International UK Lawyer M/FSPIE France

Present in 23 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North America, SPIE Global Services Energy operates across the entire energy production infrastructure value chain, from design to maintenance.

SPIE Global Services Energy leverages the expertise of its 5,000 employees to help players in the oil, gas, and renewable energy industries improve the technical performance of their infrastructure, their energy efficiency, and reduce their carbon footprint.

SPIE Global Services Energy, a subsidiary of the SPIE Group, is currently seeking a UK lawyer specialized or interested in getting in international business law to carry out the below mentionned tasks.

The position will be UK based, permanent contract, mostly remote. The candidate will report to the General Counsel of SPIE Global Services Energy based in Cergy. Travels to France, once a month is foreseen and would be appreciated.

Key role :

- Review, draft, and qualify a wide variety of contracts (MOUs, confidentiality agreements, partnership agreements, service contracts, operation and maintenance contracts, turnkey projects) and participate in their negotiations;

- Participate in monitoring the execution of certain contracts, particularly through certain contract management procedures;

- Review and negotiate parent company guarantees;

- Prepare legal documentation for responses to calls for tenders;

- Participate in the risk review process by identifying legal, contractual, and regulatory risks and providing support to avoid or mitigate these risks, and proposing innovative solutions to mitigate them;

- Provide expertise and advice in business law, both in France and internationally, to internal clients based in France and across all our subsidiaries;

- Participate in the creation of legal and tax structures in collaboration with SPIE headquarters; Propose schemes to internal clients that meet their needs;

- Monitor international and national litigation and pre-litigation;

- Manage external counsel;

- Participate in the updating and development of model clauses or contracts; - Prepare internal training modules on business law issues;

- Ensure compliance with corporate governance, support the implementation and rules of the code of conduct and all applicable ethical procedures;

- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments applicable to these operations.