Regional Legal Counsel - Large Projects - #149914

What's the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to work across our Northern Europe region providing legal advice and support on the largest construction projects across the region, Europe and Globally.

Our Northern Europe region covers Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway, and the role will work closely with legal and commercial teams across Europe and the rest of the world.

Who is Hilti?

At Hilti, we are a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a trusted partner for productivity, safety, and sustainability, we provide our customers with innovative solutions that impact the buildings, roads, and infrastructure people rely on every day.

Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers by exploring possibilities, maximizing their potential, owning their development, and making a real difference every day.

What does the role involve?

In the role of Regional Legal Counsel lawyer you will provide legal advice and support to large projects which are central to Hilti’s business strategy. This role works in real partnership with key stakeholders advising on commercial legal matters including contracts with direct customers and distributors; project owners, and dispute resolution.

You will:

• Partner and participate in the business capture team to identify and address legal issues as they arise.
• Review, comment, and negotiate project sales terms and conditions in various industries including energy (traditional and new), new-build data centres, and/or civil construction.
• Engage and act as an interface with the Corporate Legal Department of Hilti Corporation.
• Select and steer outside counsel as required.
• Offer legal representation in the interest of Hilti in commercial discussions with customers and project owners.
• Be an active member of Hilti’s Legal & Compliance team based in Central Manchester.
  
  
  

93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people

What do we offer?

We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:

• Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
• 6% employer pension contributions
• Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Company vehicle and fuel card for sales roles
• 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
• Paid leave to work on charitable projects
• Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
• Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
• Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
• Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams
  
  
  

Our Regional Head Office is based at Circle Square in Central Manchester, where we are located a short walk from Oxford Rd train station and St Peter's Square tram stop. We offer a hybrid working pattern between the office and home and different ways to work flexibly so please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview. What you need is:

• Full legal qualification
• Experience in an international law firm or legal department of a multi-national company
• Entrepreneurial, target-oriented way of thinking; strong communication skills; team player with self-dependent work-style; ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Distinct expertise in commercial law, engineering or construction law and common industry contract frameworks.
  
  
  

The above are the essential criteria for the role and we encourage you to apply if you meet them. The nice-to-haves are:

• Admission as solicitor or Barrister for England and Wales
• Experience in competition law or product liability law
• Post-graduate degree such as MBA, LL.M. or admission to the bar of a foreign jurisdiction
• Relevant experience in a multi-national company which is either an EPC, or is a major supplier to an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction)
• Experience in project claims or disputes, and/or dispute resolution
  
  
  

Who should apply?

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What you can expect when applying to a position with Hilti:

• We are committed to having all applications reviewed by a human and while nobody is infallible, we stand by our people centric approach to everything we do
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• Applications that do not make it to the interview stage (with a hiring manager) will not receive personalized feedback.
• Our end-to-end recruitment process (including evaluation time and interviews) may last between 3 and 6 weeks. You can expect to hear back from us within 2-3 weeks (on average) regardless of outcome
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