Senior MLS Lawyer
Senior MLS Lawyer
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Senior MLS Lawyer
Birmingham or Leeds
Role Overview
Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm Pinsent Masons. It is unique in the legal sector. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services Consulting and Technology Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS). This role sits within our MLS team.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior MLS Lawyer (7 years PQE in English Law) with a strong background in asset management to join our Managed Legal Services team supporting our Property group.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with senior experience and an understanding of delivering excellent client service to our client with a large property portfolio to play a critical role in guiding the legal and strategic operations for their portfolio.
The Senior MLS Lawyer will be responsible for:
- Working as a senior legal advisor on asset management for clients with an extensive property portfolio
- Ensure compliance with all regulations and codes of practice affecting clients portfolio
- Leading negotiation drafting and oversight of leases licences variations surrenders extensions consents and related agreements
- Proactively managing legal risks especially those unique to the client industry
- Leading managing and developing a team of legal professionals sharing expertise in asset management fostering a high-performance culture
- Acting as the main legal point of contact for the client and internal teams offering insights and solutions that align with the clients strategic goals
Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm however we are happy to consider flexible working requests.
Candidate Overview
We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:
- Qualified Lawyer with a minimum of 7 years PQE in English Law preferably gained within a busy asset management team
- Extensive experience in asset management
- Experience of commercial acquisitions/plot sales would be advantageous but not essential
- Experience with complex asset management portfolios or large client accounts
- Exceptional negotiation communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in the use of legal technology platforms and digital tools to manage client portfolios track performance and compliance and make data-driven decisions
What can we offer you
- Tailored career development and support within our award-winning team
- Agile working (the opportunity to work from home subject to diary commitments)
- Carers leave (up to five paid days leave towards caring responsibilities)
- 25 days annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days
- Contributory pension of up to 5%
- Private healthcare policy
- Death in service cover (4 x base salary)
- Electric car scheme
- Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan
- Cycle to work scheme
What happens next
Once your application has been submitted and reviewed our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.
We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.
Our strength lies in our differences.
We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer a Valuable 500 member a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Its with different perspectives that well find solutions to our clients most complex challenges. Its how well deliver outstanding results today and want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.
Our in-house recruiter Victoria Greaves would be happy to have an informal chat about this role provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
