Commercial Contract Legal Counsel

7 days ago


London, United Kingdom SSQ Full time

Legal Counsel - Non Contentious Construction
Legal Counsel - non-contentious construction - In-house
Hybrid working - 2 days a week in London
A leading Global Energy company is recruiting a Legal Counsel to provide a pro-active, preventive and commercially relevant legal service with a focus on non-contentious construction law.
Working closely with the Head of Legal across multiple jurisdictions, this role is suited to someone from a Private Practice or in-house background with 3-6 years of experience in the construction sector.
To work closely with the Head of Legal and two Senior Legal Counsels to provide high quality, effective, pragmatic, solutions orientated legal advice to the business – with a focus on non-contentious construction law advice.
Advising on and assisting in the negotiation of high value contracts, in both the contractor and sub-contractor space. To support the applicable business divisions in proactively identifying potential disputes or claims and anticipating and providing strategic advice to avoid such disputes or claims.
To be a point of reference on construction law matters within the business for business stakeholders.
Building relationships with stakeholders within the business divisions, in particular developing trusted relationships in areas of expertise.
Support in running training sessions and promote knowledge sharing across the team and business divisions.
Developing and rolling out, with the team, appropriate precedent tools and materials to the commercial teams within the relevant business divisions to assist with their commercial contract reviews and negotiations.
Experience of delivering a pro-active business focused service that anticipates risks and prevents problems. Demonstrates well rounded legal knowledge and some experience in the construction sector, as well as commercial acumen.
~ Has a broad understanding of corporate risk areas.
~ Flexible approach with a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in different areas of law.
~ Organised and methodical approach and able to use MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint to an intermediate level.
~ Strong commercial acumen that can identify risk, mitigations and suitable options for the business, balancing risk and reward.


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