Senior Legal Counsel

Taylor Root; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in energy services is searching for a Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel to join its growing team. This hybrid role supports the Places & Communities Division, focusing on legal advice for construction contracts. Ideal for solicitors with 4-10 years PQE in a dynamic environment interested in furthering their in-house career.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years PQE in Construction and Technical Contracts.
• Understanding of construction project contractual frameworks.
• Experience with JCT suite of contracts and NEC.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts and agreements.
• Support on commercial and contractual matters.
• Provide practical legal advice balancing risk and commercial needs.

Skills

Contract Negotiation

Legal Risk Assessment

Commercial Awareness

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister (UK or equivalent)

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Director at Taylor Root | Recruiting legal talent for permanent or interim solutions with in-house legal teams across the UK

Company Name: Environmental Services (Confidential : disclosed on discussion)

Job Title: Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel

Job Location: Leeds/Birmingham /London office (optional)

Experience Level: 4-10 years PQE in Construction and Technical Contracts

Client & Role

My client, is a world leader and specialist in energy services, with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 10 billion euros. They are looking for someone to join their dynamic growing team, as Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel for this In-House role.

This is a hybrid opportunity requiring 1 day in office per week at one of their locations in either Leeds, Birmingham or London.

Due to continued and robust growth, they are currently looking to add legal Counsel to their Company, working in one of the office locations above. The role will support its “Places & Communities Division”, which is one of the biggest revenue generators in the group; led by and reporting into the Head of Legal in P&C.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, negotiating and/or drafting agreements and conducting contract negotiations with project counterparties primarily for construction, refurbishment and related services.
• Supporting on commercial and contractual matters for tenders, projects, variations and on-going contractual and operational matters.
• You will also work closely with the P&C legal and business teams especially business development, commercial and senior management and externally with counterparty legal advisers, the Company’s external legal advisers, contract counterparties and customers.
• You will be required to provide timely, high quality, practical and commercially focused legal advice, balancing legal risk with the commercial needs of the business.

Requirements

• UK (or common law equivalent) qualified solicitor or barrister with ideally 4-10 years PQE (flexible based on quality of experience)
• Understanding of the contractual framework surrounding construction projects within the UK construction market including experience of negotiating and agreements based on industry standard forms in particular the JCT suite of contracts and NEC.
• Experience of public procurement preferred.

The P&C practice is well established and supports top tier clients ranging from Government, Public Service as well as Private Companies, so the opportunity is invaluable if you are looking to take that first step into an in-house role to equip you for your future in-house Counsel career or if you are in-house counsel already and looking for a more Senior Legal Counsel opportunity to grow due to the legal, commercial, operational and business risk work afforded by the company.

This is the perfect role for a savvy can-do Attorney, who is interested in being part of a vibrant, and growing team; along with fully maintaining a client-facing role, in an exciting company with immense growth potential. This is a highly sought after and rare In-House Corporate Counsel position will provide the right ambitious Attorney, the chance to leverage their existing knowledge and experience to take on a more hands on legal, operational, and advisory role, providing access to my Client’s impressive portfolio of clientele. This position will allow the right candidate to perfect both their legal and commercial business acumen.

Interested?

If interested, please contact respond with an up-to-date copy of your CV and to schedule in a confidential chat, to discuss both the role and your background further! My client is keeping the search confidential at this time, but I am happy to disclose further information if you are interested on our call.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Legal Services and Environmental Services

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