Legal Counsel

Real Estate Legal Counsel – Mileway

We’re looking for a proactive and ambitious Real Estate Legal Counsel to play a pivotal part in our Legal team and the Asset Management team. You’ll be a highly-motivated professional who’s ready to take the next step in your legal career. The right candidate has not only the drive and discipline to handle the day-to-day work, but the ambition to grow with us.

You’ll be based at our office in one of our UK offices and will sit with the multidisciplinary Mileway team headed by our Managing Director UK and you will be part of the broader Legal team which consists of a team based in UK, Netherlands, Germay, France, Luxemburg and Spain.

Working at Mileway

We offer an opportunity you simply won’t find anywhere else. Launched in 201+, Mileway has rapidly grown into Europe’s leader in last-mile logistics real estate, with a team of over 550 across more than twenty offices in 11 countries. From the start, Mileway set out to be a different kind of real estate company, with a cloud-based IT infrastructure and a team that combines local expertise with the pooled strengths of a pan-European presence.

Our culture is fast-paced and highly international, with team members from more than 50 countries, bringing diverse perspectives and a “can-do” attitude to everything we do. While we have already achieved a lot, we’re only just getting started – our purpose is to be Europe’s leading provider of last mile logistics real estate, enabling businesses to thrive, driving sustainability forward, and shaping the cities of tomorrow. To get there, we live by our values: Drive, Trust, Grow, Together.

At Mileway, we believe company growth comes from supporting the growth of our combined capabilities. That’s why we offer an in-house learning development program where personal, professional, and business development go hand in hand, helping you carve out your own unique career path. You’ll be based at one of our offices in the UK. While we embrace a flexible approach to work, our policy requires working from the office three days a week. To support this, we provide a state-of-the-art technology package to keep you connected at all times.

What you’ll do
• Assist the team and the broader Mileway teams with legal queries as part of the day-to-day business
• Manage a team and provide training on real estate transaction documents
• Work on lease agreements, amendment agreements, settlement agreements and further ancillary leasing documents (including templates).
• Participate in legal negotiations with tenants on lease documentation and liaising with external law firms on leasing matters.
• Advise the Mileway team and liaise with external law firms on litigation matters.
• Assist the Mileway team on certain legal aspects of disposals and acquisitions (such as the review of NDAs, LOIs, assistance with the preparation of the VDR and QA).
• Manage Mileway’s exposure with local public authorities.
• Maintain and update Mileway’s legal reporting (such as the litigation tracker and other trackers requiring legal input).

What you’ll bring
• A university law degree.
• At least ten years of experience working in-house or at a law firm on real estate matters.
• Experience in leading a team and training juniors
• You’re a proactive, hands-on person. You’re committed to continuous learning and improving your knowledge and skillset.
• Total proficiency with MS Office standard applications.
• Ability to work independently as well as demonstrate team spirit.
• Able to take direction and ask questions.
• Strong organizational skills and eye for detail.
• Fluent in English. Read more