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Commercial / Construction Lawyer

Employer
QED Legal
Location
England, County Durham, Darlington
Salary
£28000 - £35000 per annum + Additional benefits
Closing date
18 Mar 2019
Reference
SC23581

Job Details

Our client is an international organisation looking for a Sole Legal Counsel / Commercial Contracts Lawyer to join their busy and growing business. This is a varied and interesting role involving reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts and agreements.

As the business' first and sole legal counsel you will be coming into a company and into a position which has plenty of potential to grow and develop in the years ahead. The position will be reporting into a widely experienced Commercial Director.

Based in Darlington the ideal candidate will be:

  • A UK qualified solicitor with strong academics and at least 2 years PQE
  • A strong grounding in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts is essential, ideally construction contracts such as NEC4 and FIDIC
  • Able to assist and help the department on a wide range of other legal matters such as compliance and data protection
  • An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and a commercial / business outlook to their work

You will need to be hungry and ambitious and keen to push your career forward in a vibrant, fast moving in-house legal department.

In-house experience would be desirable, but the client would consider a private practice lawyer looking to move in-house who could point to good business and commercial skills.

Our client envisages that candidates with between 2 - 6 years PQE will have the relevant skills / knowledge for this position, however this has been given as an approximate guide for applicants and our client is happy to consider the applications of candidates who fall outside of this PQE range but who have the relevant experience.

For more information on this great in-house opportunity please contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal. If this position isn't for you but you know someone who could be suitable then please let us know. We offer a reward fee for any successful referrals. For full details please see our website.

Company

QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".

As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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