<div>An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Head of Legal - Construction with experience of advising on non-contentious and contentious construction and procurement matters for energy &amp; infrastructure projects to join EPUKI’s growing Legal team.  <br /><br />EPUKI’s legal team works closely with our commercial, technical and finance teams to provide high quality, business focused advice and support.  We play an active part in commercial decision making and risk management alongside our commercial teams.  This role will focus on supporting the legal team in all activities related to the development and commercial management of our power projects. This will involve working closely with the procurement and construction teams and external stakeholders.  </div><div> </div><div>The role will be based in our London office with the requirement for occasional travel to meetings in the UK and Ireland.  </div> <h2> Key Responsibilities </h2> <div>Reporting to the Head of Legal - Operations, the successful candidate will have responsibility for, but not limited to:</div><ul><li>Managing and leading the drafting, preparation, negotiation and execution of a wide range of construction, procurement and commercial contracts.</li><li>Identifying and managing legal, commercial and contractual risks and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place.</li><li>Developing and maintaining policies around contract approvals, template management and document retention.</li><li>Providing clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice to multi-disciplinary teams across EPUKI’s business units with new build projects and development opportunities.</li><li>Advising internal stakeholders on risk exposure and dispute resolution strategies.</li><li>Managing and co-ordinating contractual disputes, litigation and arbitration matters, including pre-action strategy and formal proceedings.</li><li>Developing and supporting internal governance and approval processes, including coordinating with compliance, risk, finance and other internal stakeholders as appropriate.</li><li>Instructing and managing various external counsel to obtain, challenge and finalise legal advice, opinions and drafting on various projects and agreements.</li><li>Tracking and coding external legal spend ensuring alignment with budget expectations.</li><li>Carrying out factual and legal research as required.  </li></ul> <h2>  </h2> 

EP UK Investments

Head of Legal Construction Legal

EP UK Investments