Job Description
Job Title: Legal Counsel
Reports to: Senior Legal Counsel
Function: Legal
Location: Knowsley
Job Purpose: To provide wide-ranging legal support to the group’s commercial function. The role will involve supporting the new power plants sales and proposals team, the projects delivery team and the service (operation and maintenance) team.
Role and Responsibilities:
Under the support and direction of the Senior Legal Counsel and Group Commercial Director, to be responsible for the negotiation of capital sales contracts for Clarke Energy’s business in the UK and Ireland with a view to ensuring that bids are submitted on a contractually sound basis and that final contracts accurately reflect the agreed commercial proposal. Contracts will often be based on a standard form of construction contract (FIDIC / MF/1, NEC etc) with appropriate amendments to be negotiated. Examples of specific duties in connection with this include ensuring that:
1. Limitations on liability are in line with market practice and properly protect the Clarke Energy business;
2. indemnities are narrowly and appropriately drafted to adequately protect the Clarke Energy business;
3. all liquidated damages provisions are properly drafted;
4. any express defects liability provisions are clearly dra...