Job Description:

Client

Local Authority in Barking

Job Title

Pay Rate

£60-£70 an hour UMBRELLA

Hours

36 Hours a week(Mon-Fri) 9AM-5PM

Duration

Initial 6 month contract

Location

Hybrid working-will be office based in Barking 3 days a week

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Leading on advising internal stakeholders, drafting, negotiation and management of lease renewals.
• Drafting and negotiating industry-standard property documentation.
• Advising on contentious and non-contentious property matters including delay, extensions of time, defects, payment disputes, lease interpretation and variation issues.
• Commercial leases (landlord and tenant)
• Lease renewals and terminations
• Asset management
• Property disputes management
• Strategic property portfolio advice
• Governance and compliance
• Developing and improving legal templates, governance processes and lease management practices.
• Supporting corporate governance and compliance activities across the organisation.
• Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers and legal staff where appropriate.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent common law qualified lawyer with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Strong commercial lease background.
• Significant experience in property law.
• Strong understanding of how to forfeit leases, serve s 25 notices and s 146 notices.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex leases.

Desirable Experience

• Experience advising on leases and complex property matters (including unsigned leases).
• In-house legal experience.
• Experience managing disputes and claims arising from tenants.
• Experience supervising junior lawyers.

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