General Counsel
Burnett Specialists
Austin, TX
JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
24 days ago
Position Overview
- Support company objectives by collaborating across departmentsContracts/Risk Management, Operations, Accounting, IT, HR, and Project Management
- Review and negotiate upstream construction contracts with general contractors,
- downstream subcontracts and purchase orders and NDAs
- Oversee monthly filing of lien and bond claim preservation notices
- Facilitate Parent Companys review and approval of real estate transactions,
- parent guarantees and quarterly Representations
- Oversee and monitor pending disputes including litigation, claims, arbitrations,
- and mediations and coordinate with Parent company counsel and outside counsel
- Educate staff on legal topics, compliance updates, and legislative/regulatory
- Developments
Qualifications:
- Licensed Texas attorney with 5+ years of experience practicing
- construction law (Ideally)
- Experience in, or working closely with, construction related organization(s)
- Strong substantive experience in transactional practice
- Experience leading negotiations of construction contracts with sophisticated
- counterparties and ability to understand subcontractors point of view
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify legal issues and risks,
- analyze complex problems, and provide practical and effective solutions
- Familiarity with insurance in the construction industry
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
- Flexible, with excellent and timely written and verbal communication skills
- Able to lead and follow with equal ease, based on circumstances
- Active listener, proactive leadership approach, collaborative and communicative
- Enjoy working in the office, in a fast-paced, growth-oriented business
- environment
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects
- simultaneously, while working under tight deadlines
About the Company
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