Legal Advisor

Description

Our business model is to adopt networks constructed by our accredited partners and to operate and manage these networks safely and efficiently. These arrangements are subject to contractual and legal arrangements which must be robust and well managed to ensure best outcomes for ESP.

• Manage utilities leases, transfers and wayleaves, from instruction to completion.
• Identifying risk in relation to legal matters and developing and implementing appropriate mitigations.
• Provide ad-hoc legal advice and support to ESP colleagues relating to legal matters.
• Provide instructions to external counsel on land rights projects.
• Managing and negotiating land rights transactions from instruction to completion.
• Supervise Paralegals and Legal Assistants on land rights transactions, helping them assess the risk of proposed amendments to ESP deeds/leases; and
• Be involved in the negotiation of the legal framework supporting major and minor Gas/Electricity/Water/Heat schemes which are nationally significant.
• Assisting with the resolution of complex legal matters.
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders to provide updates and guidance on the status of legal matters.
• Develop and draft bespoke contracts terms for land rights where appropriate to reflect the needs of ESP.
• Supervising junior members of the legal team.

Requirements

• Commercial contract negotiation experience (desirable).
• Experience dealing with easements, deeds of covenants, licences to alter.
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (or working towards), or Qualified Solicitor.
• A good organiser with a natural ability to plan and organise to achieve objectives and targets.
• Experience managing and negotiating leasehold and freehold purchase and sales.
• Strongly analytical, with well-developed problem solving skills and proficient with MS Office.
• Experience dealing with the legalities of large scale residential and/or commercial developments.
• Experience within the energy and/or utility sector (desirable).
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and external parties. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience supervising or managing junior members of staff (desirable).

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Company training programmes to help you develop.
• Holidays: 26 days, going up to 27 after 3 years and up to 28 after 5 years of employment. The company gives you the opportunity to buy/sell up to 3 days per year.
• Volunteering day: one day a year fully paid.
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits: Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and paid time off when receiving fertility treatment.
• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhance Pension
• Employee Rewards Portal: access to exclusive discounts and flexible benefits such as Cycle to Work and EV car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance