Infrastructure Solicitor

Infrastructure Solicitor

West Sussex

£90,000 – £105,000

Hybrid

About the role

To provide high-quality commercial legal services to the Engineering & Capital Delivery function for a major utility company. Focused on the water resources infrastructure programme.

What you will be responsible for:

• Advising on the legal ramifications and structuring of a wide range of commercial arrangements and diverse capital /commercial projects, transactions and contracts.

• Drafting, negotiating 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 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).

• Focussing on the full remit of non-contentious (and some initial stages contentious) engineering and construction matters relating to infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Qualified lawyer (Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive), ideally with at least 10 years relevant post-qualification experience.

• Expert knowledge of law and legal research techniques, contract drafting and interpretation.

• Expertise in public procurement law and practice (knowledge of the new Direct Procurement for Customers regime highly desirable, but not essential).

• Has reliable legal judgement and appreciates legal risk.

• Produces sound analysis, using secure legal research.

• Highly developed commercial awareness.

• Excellent degree qualification (2:1 or equivalent), or satisfactory evidence of equivalent high-level academic and/or professional achievement.

Benefits for the role:

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid working
• Onsite Parking
• 11% Pension + bonus scheme
• Much more

Please get in contact with David Scott if this could be of interest.

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