Senior Legal Counsel
5 days ago
Job Description:
The Senior Legal Counsel will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to the Business, reporting to the Group Head of Legal within the General Counsel Directorate. The role will involve drafting and negotiating complex, high-value customer contracts, and related ancillary transaction documentation. The successful candidate will have experience in negotiating and drafting construction and commercial agreements, and a good understanding of process and documentation related to the procurement of large-scale international infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drafting and supporting the negotiation of complex, high-value customer contracts that deliver strategic commercial priorities and business objectives.
- Providing comprehensive legal advice and support during the pursuit and negotiation of customer contracts and delivery stages of complex, infrastructure projects / transactions that utilise various delivery models across public and private markets.
- Providing legal guidance on, and collaborate across GC Directorate to facilitate, compliance oversight related to negotiation of commercial agreements for the design, delivery, construction and commissioning of major infrastructure projects and implementation of customer transactions in accordance with all relevant applicable laws and regulations and Rolls-Royce SMR's Governance Framework, delegated authorities, policies and procedures.
- Required to advise, support and collaborate with commercial and other relevant functions during drafting and negotiation of complex, high-value, international engineering and supply agreements.
Requirements:
- 6+ years PQE Solicitor or Barrister, Senior Legal Counsel, with relevant experience in negotiating and drafting construction and commercial agreements.
- A good understanding of process and documentation related to the procurement of large-scale international infrastructure projects and related supply chain.
- A good understanding of the principles of risk allocation in projects and construction contracts terms and conditions.
- Familiarity with various standard forms of construction contract (NEC, FIDIC, JCT, etc.) and ancillary documentation related to infrastructure projects.
- The ability to support and guide commercial personnel regarding structuring and legal process for a variety of commercial transactions for which you will be responsible, including identification and mitigation of legal, transactional and compliance risk.
- A good understanding of internal corporate governance policy and process to deliver customer transactions on time, to budget in accordance with RR SMR internal governance, board and shareholder approvals.
- Good verbal and written communication, able to advise and explain complex legal issues, principles and process clearly and accurately, using language appropriate to all levels of the organisation.
What We Offer:
- Salary between £78,200 - £102,638 per annum, plus performance-related bonus, benefits allowance, pension, holidays, private medical insurance, and life assurance.
- This position can offer flexible hours and part-time hours to accommodate individual work-life balance needs.
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