Legal Counsel

Overview

As a Legal Counsel in-house at Linesight, (12 month FTC) you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will: 

• Define and lead the contract review process that forms part of Bid Approvals 
• Review existing contracts and identify favorable opportunities for Linesight 
• Review and manage our portfolio of Insurance cover 
• Identify and grow a network of local legal partners to provide support globally 
• Develop and review various commercial contracts and MSA agreements, obtaining local advice as required 
• Manage claims made against the business and the provision of information through any arbitration processes 
• Be an advocate for legal, compliance and risk management best practice, designing and implementing policies and delivering training to the business 
• Remain up-to-date with changes to legislation, rules and regulations that affect the business in our global markets 
• Advise Executive board on legal matters as they arise and put forward clear recommendations for approval 

We would love to hear from you if you: 

• Are a Qualified Solicitor with experience in commercial contract law related to the construction and professional services industries 
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing 
• Love a dynamic environment with the chance to lead your own priorities and deadlines 
• Have strong problem-solving skills, business acumen and a commercial mindset to create balanced solutions and recommendations 
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun 

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All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!  

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility   

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!