Legal Counsel (Commercial/Real Estate) – FTC
If you are solicitor who has focused on commercial property and/or construction and development projects and seeking a broad in-house commercially focused legal role where your expertise in commercial property & projects will add value to a global business, this role is for you!
Join one of the world’s largest and leading commercial real estate services firms as an in-house counsel on an initial 12 month FTC.
About the client:
Leading real estate, development services business with presence globally and excellent reputation as market leaders in this space. This business has a well established legal team who thrive off collaboration, knowledge sharing and providing opportunity to get involved in a broad remit of work.
About the role:
As in-house Counsel, you will be responsible for providing legal advice, guidance, direction and strategic partnership across a wide variety of legal and compliance matters across the EMEA business. Key responsibilities will include providing commercial legal advice across a range of internal service lines including Asset Services, Occupier Services, Integrated Facilities Management and Project & Development Services. Negotiating and drafting commercial supply contracts, including licensing, consulting and service agreements. Commercial property expertise as well as commercial contract expertise will be required for this role.
In addition to supporting the EMEA legal team and the wider global legal team, the successful candidate will advise on both contentious and non-contentious matters, as well as supporting on M&A and other corporate transactional work when appropriate.
About you:
- The successful candidate will ideally have between 2 – 6 years PQE, having trained either in a reputable law firm or in-house.
- Ideally you have experience of working in a commercial in-house environment but relevant experience in private practice will also be highly valued.
- Previous experience gained in the Construction and/or Real Estate sector is highly desirable.
- Experience of working on multi-jurisdictional matters with a geographically dispersed teams would be positive. This role would suit someone who is commercially astute and who thrives in a fast-paced, complex and high performing environment.
- The company is expanding, and this is a fantastic role for someone looking to make on an immediate impact and join a thriving team in a leading real estate business.
- If you thrive on the opportunity to work with and build effectively working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, then this could be a great fit for you. To explore this exciting role further, please apply.
Duration: 12 month FTC
Start date: From 1st April 2025
Working Arrangements: Hybrid – 2-3 day in London office ideal (not open to fully remote workers)
Salary range: Highly dependent on PQE level and expereince. The company has clear slaary bandings for the role and experience within the legal team and can speak through this if you are interested in progressing.
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