General Counsel – 7-12 PQE – Luton Airport
- Recruiter
- Luton Airport
- Location
- Luton, Bedfordshire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 20 Oct 2014
- Closes
- 05 Nov 2014
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Competition/EU, Corporate
- PQE
- 7+ Years
- Experience Level
- Not Disclosed
London Luton Airport is one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing airports. It served 9.7 million passengers in 2013 and will handle well over 10 million in 2014. It is embarking on an exciting expansion programme that will see capacity grow to 18 million passengers a year, with construction due to start in early 2015. As a result, it offers a challenging and stimulating working environment.
As the successful candidate will be the sole in-house legal counsel, the role is central to the business and covers a wide area of legal disciplines. The individual needs to want to understand how airports work and how different functions and stakeholders inter-act and inter-depend.
The GC will be responsible for delivering legal services on a day-to-day basis and will manage relationships with external law firms.
The candidate should:
- Be a commercially orientated qualified graduate lawyer (minimum 2.1). Ideally trained at a mid to large sized firm, with 7+ years PQE.
- Possess an excellent working knowledge of corporate and commercial law.
- Possess a good understanding of procurement and competition law
- Have high levels of personal credibility, professionalism and integrity and be an innovative and lateral thinker who is able to act on his or her feet.
- Have strong oral and written communication skills, with an ability to build and manage relationships at all levels within the company
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