Senior Legal Counsel

Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel 

Location: London (international travel may be required)

🌍 About Verne 

Role Overview:

· This role requires a seasoned legal professional with extensive experience in construction, development and commercial law, capable of navigating complex international legal landscapes.

· Verne’s Senior Legal Counsel will lead the negotiation and execution of major EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contracts, expertly handle FIDIC contract suites, and oversee procurement and subcontractor agreements, mainly in non-UK jurisdictions. Interfacing and effectively managing local outside counsel with therefore be necessary.

· Verne’s Senior Legal Counsel will also be responsible for developing risk management frameworks, training teams in contract administration best practices, and strengthening contractual governance across all project delivery functions.

· Specific goals for this goal include:

§ overseeing and managing the review of securities (including performance bonds and parent company guarantees) for high-value projects;

§ implementing comprehensive risk registers for project teams;

§ conducting training for project teams on best practices in contract management and administration, emphasizing FIDIC principles;

§ supporting project teams in claims and dispute management and developing a company-wide risk and claims management framework.

· Ideal PQE is 8-9 years; some in-house experience preferred, ideally at a construction company or a data centre developer.

· This role reports into the Chief Legal Officer, but internal clients will be mainly the Chief Development Officer and Project Directors in different locations.

What We Offer:

- The opportunity to help build a legal team and to make an immediate and high impact on the company’s growth.

- Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing, private equity-backed company.

- A dynamic, innovative, and inclusive working environment.

- Competitive compensation and benefits package.

- The chance to work with a talented and ambitious international team.