[ref. l16447516] Legal Counsel (International Project Development) - London
About Our Client
Our Client is a major global infrastructure consultancy, with over 16,000 employees worldwide, which is instructed on some of the highest profile infrastructure projects in the world across multiple sectors.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be involved in a region for over 50 different territories, covering established jurisdictions such as India and UAE, developing jurisdictions such as those in the Middle East, through to emerging jurisdictions in Africa.They will have the opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of legal disciplines including, contract reviews, construction law advice, company law, cross border delivery, disputes, claims and insurance.
Responsibilities with this role include:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial, construction and engineering agreements, including consultancy agreements, framework agreements and NDAs for regional units including contracts with international financial institutions and developments banks (this financing element is a fundamental part of this role).
- Analysis and identify departures from our governance as part of the review of such commercial agreements and assist project teams in obtaining the necessary internal approvals where appropriate
- Confidently advise business on applicable laws, jurisdictions and regulations.
- Revise and maintain legal templates for use across the Group ensuring they reflect current best practice and legislation.
- Instructing and managing external law firms
- Draft and update legal guidance to raise awareness of recurrent topics and new regulations.
- Advise business on litigation and insurance matters, which may include liaising with outside counsel and technical experts.
- Assisting Regional General Counsel and other members of regional team
- Support other parts of the Legal Department such as the Ethics & Compliance and Data Protection teams
The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer with:
- circa. 4-8 years of experience gained in a mixture of private practice and in-house, with a focus on either commercial and construction law (preferably gained in a consultancy environment or with a client/contractor including cross border supply).
- a proven track record of advising on legal matters across a range of jurisdictions is a distinct advantage, in particular civil law jurisdictions in the Middle East (a candidate who has lived and worked in the Middle East in the past would be highly regarded for this role).
- have excellent drafting, cooperation, communication and negotiation skills.
- It is fundamental that the successful candidate has experience of drafting an negotiating standard form contracts as well as working on matters relating to international financial institutions and developments banks in terms of contracting/funding structures. Much of the work is front end, getting into contract, contract changes and internal governance.
Desirable - Experience:
- through having lived and worked in the Middle East including understanding of Middle East countries civil laws.
Some travel may be required for this role. It will primarily consist of travel to South Asia and the Middle East, but is not fundamental to the role.
What's on Offer
For further information about the package on offer with this role, please apply to this advert or, contact the exclusively instructed recruiter, David Taylor of Michael Page Legal (London).