What will you deliver?

• The main responsibility will be to deliver commercially sensible and practical litigation and dispute resolution advice across the business with an aim of balancing legal risk, driving innovation, reducing external legal spend where appropriate and being viewed as integral to decision making throughout EQUANS UK and its divisions. 

• Managing and resolving any claims of EQUANS UK, on wide ranging issues from payment disputes, Construction Act adjudications, breach of warranty claims, transactional disputes to commercial disputes under PFI contracts or supplier arrangements.

• The Head of Dispute Resolution will be required to ‘nail their colours to the mast’ in their litigation advice to benefit the business and allow it to take cost effective and strategic decisions as early as possible

• Managing a team of five disputes lawyers.
• Provide training to the business on an ad hoc basis and in a more structured format

• Approach the role as a business partner and develop excellent working relationships with senior management teams across the business to inspire trust and respect in advice given

• Manage external legal counsel, optimising use of resources and negotiating cost effective fee arrangements

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary, car or car allowance, bonus and benefits package, which includes;

• Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 3.5 times annual salary
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
   

Who are we looking for?

• English qualified solicitor with minimum 10 years PQE in commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including adjudication, arbitration, and mediation.  We will be flexible depending on the quality of experience. Experience in both private practice and in-house roles preferred.

• Strong commercial approach and proven technical ability to formulate advice succinctly and communicate it effectively orally or in writing.

• A robust personality able to provide independent advice in a fast-moving business environment with multiple commercial pressures and deadlines.

• A strong leader able to manage a high-performing team of experts with a willingness to take ‘ownership’ of role and make a genuine contribution to the business.  

Who are we?

EQUANS is a market leader in the sector with 74,000 employees leveraging 200 years of expertise. With revenues of €12 billion, EQUANS is present in 17 countries - mostly across Europe, but also with significant interests in North America, Latin America and Australia.

In the UK, & Ireland, all of ENGIE’s activity in technical services & facilities management, energy efficiency and regeneration are now part of EQUANS. The new entity also includes specialist energy related capabilities: smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables.  

EQUANS is an autonomous business within ENGIE Group – with its own dedicated management team and operating structure to help further accelerate growth and service performance.

EQUANS supports its customers by mobilising its expertise to provide low-carbon energy solutions, offer cutting-edge technical and FM services and transformative regeneration in the UK & Ireland. From homes to cities, hospitals to the heart of government, offices to industry.

EQUANS empowers transitions both for today and tomorrow.

What's next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

For more information about EQUANS, please visit:

https://www.engie.co.uk/equans

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. EQUANS do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements. 

The EQUANS Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to EQUANS Managers.