Assistant Property Counsel

6 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom High Speed Two (HS2) Full time

**Location: Birmingham - hybrid working opportunities.**

**Salary: Base salary: £36,300pa to c.£45,350pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.**

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Property Counsel specialising in property and compulsory purchase (ideally with experience of working for public sector bodies), to join the dynamic HS2 Legal Team, contributing to the building of Britain’s new, high speed rail network.

As an Assistant Property Counsel at HS2 you will play a key role by working with colleagues across the project, providing expert legal advice which is critical to delivery and future operation of the largest infrastructure project in Europe. You will be required to advise on a broad range of topics and provide a full range of advice to HS2 and key internal stakeholders with a particular focus on property, planning and compulsory purchase in order to minimise exposure and risk whilst ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations and timely delivery of property requirements to ensure HS2 observes its commitments to its sponsors.

You will work under the supervision of and have the opportunity to collaborate with senior members of the Legal Team on all aspects of property, planning and compulsory purchase law in connection with HS2, including the acquisition of a very diverse range of properties. licences, easements, compulsory purchase matters. HS2 Act powers and notices, disputes, utilities and related template documentation. The team is approachable, supportive and adaptable, with decades of combined experience in property and planning law.

This role will provide you with unique experience of working directly with clients, managing your own matters, dealing with high-value and programme critical cases, understanding how an infrastructure project is delivered in practice and dealing with the complex issues that arise as a result of working alongside government sponsors and other private and public sector stakeholders - experience that is exclusive to this once in a generation project that is doing things differently. From modern methods of construction to destination net zero, HS2 is utilising cutting-edge innovation to deliver the railway in the best way.

**About the role**:
In this role, you will be required to assist HS2 on a variety of project requirements:

- Providing support/advice on compulsory purchase and general property work in connection with HS2, including drafting and service of and advice on a variety of property and CPO/HS2 Act notices, compensation payments, associated compensation issues, HS2 blight and discretionary property schemes.
- Handling, under appropriate supervision, own case load of a variety of complex property/compulsory purchase matters which in some cases will include drafting and negotiating bespoke agreements, including easements and agreements with utility and telecoms undertakers.
- Research/advice on HS2 Act powers including but not limited to CPO, access, possession, planning and protective provisions.
- Assisting with HS2 office portfolio related matters, including taking leases of operational office space and associated documents; licences to occupy; telecommunications licences and management of property portfolio.
- Assisting the HS2 land and property team with commercial matters, including commercial contracts, costs agreements and confidentiality agreements.
- Providing advice on planning law queries as required, including the HS2 Act planning regime, environmental queries and highways and assist Senior Counsel with obtaining additional powers (when required).
- Assisting Senior Counsel and Head Counsel with litigation cases involving property and planning matters.
- Acting as a point of contact between external parties, such as external lawyers, Department for Transport, HS2 land and property team, and other internal stakeholders in order to ensure consistency and open communication.
- Instructing external lawyers to provide advice to HS2 on property, planning and CPO matters and act as liaison with external lawyers and assist with monitoring performance and cost.
- Drafting, updating and maintaining standard form template documentation in order to continuously improve performance, compliance and consistency across the business and effective working practices.
- Assisting in the preparation of legal advice and other reports and briefings for staff across HS2, including senior mana

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