Senior Legal Counsel

Engineering firm

Either London, Oxford, or Newcastle Office depending on preference

Hybrid working

Salary – £80K – £100K + bonus +benefits

The role:

Drafting, review and negotiation of suite of standard form (FIDIC and ACE) and bespoke consultancy agreements, NDA’s, framework agreements and professional appointments.

* Proactive advice on and the identification of operational risk and optimal management of legal risk

* Advice on and implementation of legal policies, processes, standard contracts (including continuing and proactive review and revision) and trainings.

* Advice on and implementation of appropriate and applicable compliance procedures.

* Advice on and support in the implementation of appropriate legal structures for the delivery of projects (e.g. subsidiary, branch office).

* Effective management of external lawyers including cost management, in particular setting appropriate scope of work and adherence of budgets.

* Management of disputes

* Advice on programme of insurance and liaison with insurers and brokers to ensure appropriateness of and adequacy of programme for global operations.

* Support of management’s governance

Requirements

  • Qualified construction lawyer
  • Non-contentious construction lawyer with excellent knowledge of internationally recognised construction agreements including suites of industry standard form agreements, in particular FIDIC and ACE.

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