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. 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. 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 you will be doing: 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: 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. Job Category
Commercial
Posting Date
23 Jan 2025; 00:01
Posting End Date
06 Feb 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr
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. 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. 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 you will be doing: 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: 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. Job Category
Commercial
Posting Date
23 Jan 2025; 00:01
Posting End Date
06 Feb 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr
