In House Legal Counsel

In House Legal Counsel | 2+ PQE | Newcastle | 

This international engineering consultancy is looking to recruit an in house Solicitor to join it's legal team in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This is a global, award winning business operating across civil and structural engineering, sustainability and building services.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well established legal team which advises across the full spectrum of internal legal matters. In particular, this role will work closely with the senior lawyers to assist with the review and management of the contractual arrangements on a variety of large scale projects. The team delivers support to the business on a global scale from its Newcastle base, giving you access to a huge range of interesting work. You will also have the opportunity to get involved in some contentious matters and support in the supervision and mentoring of more junior team members. 

The ideal applicant will bring strong commercial contracts experience, ideally in the context of construction and/or engineering projects, and is likely to have a minimum of 2 years PQE, potentially more. Lawyers with less PQE but significant, relevant, pre qualification experience may also be considered. 

A full position description and details around salary etc. are available on request - please get in touch with Sophie Linley at Sacco Mann for a no obligations chat on [phone removed].

All references to PQE are given as a guide only and we are of course happy to accept applications from those who fall outside of the indicated bracket but who possess the relevant skills and knowledge to be successful in the role.