Senior Legal Counsel

WSP USAAuckland, New ZealandPosted just now

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**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?** At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives enabling you to do the best work of your life. You can experience a world of opportunities to shape a career as unique as you. _WSP is one of the world's top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact-one project and community at a time._ **Senior Legal Counsel** Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel to join WSP New Zealand. You can be based in either Auckland or Wellington. Contribute to WSP's success in New Zealand by providing timely, commercial and robust legal advice. **The Role:** + Support our bid and project delivery teams in reviewing and negotiating engineering services contracts, subcontracts, joint venture, alliance agreements and related commercial agreements. + Proactively managing risk, driving regulatory compliance (health & safety, competition law) and adherence internal governance policies and procedures. + Advising our project delivery teams on contractual issues during project delivery. + Advising on WSP insurance programme and managing claims together with our insurers. + Developing and implementing internal training and education programmes. + Contribute to WSP's success in New Zealand by providing timely, commercial and robust legal advice. **About you:** + 7+ years' PQE with experience advising the construction/infrastructure or engineering industry. + A degree in Law and eligibility to hold a Practising Certificate with the NZLS. + In-house legal experience in Engineering or Construction. + Extensive experience reviewing and negotiating engineering services or construction contracts, subcontracts, joint venture, alliance agreements and related commercial agreements. + Broad general knowledge of the New Zealand's legislative and regulatory framework including Health & Safety, litigation, competition law, IP, general corporate and privacy law. + You have excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to present complex information and legal advice clearly to a variety of audiences. **Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.** _We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve._ Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. **With us, you can. Apply today.** We will review applications as they come in, so if this opportunity sounds like you, don't wait to apply!

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