Senior Legal Counsel

Job Introduction

Senior Legal Counsel

Join a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Last Mile, we take pride in delivering high quality solutions across the multi utility sector.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join our legal team as Senior Legal Counsel, on an interim basis, on a 1-year Fixed Term Contract.

You will be responsible for providing legal support on all legal matters associated with Last Mile operations, ranging from design and build activities, to owning, operating and maintaining utilities infrastructure across Great Britain. 

You will be an integral legal partner on a range of projects. You will have had previous exposure to commercial contracts and ideally exposure to all or some of the following areas, including construction contracts, energy and infrastructure projects, with ambition to develop expertise in other areas such as regulation, compliance and corporate matters.

Legal work in the group spans across all Last Mile operations ranging from design and build activities through to owning, operating and maintaining utilities infrastructure. This role will report into the Director for Legal & Governance (Michael Davies) for the Last Mile Group. Michael has over 21 years of energy and utilities sector experience gained from both senior in-house energy roles and private practice.  

What’s in it for you as Senior Legal Counsel?

Here at Last Mile, we pride ourselves in providing a great range of benefits including a fantastic amount of annual leave, including a Christmas shut down.

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Car allowance
• Holiday buy scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Volunteering Day
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary)
• Retail, travel and leisure discounts via our MilesMore benefits platform
• Refer a friend incentive
• Stream – Financial wellbeing platform
• Employee assistance programme
• Hybrid working*
• Flexible start and finish times for eligible roles*
• Private medical insurance*
• Company sick pay*

*Some of our benefits are only applicable when you have successfully completed your probation period*

Your responsibilities as Senior Legal Counsel:

Exposure to a wide variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters:

• Construction, commercial & procurement contracts
• Licence obligations & regulation
• Assisting with corporate activities and corporate governance 
• Assisting with property queries
• Anti-bribery & corruption
• Data Protection
• Anti-money Laundering
• Other compliance & regulatory issues

Candidate Requirements

Experience

• Demonstrable experience within a commercial, construction or infrastructure projects area of law 
• Ideally some experience gained in regulation, compliance and corporate governance matters
• Excellent technical skills with good grasp of legal principles and ability to apply them to deliver concise and pragmatic legal advice
• Understand the importance of reputational management and providing advice accordingly

• Proficient in IT, with exceptional knowledge of core operational functions and principles, including commercial, logistics, engineering, and employee management.
• Proven ability to analyse, manage and improve existing operational processes and systems for maximum efficiency, productivity, and resilience.
• Working knowledge of construction industry regulations and legislation.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering process change and of continuous improvement.
• Utilities experience, in particular with independent licensed utility operators, would be viewed positively, though is not essential.
• Highly numerate with experience of setting and owning budgets.

Qualifications

• Qualified Lawyer (in the region of 5 - 8 yrs PQE)
• Relevant practice based and/or in-house experience

Have you got the drive to go to the Last Mile as Senior Legal Counsel? Apply now!

We aim to keep candidates informed throughout the process and encourage you to apply promptly as we may close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

*This is a Fixed Term Contract position!

About us:

Last Mile is one of the largest last-mile multi-utility businesses in the UK.  

We understand construction and we know utilities. We design, build, own, and manage the ‘last mile’ of essential utilities infrastructure.

With a proven history of delivering multi-utility connections across Great Britain, we provide a full suite of utility infrastructure, including clean heat networks, electricity, gas, water, wastewater and fibre.

With a strong track record, deep industry knowledge and solid investor backing, we take a forward-thinking approach to the complex economic, social and environmental challenges of today, to innovate for a better tomorrow. 

Through Last Mile and our asset adoption business Last Mile Asset Management, we provide a ‘one-stop shop’ for new utility connections.

We’re proud to be both a Great Place to Work® certified business and a Living Wage Employer, reflecting our commitment to supporting and valuing our people.

For further enquiries, contact recruitment@lastmile.co.uk or visit our website at www.lastmile.co.uk 

At Last Mile, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We consider all applications solely on the basis of skills and experience and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.