Legal Advisor

Foster + Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Foster + Partners in London is seeking a Legal Counsel to support the delivery of high-profile design and construction projects. You will provide commercially focused legal advice, navigate complex contractual matters, and contribute to dispute resolution across an international portfolio.

You will advise on contract reviews and negotiations, develop expertise in both contentious and non-contentious construction law, and collaborate with project teams to deliver pragmatic legal solutions across

Qualifications

• Qualification as a legal professional with experience in construction law.
• Strong knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious construction matters.
• Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to deliver pragmatic legal solutions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Confident communication and relationship-building skills across diverse stakeholders.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercially focused legal advice on complex, globally significant design and construction projects.
• Take ownership of contract reviews, negotiations, and risk management matters.
• Develop expertise across both contentious and non-contentious construction law.
• Work closely with commercial, design, and project teams in a dynamic environment.
• Build your career within a highly respected, international organisation.

Skills

Construction law

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal analysis

Commercial awareness

Communication

Organisational skills

Collaborative mindset

Job description

As a Legal Counsel at Foster + Partners, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of some of the world's most ambitious and high-profile design and construction projects. Working alongside a collaborative team of legal professionals and industry experts, you'll provide commercially focused legal advice, navigate complex contractual matters, and contribute to dispute resolution activities across an international portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity for a construction lawyer who enjoys variety, responsibility, and working at the heart of a global design business.

This role is ideal if you want to:

• Advise on complex, globally significant design and construction projects.
• Take ownership of contract reviews, negotiations, and risk management matters.
• Develop expertise across both contentious and non-contentious construction law.
• Work closely with commercial, design, and project teams in a dynamic environment.
• Build your career within a highly respected, international organisation.

What you will bring to the team:

• Qualification as a legal professional with experience in construction law.
• Strong knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious construction matters.
• Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to deliver pragmatic legal solutions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Confident communication and relationship-building skills across diverse stakeholders.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a collaborative mindset.

What we offer:

We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes: private medical insurance for you and your family; life assurance; personal travel insurance; access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching; as well as discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.

To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.

If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.

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