Senior Property Lawyer

London, England, United Kingdom

11/28/2024

ROLE DESCRIPTION: Senior Property Lawyer

Believ: ABOUT US

At Believ, formerly known as Liberty Charge, we believe sustainable transport should be accessible to everyone. We’re a Charge Point Operator (CPO) on a mission to create the UK’s most reliable electric vehicle charging network that doesn’t cost the earth and leaves no one behind.

We work closely with local authorities and businesses to deliver reliable, high quality charging networks at pace, at scale and at zero cost.

We offer all the advantages of being a scale-up business, but with the added security and long-term backing from well-known parents - Liberty Global (who also own our delivery partner, Virgin Media O2) and Zouk Capital (who manage the Government’s Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund).

You’ll be joining this exciting journey at the start of our scale-up phase, and work with us to hit the ambitious targets our shareholders have set. You’ll become part of a passionate and supportive team in a fast-paced, dynamic and result-driven environment.

About The Role

The role reports to the Legal Director. You will be responsible for providing Legal support to a key part of the Business and work closely with the Property acquisition team.

This is a broad Senior Lawyer position in a dynamic start-up environment in an exciting new industry.

Candidates will ideally have worked in-house or in private practice for at least 4 years, however candidates with less experience will be considered if they can demonstrate a good cultural fit and willingness to learn.

Land Acquisition

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading on freehold and leasehold acquisitions for our EV charge point sites from initial scoping, production of heads of terms, to contract drafting, negotiation and completion. Site providers may be Local Authorities, private or institutional landlords
• Conducting title due diligence and preparing reports on title and recommendations of site viability to the business
• Advising on most appropriate contracting structure for site acquisition and ongoing site utilisation and asset management (including the grant of sub-leases)
• Drafting and negotiating options to purchase, land purchase agreements, leases, easements, wayleaves and related agreements
• Facilitating DNO / IDNO connections to the site
• Working with the Tenders Team on RFIs, ITTs, responding to tender T&Cs
• Experience in public procurement, construction contracts and sub-station leases will be highly regarded.
  
  

Commercial Contracts

• Familiarity in drafting commercial contracts as a “wrapper” to the property interest
• Familiarity with (or a willingness to upskill on) supplier agreements for acquisition, design and build agreements
• Familiarity with (or a willingness to upskill on) drafting and negotiating services agreements for hardware, software and other professional services
• Ability to work with internal business teams to fully scope out and define the services required, define service levels and identify and manage risk.
  
  

Other

• Leading on the drafting, negotiation and completion of the Leases for our office premises
• Playing a key role in developing and building-out the Legal, compliance and regulatory functions of the business as required. We are a small team, so a willingness to be involved in areas outside of Property / commercial law is essential – for example: ISO and B Corp certifications; data privacy and compliance; drafting corporate policy documents and consumer issues
• Ability to drive a negotiation towards completion
• Comfortable with stakeholder / shareholder manager
• Putting in place negotiation playbooks, template terms and conditions and processes
• Conducting Legal research and keeping abreast of legislative developments
• Producing and updating Legal templates.
  
  

About You

At Believ, we are building a culture that attracts and retains the best talent. We are a dedicated and high-performing team, accustomed to working at pace in an ever-evolving industry, and we are looking for people who are as passionate as us about cutting carbon emissions and providing cleaner air for all. The successful candidate will have the following attributes and skills:

• Ability to take on all aspects of a freehold and leasehold acquisition. Whilst we are refining our model and offering, it is expected that you will be able to fully support the Business on all Legal aspects.
• Thrives in a high-energy, fast-paced environment where goal posts are constantly moving and new solutions / business models / processes are being developed and trialled.
• Enjoys working closely with the business to ensure key contractual deliverables and milestones are tracked and met.
• Above all, you will be up for the challenge and have a willingness to learn about all parts of our business by rolling your sleeves up and diving in to help all internal business functions.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• 33 days annual leave, including 8 Bank Holiday days
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Pension contribution
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us.
  
  

Location

The business is currently based in Southwark. The position is full time The position is full-time hybrid position (3 days in the office per week).

Believ is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.