Legal Counsel

☞ Esken

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Widnes North West

Category: Legal / Contracts

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Job type: Permanent

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Description

Our people are resilient self-starters who share our desire to succeed. They are trusted to deliver. Happily working in a change-able environment we take opportunities to learn and develop and grow our careers.
Working as a part of a winning team, we look for people who can spot the opportunity to do things better and have the ability and initiative to put great ideas into practice. We take pride in our dedication to delivering our best every day. Mostly we bring a can-do attitude -we just get on with it. Our culture is open and honest, agile, and flexible, and we are empowered to look for solutions and brings ideas. We are accountable, we take ownership and go the extra mile for colleagues and customers. We take care, always focus on improving, owning it together and stay connected.

Job Description
As part of the Legal Team, you will be providing proactive legal advice and support to Esken and its various business divisions. The Legal Counsel will review legal arrangements and documentation, particularly commercial contracts and property documents. You will be expected to deliver pragmatic and commercially focused solutions and advise on a variety of contractual matters, while ensuring that the company always operates within the law and limits risk exposure.
With upwards of five years’ PQE and previous in-house experience, you will be well versed in non-contentious commercial work and feel confident in handling a variety of business-critical matters across the Group.
You will have strong experience of both independently advising and drafting a broad range of commercial agreements and any experience of energy or aviation sector would be advantageous but not essential. Likewise, experience in advising on real estate, HR and data privacy matters would be advantageous but not essential.
Your practical and quick minded approach will allow you to deliver pragmatic and commercially focused solutions from day one, and your ability to advise on a variety of contractual matters will make you invaluable to our business.
This is a full-time role, with flexible/remote working available. Proximity to our Widnes office would be beneficial (as there will be an expectation of some attendance in the office), although proximity to our London office may also be considered as a possibility for the right candidate.


Key Responsibilities

  • Providing clear and concise legal advice and support across the business, covering a range of areas including commercial contracts, real estate, corporate, employment and disputes.
  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal documentation to support business objectives and assisting with the resolution of disputes concerning commercial contracts.
  • Delivering practical, creative and commercial solutions and value within budgets and time constraints, whilst ensuring risks are understood and mitigated.
  • Providing support to the Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel & Company Secretary
  • Keeping up to date with all relevant legal, legislative, regulatory and industry developments, and informing and updating the team.

Qualifications Knowledge and Expertise

Core Attributes
  • Proactive and forward thinking, with good commercial initiative.
  • Be well versed in non-contentious commercial work and feel confident in handling a variety of business-critical matters across the Group.
  • Ability to work alone with confidence and self-discipline, taking ownership of tasks and able to demonstrate sound judgement and decision-making skills
  • Ability to absorb and manage high volumes of information and follow a methodical, structured and logical approach
  • Flexible working attitude, adaptability to workload and deadlines
  • Ability to research and analyse complex data information
  • Pragmatic and commercially astute as well being good communicators to provide effective support to senior management and the wider business.
  • Good attention to detail
  • Ability to multi-task and efficiently organise priorities.
  • Ability to build strong relationships and the capability to influence senior management.
Core Experience/Qualifications
  • Qualified Solicitor with at least 5 years’ post qualification experience.
  • Previous experience of working in an in-house legal environment for at least two years.
  • Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts.
  • Wide range of appropriate IT skills, experience of using Microsoft Office suite.
Desirable Experience/Qualifications
  • Previous experience in relation to real estate, HR and data privacy.
  • Experience of advising in the aviation and/or energy sector.

Benefits

Single Cover Private Medical Insurance
Life Assurance
Save As You Earn Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
We are focused on delivering growth in Aviation and Renewable Energy
Stobart Aviation includes London’s fastest growing airport London Southend Airport and Stobart Jet Centre, which offers executive jet services. The division also encompasses two further airports; Carlisle Lake District Airport and Teesside International Airport. Stobart Aviation Services provides ground handling and check-in services for airlines including easyJet and Loganair.
Stobart Energy has contracts to supply biomass fuel to generate clean energy equivalent to the annual electricity needs of 2% of the UK population.
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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