Position Description:
Provide day to day counsel, guidance and support related to contracts/construction law and other legal matters for assigned Business Units and/or regions.
Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice and risk assessments across a broad range of legal matters related contracts/construction law.
- Advise business partners on legal, contractual and risk matters impacting their areas of responsibility.
- Analyze and summarize legal documents and complex business transactions and contracts.
- Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems involving the assigned Business Units.
- Conduct and Compile research, maintain/update organized legal due diligence documents.
- Review owner contracts and support Business Unit leaders in the bidding/negotiation process.
- Review routine project-related agreements (e.g. BIM releases, crane swing agreements, title company deliverables, lender consents.).
- Analyze change orders and waivers/releases prepared by others for legal risks.
- Partner with lead counsel in the management and resolution of contested matters.
- Manage litigation and corporate disclosures for RFQ/RFP responses.
- Partner with Corporate Secretary regarding authorizing resolutions to accompany bids.
- Maintain and utilize best practices with respect to contract terms.
- Deliver legal training to the Business Unites on a variety of legal topics, including project specific requirements and ethics/compliance.
- Develop and provide input to capture market trends and continuously improve processes.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.