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SalaryPosition: Legal Counsel
Department: Group Legal, McCarthy Stone
Location: Bournemouth, with remote work flexibility
About Us: McCarthy Stone is the UK's leading developer and manager of retirement communities, dedicated to providing high-quality homes and lifestyle options for older people. Our Group Legal department is instrumental in supporting our business objectives and ensuring legal compliance. We are currently seeking a talented individual to join our team as Legal Counsel.
Primary Job Purpose: As Legal Counsel at McCarthy Stone, you will play a key role in delivering legal services across our Group, with a focus on commercial contracts, strategic projects, disputes and litigation, construction matters, property estate management, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation: Manage disputes and litigation efficiently, coordinating with various internal stakeholders and external counsel where required.
- Group contracting: To advise on, draft, negotiate and educate the Group on a variety of commercial contracts in line with the Group’s contracting policy and risk framework.
- Regulatory / Legislative Compliance: Assist in ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, updating policies, and providing advice on regulatory matters.
- Estate Management: Liaise with the wider legal team to help advise on all legal queries that arise via the property management team.
- Sales & Marketing: Provide legal guidance on advertising, marketing campaigns, promotions, and agency contracts to ensure compliance with regulations.
- External Firms: Coordinate matters within the Legal Department, liaise with external legal providers, and monitor outsourced legal costs.
Supervisory Responsibilities: You will provide guidance and supervision to junior staff members, contributing to their professional development.
Relationships: Internally, you will collaborate with employees across McCarthy Stone, while externally, you will engage with solicitors, regulatory bodies, and other professionals.
Conditions of Work:
- The role involves a blend of office-based and remote work, with occasional travel to Divisional offices and sites.
- Flexible working hours may be required to meet business needs.
Experience & Education:
- 2 - 6 years of post-qualified experience as a solicitor or chartered legal executive.
- Experience in an in-house legal department is preferred.
If you are a proactive and adaptable legal professional looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to McCarthy Stone, the UK's leading retirement living specialist, we invite you to apply for the position of Legal Counsel. Join us in shaping the future of retirement living through your expertise and dedication.
To apply, please submit your CV on the link attached.
McCarthy Stone is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of November 2021, McCarthy Stone operates 475 developments across the UK for more than 20,000 people.
We believe in championing the role, wellbeing and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised and valued than ever. In late 2020 we launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.
We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list!
