Job Description

Paralegal - Lease contracts

Full time

London / Hybrid (Buckingham Gate, 3 days/week on-site)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lease Contracts Executive to join Alpha Partners Leasing (“APL”), the holding company for Rolls-Royce's captive engine leasing and asset management businesses, based in London. APL has been a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and GATX since 1999, but the business is solely managed by Rolls-Royce employees.

The size and structure of the APL organization means that you will work alongside and communicate with senior team members daily. The Aether team is largely based in Derby with key commercial functions based in London.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

You will be supporting the Aether Asset Management (“Aether”) team, which manages the largest pool of Rolls‑Royce engines in the world and whose mission is to optimise the Rolls-Royce short-term lease process to better serve airlines taking lease engines under TotalCare maintenance support contracts. Aether’s primary goals are to deliver services within agreed timeframes, improve the turn-around-time between leases, maintain the asset value of engines under mentorship and minimise risk for all asset owners.

We deliver the best jet engines in the world and every great product needs a great business behind it. We’re proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This multifaceted, challenging and interesting role will allow you to play a key part in drafting contracts and managing the closing of transactions.  Its diverse nature requires excellent organisational skills, the ability to multi-task and to prioritise workload, as well as to communicate effectively with customers worldwide. Accuracy and a meticulous eye for detail are essential.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for:

Drafting specific lease contract documents needed to support engine deliveries in accordance with approved templates and will be accountable for the accuracy and completeness of such documents.Dealing directly with engine owners, airline customers and suppliers and stakeholders within Rolls-Royce to support its short-term lease offering.Releasing engines to airline customer at a commercial level, ensuring that the required customer documents, such as KYC or insurance certificates satisfy internal and/or third-party guide standards and identifying any commercial risks or gaps.Ensuring all post-closing contractual actions and administration such as filings and security creation/release are completed, including the creation of records on IT system, filing of contracts.Ensuring customer insurance certificate renewals are completed as needed.Development and maintenance of commercial templates, tools and guides as needed to support delivery and redelivery, subject to approvals by third party asset owners and/or the third part asset owner’s Legal Counsel.

What we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. And for this role, we are looking for someone who is/has:

​​​Experience of drafting, negotiating, and administering lease contracts, ideally in private practice.Accuracy and attention to detail are essential.Desirable: experience of drafting, negotiating, and administering aviation asset (aircraft or engine) leases.Ability to work contending priorities and prioritise workloads to meet demanding deadlines.Well-developed interpersonal, diplomacy, communication, influencing and negotiations skills.Ability to understand business problems and propose solutions with customer focus.Desirable: a degree or equivalent qualification in Law or a related subject.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category

Commercial

Posting Date

23 Jan 2025; 00:01

Posting End Date

06 Feb 2025