Senior Legal Counsel
- Employer
- Averda
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- £Competitive
- Closing date
- 10 Aug 2019
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- Practice area
- Company and commercial, Construction and civil engineering, Energy and environment
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 7 years+
- Position
- Legal counsel
- Sector
- In-house
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Averda - the leading environmental and waste management services company in the emerging world – is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel based in our London office.
Role Responsibilities
- Support the tendering team in preparing tender proposals
- Negotiate and draft high value waste contracts and ancillary contracts with government and large private clients
- Manage, prepare and negotiate contract variations and amendments
- Represent Averda at client meetings and assist Averda’s project teams to prepare for such meetings
- Review, draft and advise project teams on correspondence with clients
- Direct and manage dispute resolution
Skills, qualifications and experience requirements:
- Law degree
- Admitted to practice law, preferably in England and Wales or France
- Fluent in English and French (speaking and drafting)
- 8 + years' PQE
- Previous experience working in a law firm, in construction/projects, and/or working in house for a construction/projects (or similar) corporation
- Previous experience in negotiating and drafting concession agreements/similar services agreements with government counterparties
- Previous experience in negotiating and drafting waste to energy related agreements (for example, power purchase agreements)
- Previous experience in working in emerging markets on projects
Other competencies and responsibilities:
- Experience working with FIDIC would be advantageous
- MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Office environment: ability to work beyond traditional working hours if a task or project requires it
- Ability to travel as required by the business
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