s, and we’re looking for people like you!
As a family-run, privately-owned business we have a strong culture built on trust and integrity. We’re proud of what we do, and the people we work with, and we believe in giving something back to the communities where we operate. Our success is built on our fantastic team of more than 700 Colleagues across the country, which is growing all the time.
We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality apartments in desirable locations across the country for those looking for greater freedom and independence. Our developments are designed to provide safety, support and a sense of community for our Customers to enjoy, ensuring peace of mind for them and their families.
We are proud to have been voted a Sunday Times Top 10 'Best Places to Work' based on our Colleagues feedback. Not only that, but we've won a host of industry awards including the prestigious Housebuilder of the Year at the WhatHouse? Awards.
If you want to be part of an ambitious and successful business which values and appreciates its people, click apply today.
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