Legal Counsel
6 month fixed term contract
Facilities Management firm
London - Hybrid working
£80K-£87K
The role entails a full range of legal, risk and governance issues which affect and are integral to facilities management and project services contracts within the region. More specifically, the role requires that the individual:
General Commercial:
- Responsible for all aspects of legal work, including contract review, training to the account team, drafting, disputes, ad hoc advice, amendments/ change controls, local country agreements, and governance. This role requires high attention to detail, organisation, commercial insight, communication skills, determination and flexibility to support the account needs.
- Implement Local Country Agreements (LCAs) that sit under the account's EMEA Master Services Agreement (MSA).
- Typical issues to capture in an LCA are: signing/execution formalities, pricing/payment terms, employee issues and insurance provisions.
- The role requires stakeholder management in multiple jurisdictions, liaising with Legal teams in the Americas and APAC, Transition teams and in-country ops, pricing and commercial teams to ensure the LCAs reflect the local pricing and scope.
Project Management:
The account includes project management. Projects include renovating or refurbishing a building (client offices, commercial buildings or manufacturing sites), structure or infrastructure or asset replacement.
- Advise the Project Management team on the account on:
- standard form contracts (JCT, FIDIC, NEC, etc)
- schedule of amendments
- flow downs
Requirements
Qualified Lawyer
A demonstrable track record of broad based commercial and contractual law experience and good knowledge of contract and commercial law.
Grasp of TUPE and Acquired Rights Directive legislation.
Knowledge of GDPR.
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