Senior Legal Counsel - WSP
Job Description
We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives.You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
WSP in the Middle East is looking for a Senior legal counsel to provide operationally sound advice and support to management and the client about a broad range of legal tasks, agreements, and related issues affecting WSP ensuring best practices remain current and active across the business units and projects.
WSP welcomes applications for part-time and flexible working and would be happy to discuss potential options with you as part of your application.
Your new role, what's involved- Review and negotiate engineering consultancy agreements for complex, high value projects throughout the Middle East.
- Assist in the management of construction related project disputes.
- Provide advice on legal and regulatory issues and assist in the provision of advice on new or more complex legal and regulatory issues.
- Maintain appropriate awareness of the legislative and regulatory environment relating to key aspects of WSP's current operations.
- Assist in the development of training programmes for non-legal staff on relevant legal issues.
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- Qualified lawyer with a min of 10 years of legal experience developed through reputable law firm or in an in-house legal team specialising in construction law.
- Proficient in English and Arabic (oral and written).
- Experienced in negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Ability to assess risks commercially and to provide legal advice that appropriately balances legal risks with commercial considerations.
What's in it for you
What if we can have work-life balance What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs What if we can be accepted for who we are Here at WSP we can!
WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.
As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.
Apply now and be the future of WSP!
Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms.
We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program, and construction management professionals.
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From net zero to climate change, from the needs of future societies to new ways of travelling we know that the future is very different to today. With Future Ready we see the future more clearly and challenge everyone in WSP to advise and design for this future as well as today.It's a programme that's having huge impact in WSP it's helping us grow, it's giving us purpose and it's the title of our global growth strategy. Learn more about Future Ready at Future Ready | WSP