Legal Counsel - Construction

Lawyers On Demand; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawyers On Demand (LOD) is partnering with a leading national construction and projects business to appoint an experienced Legal Counsel for a 6-month assignment with immediate start.

You will support the legal aspects of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects, draft and negotiate construction and project agreements, and provide commercially focused advice to project teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years relevant PQE in construction, projects or infrastructure law.
• Front-end construction experience: drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction and project agreements.
• Be confident providing commercially pragmatic legal advice to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.

Responsibilities

• Support the legal aspects of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects from inception through to delivery.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of construction, project and commercial agreements.
• Provide commercially focused legal advice to project teams and business stakeholders.
• Advise on contract risk, procurement and project-related issues.

Skills

PQE in construction

Front-end construction experience

Commercially focused advice

Stakeholder management

Job description

LOD (Lawyers On Demand) is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a ‘new law’ pioneer, we continue to lead the market we created.

Who are we looking for?

We're partnering with a leading national construction and projects business to appoint an experienced Legal Counsel. Operating across multiple jurisdictions and delivering large-scale projects nationally, this organisation offers the chance to work closely with commercial stakeholders in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. This assignment is expected to run for 6 months, with the potential to extend, and requires an immediate start.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Support the legal aspects of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects from inception through to delivery.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of construction, project and commercial agreements.
• Provide commercially focused legal advice to project teams and business stakeholders.
• Advise on contract risk, procurement and project-related issues.

To Join Us, You Will

• Have between 4-10 years relevant PQE in construction, projects or infrastructure law.
• Bring strong front-end construction experience, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating construction and project agreements.
• Be confident providing commercially pragmatic legal advice to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.

What sets us apart?

• We’re an Employer of Choice: for the fifth year in a row, we’ve been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. We’re even prouder that we’ve received an employee NPS score across Australia of 81 which is recognised as “ground-breaking”.?
• CV-enhancing work with global brands: We provide our people with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class global brands, allowing them to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.
• No limits: We’ve helped open doors, break glass ceilings, facilitate the transition from private practice to in-house, and develop career pathways to become a GC. Whatever direction you want to take your career, we can help you get there.
• You call the shots: We take work-life balance pretty seriously. You can work on-site with our clients or remotely, undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are for set months of a year – it's your choice!
• You’re never on your own: Throughout your LOD career, you’ll become part of a community. You’ll be supported by your LOD colleagues and our HQ team, have access to mentoring programs and high quality know-how, LOD social events, and receive regular training to assist in your ongoing growth and development.
• Our Ways Of Working help shape who we are and what we do: we deliver, we are creative, we are inclusive, we care & collaborate, and we are trusted.
• We’re global: LOD can provide you with local, interstate and international working opportunities. In late 2023, LOD joined forces with Consilio, the global leader in legal consulting and enterprise legal services. Together, LOD & Consilio have a team of approximately 10,000 lawyers, legal engineers, legal operations consultants, paralegals, and risk & compliance professionals spanning North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.

What's next?

Are you ready to spark a positive change to your career and your personal life?