Legal Counsel (Property & Planning)
Core
Provide legal advice and support for the full lifecycle of property, land, and infrastructure activities, including strategic land assembly, acquisitions, development agreements, and planning support.
Role type
In-house legal counsel (property, land, and infrastructure)
Builds
Legal frameworks, governance processes, and best practices for UKFE's property and infrastructure programmes
Domain
Energy infrastructure, property law, land acquisition, and planning
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Property and land law expertise, drafting and negotiating complex agreements, legal risk management, stakeholder engagement, commercial awareness, independent judgment
Preferred skills
Experience with major infrastructure projects, renewable/clean energy, strategic land assembly, planning law, Development Consent Orders, utility agreements, public sector legal environments
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide pragmatic legal advice on property, land, planning, and infrastructure matters; advise on land acquisitions, disposals, leases, and licences; support planning and consenting processes; manage legal risks and ensure compliance; draft and negotiate property agreements; build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC