Commercial Solicitor

Description

• drafting, negotiation and settling various forms of commercial contracts.
• advising on the full regime of public procurement regulations and practical procurement issues, including acting as guardian of relevant legal policies and providing standardised procurement and commercial legal agreements.
• advising on the legal ramifications and structuring of a wide range of commercial arrangements and diverse capital /commercial projects, transactions and contracts.
• focussing on the full remit of non-contentious (and some initial stages contentious) engineering and construction matters relating to infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
• advising the company on the legal ramifications and structuring of a wide range of often complex and expansive engineering and construction arrangements and diverse commercial projects, transactions and contracts (working with the Senior Commercial Solicitor).
• Produces sound analysis, using secure legal research.

Requirements

• Expertise in public procurement law and practice (knowledge of new Direct Procurement for Customers regime highly desirable, but not essential).
• Excellent degree qualification (2:1 or equivalent), or satisfactory evidence of equivalent high level academic and/or professional achievement.
• Highly developed commercial awareness.
• Has reliable legal judgement and appreciates legal risk.
• Expert influencer and negotiator.
• Expert knowledge of law and legal research techniques, contract drafting and interpretation.
• Good IT skills including electronic document production and assembly.
• Qualified lawyer (Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive) ideally with at least 10 years relevant post-qualification experience.

Benefits

• Health benefits through a Cash Plan
• 25 days annual holiday
• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
• Company and performance-related bonus
• Two paid community volunteering days a year
• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Occupational health service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Stars Reward gateway offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance