Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment
Legal Counsel Construction - Energy sector
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An established infrastructure organisation is looking to appoint a Construction Solicitor into its in-house legal team in London.
This is a broad, business-facing role supporting a varied portfolio of construction, maintenance, and asset investment projects across a complex operational environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with procurement, commercial, and operational stakeholders across a workload which will include:
- Advising on a range of standard form construction and project delivery contracts, including NEC-based arrangements
- Supporting engineering, maintenance, and network improvement programmes
- Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements relating to goods, services, and strategic supplier relationships
- Providing pragmatic advice on contractual risk, interpretation, and dispute matters
- Working closely with procurement, operational, and project teams on day-to-day commercial issues
- Supporting wider asset lifecycle and operational initiatives from a legal and commercial perspective
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The role would suit someone who enjoys partnering closely with the business and operating in a practical, solutions-focused capacity rather than purely technical legal advisory work.
The organisation is open to candidates from both private practice and in-house backgrounds. Previous experience within infrastructure, utilities, transport, engineering, or asset-heavy environments would be beneficial but is not essential.
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The key requirement is strong construction and commercial contracts experience, ideally including familiarity with NEC forms of contract.
Candidate profile:
- Likely 4–6 PQE
- Construction / projects / infrastructure background
- Experience advising on NEC contracts
- Commercially minded and pragmatic approach
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable working autonomously within a collaborative environment
This opportunity would likely appeal to lawyers currently working within construction teams at leading law firms, infrastructure operators, utilities, transport businesses, or major contractors.
London-based with hybrid working.
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