Senior Counsel, APx

About the role

As a Senior Counsel, APx, you will provide comprehensive, high-quality, and practical advice to internal clients regarding complex commercial contracts, supporting major new nuclear construction projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the APX delivery and commercial operations teams.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, and provide related legal advice for complex new reactor development projects and related procurements.
• Represent the company in commercial negotiations and disputes, working and negotiating with counsel who may represent utilities, project developers, construction partners, and others.
• Engage with specialists to mitigate risks to the company on the full scope of legal issues associated with new reactor development.
• Remain current on legal developments within scope of responsibilities and provide updates to clients.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• 5-10+ years of experience representing clients in complex industrial/construction/procurement contract negotiations or high-value major project litigation matters, either in-house, in a law firm, or both.
• Experience providing legal advice on the full scope of commercial business issues related to mega-project contract negotiations.
• Requirement includes admission to practice in an appropriate US jurisdiction.
• Experience with international NEC or FIDIC contract forms also beneficial.
• Experience developing high-quality legal documents, including commercial agreements, letters and other external correspondence, memoranda.