Counsel - London, United Kingdom - Buchanan Search

Buchanan Search

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Our Client is one of the UK's leading resource management, recycling, and energy recovery companies.

With a rich history of working in the UK since the 1800s, we operate one of the UK's largest and most efficient Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities.

The Role:

You will need to get stuck in and be across every aspect of the business - often as much in a 'problem solving / get things done / challenge others' mode as in 'legal' mode.

The scope will include:

Providing legal, strategic and commercial advice and challenge to the business, particularly the Executive Leadership Team, other senior employees and managers
Both complex and simple negotiations with commercial counterparties and other key stakeholders, and associated contract drafting and reviewing
Building great relationships
Problem solving
Instructing and managing external law firms

Experience Required:

Inhouse experience (including secondment)
68 years PQE
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, especially engineering & construction, operations, maintenance, consultancy agreements
Infrastructure, utilities and/or energy experience a plus
General experience providing advice and support in other areas e

g:
tenders/procurement, finance, HR, IT, disputes, planning and regulation, disputes and litigation, property, ethics and compliance, company secretarial, training, miscellaneous other mattersthat crop up in a business