In-House Property Solicitor

An exciting opportunity for a dedicated Property Solicitor to work within the Healthcare sector, providing key legal support and direction to a busy department in Oxford.

Client Details

The organization is a leading healthcare provider, they are dedicated to the highest standards of care and service, and are renowned for their commitment to improvement and innovation.

Description

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head of Property with the provision of transactional property advice such as drafting and completing leases, licences and other forms of property documentation, letters and notices.
• Enabling the internal customer to make informed decisions by the provision of accurate and timely legal advice and drafting, and supporting with obtaining legal advice from external legal suppliers where necessary
• Working collaboratively with the internal customer and other legal team members to ensure accurate and understandable legal advice and documentation is provided to the business
• Enabling collaboration across functions through teamwork and sharing of knowledge
• Supporting the Head of Property with provision of legal advice and preparation of legal documents relating to transactional property matters on major programmes and business as usual
• Supporting management of the legal services budget and processes in place for instructing external legal suppliers
• Reviewing payments to external legal suppliers and raising purchase orders
• Providing training and direction to new and/or junior members of the team
• Acting as an informed client to external legal advisors to procure specialist legal advice
• Providing expert legal advice, translated and communicated in a clear manner which enables robust decision making across the business
• Role-modelling and embedding values and behaviours within the team and across the business
• Enabling collaboration across the business and removing barriers to action and delivery in a legally compliant manner
• Adheres to the appropriate governance and compliance standards for the Legal profession
• Manage and advise on restrictions and consent requests to obtain overage recovery and minimize exposure to any business risk
• Advising on landlord and tenant matters acting for both owners and occupiers.
• Advising on the sale and acquisition of healthcare property, including hospitals, surgeries and specialist clinics.
• Advising on acquisitions and disposals including leasehold and freehold matters, property elements of health sector business acquisitions and sales
• Land purchase, development, sale and sub sale (working in conjunction with the Capital and Commercial Teams).

Profile

The successful Property Solicitor should have:

• A recognised legal qualification.
• Proven experience in property law.
• Strong ability to manage complex legal cases and projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• The ability to work effectively in a team and independently.

Job Offer

• A competitive salary, estimated between GBP51,000 and GBP58,000
• Generous holiday leave.
• A supportive and collaborative company culture.
• The opportunity to work within a leading health care provider.
• A fulfilling role with the chance to make a real impact in the sector.