Legal Counsel (Property Litigation)

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 experienceTo apply for the Legal Counsel (Property Litigation), please send your CV to (url removed)

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