LLA Legal Counsel

Job description & person specification

Title:Legal Counsel;

Department: Legal

Reports to: Head of Legal

Work Patterns: Full-Time

Company overview:

London Luton Airport (LLA) is a key gateway to the city of London, which is the world’s largest aviation system. LLA is the United Kingdom’s fifth largest airport.

LLA is an integral part of the local region and a major economic contributor to the UK through direct employment of over 700 people and indirectly supports over 10,000 jobs.

The owner of the airport freehold (Luton Rising) is a subsidiary of Luton Borough Council (“LBC”) and the current concession to operate and develop the airport is held by London Luton Airport Operating Limited (LLAOL), an entity that is joint owned by AENA, the world’s largest airport operator, and Infrabridge, a global infrastructure investment manager.

What we offer

  • Market competitive base salary, 25 days annual leave
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Private healthcare, free gym
  • Flexible working, Volunteering days
  • Discounted travel, money off shops and restaurants

Job purpose summary:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Legal Team at LLA. The airport operates in a competitive, fast paced, rapidly evolving and commercial environment, that works with various stakeholders and other organisations.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

  • Ensuring the provision of timely and effective legal advice to the business and to assist the General Counsel in providing the same to executive management and the Board.
  • Drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts.
  • Provision of corporate, commercial and regulatory legal support to other departments and management, including Estates, Marketing, Finance/Tax, Procurement and Commercial, Construction and Technical Services.
  • Supporting legal induction and other legal training to LLA staff.
  • Producing and keeping up to date the corporate policies for which the legal team have responsibility.
  • Supporting legal compliance activities and delivery of compliance programmes.
  • Taking the lead on horizon scanning for legal/regulatory changes.
  • Supporting insurance risk management activities.
  • Supporting the General Counsel with company secretarial duties when required.
  • Supporting on corporate transactions and construction/development projects when required.

Qualifications required:

Required:

  • Newly Qualified to 4 years Post Qualification Experience.
  • Solid experience of drafting and negotiating variety of commercial contracts.
  • Willingness to learn and expand knowledge in other areas of law.
  • Genuine interest in compliance matters.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously, whilst also collaborating effectively within a team and fostering relationships across departments.
  • Capable of partnering with the business to provide practical, compliant solutions to complex challenges
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear and practical advice to diverse audiences.
  • Skilled in constructively challenging colleagues when necessary to drive effective outcomes.

Preferred (but not essential):

  • In-house legal experience
  • Experience in drafting policies and delivering or designing legal training.
  • Experience in designing and/or delivering competition law, anti-bribery, anti-tax evasion facilitation, modern slavery compliance programmes.
  • Corporate, Litigation, insurance, property, data protection and/or planning law experience.
  • Prior experience in the aviation industry.

This job description is intended to give an appreciation of the role and the range of duties and responsibilities to be undertaken. It does not attempt to detail every activity. Specific task and objectives will be agreed on an on-going basis. The post holder will be required at all times to perform any other reasonable tasks, as requested by the Line Manager in order to meet the operational needs of the business.

For any further information, please contact the Human Resources department [email protected] London Luton Airport Operations Ltd collects your personal information when you submit your application. For more details about the personal information LLA collects, how we collect it, why we need it, what we do with it, how long we keep it and what your rights are, please see our privacy notice at /privacy-notice.

LLA is committed to fostering, promoting and preserving a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion, as we carry out our mission.  We will always be respectful and seek to learn from those different from ourselves.  We strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee has a negative experience for being who they are.  We welcome all applications!

To apply:

Please email your CV and cover letter to [email protected] using reference LC1509 in the subject line. In the body of the email please make sure to include the following: 

  • Current and expected salary
  • Notice period/availability to start
  • Right to work in the UK/sponsorship required
  • Whether you are happy to travel to Luton 2-3 days a week