Legal Counsel
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom or Washington, United States
Job Summary
Act as a practical legal advisor to business leaders across EMEAI, identifying risks and enabling commercial and strategic priorities. Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, subcontractor, procurement, and project-related contracts. Partner with Sales, Procurement, Estimating, Proposals, Finance, Project Management, HR, and Operations to support proposals, contract negotiations, project execution, and risk management. Support M&A activity, including due diligence, transaction workstreams, document review, disclosure schedules, post-closing integration, legal entity alignment, and related strategic initiatives. Assist with corporate matters, including governance, entity management, restructurings, internal approvals, policies, board or sponsor-related requests, and other matters arising in a private equity-backed portfolio company environment. Support IP matters, including IP ownership and licensing issues in commercial agreements, R&D and technology collaborations, invention disclosures, patent and trademark portfolio coordination, brand protection, and related diligence or integration work. Provide pragmatic support on employment and workplace matters in partnership with HR and external counsel, including employee relations, policy interpretation, investigations, and regional employment law issues. Support the management and resolution of customer claims, warranty issues, disputes, liens, financial guarantees, insurance certificates, bonds, letters of credit, and other contentious or risk-related matters. Coordinate with external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, managing scope, budget, and practical advice when specialist support is required. Help develop and improve legal templates, playbooks, processes, training, and best practices so the legal function can scale with the business. Collaborate with the Global Legal & Compliance Team on cross-functional initiatives, compliance matters, and other projects within your area of responsibility.
Required Qualifications
- Qualification as a lawyer in a civil or common law jurisdiction
- Strong academic credentials
- Ability to provide practical legal counsel in a business setting
- Approximately 4+ years of relevant legal experience
- English language fluency
- Willingness to travel occasionally across the region and internationally
Desired Qualifications
- In-house experience or secondment exposure in a multinational, industrial, manufacturing, EPC, oil and gas, technology, infrastructure, or private equity-backed portfolio company environment
- Law firm training or prior private practice experience
- Exposure to commercial contracts, corporate transactions, M&A, employment, IP, or other broad corporate legal matters
- Direct deal experience
- Exposure to IP matters, including technology development, R&D agreements, licensing, patent or trademark portfolio management, brand protection, or IP ownership issues
- Working knowledge of employment law matters
- Experience with disputes, claims, contract administration, lien law compliance, financial guarantees, insurance, bonds, or letters of credit
- German, Spanish, French, or other regional language fluency
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.