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FULL_TIME 2020-12-31 00:00:00 2020-02-17

Commercial/Procurement Lawyer | Ref: PIP0000980

London | Accounting, tax & legal | Start: ASAP | Duration: 6 months

Posted 4 years ago

Job description

We are currently creating a pipeline for Commercial/Procurement Lawyers that we will be recruiting for across several Government Organisations and Contracting Authorities in the coming weeks / months.

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of civil service roles.


As a Commercial/Procurement Lawyer, you will: 

  • Draft and advise on every part of the commercial process, from the commercial law implications of a policy, through to designing the appropriate commercial contract, ensuring that projects appropriately manage legal risk, that contracts are managed effectively, and that any disputes are resolved as effectively as possible
  • Manage risks of all types
  • Handle performance issues and disputes before they reach formal dispute resolution
  • Play a key role in instructing, working alongside and managing external law firms and counsel where additional and/or specialist advice is required
  • Work closely with legal colleagues in both DfTLA and the rest of the Government Legal Department.

 

You’ll have:

  • Good commercial and contract law experience
  • Excellent powers of analysis of legal commercial problems and sound commercial legal judgement
  • An ability to negotiate effectively and to draft commercial contracts
  • Reliable legal judgement and appreciation of legal risk
  • Sound analysis, using secure legal research to produce timely and fit for purpose advice
  • A constructive approach to solving problems and the ability to provide legally sound, risk-based advice


It would be great to also have:

  • A good working knowledge of and experience of public procurement issues is desirable
  • Knowledge and experience of public law and of working with or in the public sector

 

If this sounds like you and you would be interested in being added to our pipeline, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our PSR team now.

 

"In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."


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