Head of Legal

A well-capitalised digital infrastructure platform is hiring its first Head of Legal. The business owns and operates passive wireless infrastructure — towers, rooftops and macro sites — leased to mobile network operators under long-dated master agreements. It is backed by a leading specialist infrastructure investor with a long-term hold horizon, and is entering a significant growth phase.

The role

A standalone, senior mandate reporting into ownership and working alongside an incoming executive team. You will be the legal function: establishing it, running it, and shaping what it becomes as the platform scales. Scope to build a small team.

The work is contract-led and highly operational:

• Ownership of master lease and services agreements with anchor tenants — long-term, schedule-heavy contracts that sit at the centre of the company's value
• Negotiation of third-party customer and colocation agreements, the primary commercial growth lever
• Build-to-suit programmes, contractor arrangements and site-level agreements including ground leases and access rights
• Day-to-day commercial, corporate and regulatory support
• Corporate transaction support as the platform expands

Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with strong commercial contracts experience gained in-house or in private practice
• Exposure to telecoms towers, fibre, data centres, energy or comparable long-life infrastructure assets is a significant advantage
• Comfortable with construction and build-programme contracting
• Able to operate independently and close to the commercial team in a lean organisation
• English is the working language; additional European languages an advantage

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