Legal Counsel

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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal team and continue to support our commercial teams and the wider Chapman Freeborn Group through a stimulating period of growth.

The successful candidate will have 3-5 years’ experience as an in-house legal counsel (or similar position) post qualification and will be looking for a fast-paced and global role to further professional development with a niche industry leader.

The successful candidate will be advising on commercial and air charter contracts and will be working closely with our charter brokers and managers across the Chapman Freeborn Group with the aim of mitigating legal risk and ensuring compliance across all product areas. A candidate with previous experience within the aviation industry or similar would be highly desirable. All candidates must be UK qualified.

The desire to contribute ideas in order to support implementation and improvement of internal processes within the current team would be a highly regarded quality in the ideal candidate. The job role holder will also be responsible for supporting the creation and execution of a corporate legal strategy.

Chapman Freeborn combines over 45 years of experience with unrivalled global coverage to meet the air charter requirements of customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The company’s diverse client base includes major corporations, governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and relief agencies, as well as high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and prominent figures from the entertainment world.

Chapman Freeborn’s depth of aviation expertise includes managing passenger and cargo charter operations, aircraft leasing, humanitarian airlifts, and much more. The group’s subsidiary companies include Chapman Freeborn OBC, Chapman Freeborn Flight Support, Intradco Cargo Services, Magma Aviation, and Arcus Air Logistics.

The Chapman Freeborn Group is a family member of Avia Solutions Group, the largest aerospace business group from Central & Eastern Europe with 83 offices and production stations providing aviation services and solutions worldwide.

Avia Solutions Group unites a team of more than 7000 professionals, providing state-of-the-art solutions to aviation industry and beyond.

Purpose of the role

• To minimise the group’s legal risk by means of giving legal advice to brokers to ensure that all contracts signed are legally compliant.
• Respond diligently and efficiently to brokers, clients and management within the group to any queries relating to contracts.
• To oversee the day-to-day compliance of legal procedures for the group.
• To propose and implement improvements to current legal processes.

Key job responsibilities

• Supporting operational teams with legal advice on commercial contracts, including drafting, reviewing, updating and advising on service agreements (both inward and outward), framework agreements, tender and related agreements having a particular focus on air transportation (both cargo and passenger).
• Administration of supplier due diligence activities and review of associated documentation (both regulatory and insurance in nature) in line with internal processes and requirements.
• Provision of legal support in a range of legal matters including company secretarial, intellectual property, dispute resolution and IT.
• Participating in corporate project work and providing ad-hoc company/commercial legal advice.
• Identifying, monitoring and managing legal risks affecting the group’s businesses and advising commercial colleagues on the impact of those risks and measures to mitigate them.
• Supporting the management of legal priorities and objectives within the business.
• Building relationships with commercial colleagues and embedding awareness of legal risk management and corporate policy issues.
• Provision of internal training to operational colleagues.
• Developing legal precedents in line with legal, regulatory and corporate environment.
• Resolve disputes with suppliers and clients where necessary.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers and clients.
• Promote a professional and efficient service to the group.

Mission Statement

To provide safe, reliable and cost-effective air charter solutions for the movement of cargo and passengers across the world.

Company Values

Committed

Honest

Accountable

Resourceful

Trustworthy

Ethical

Respectful

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package to the right candidate

Recruitment agencies: please note we have an in-house recruiter alongside a preferred agency list which we review annually. Therefore, we do not accept any CVs or applications sent to us on a speculative basis. We are pro-active in reaching out to agencies if there is a business need so please refrain from calling us.

Chapman Freeborn is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.