Assistant General Counsel Construction Transactions

Latitude Legal
Houston, TX
Job Description
Role Overview

The role will provide strategic, practical, and business-focused legal support for the company's supply chain, subcontracting, and EPC-related contracting activities. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to procurement, supply chain, project, commercial, engineering, risk, compliance, and executive stakeholders.

What You Will Do

The role will involve drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and supporting the administration of complex construction-related agreements across business lines, as well as advising on compliance issues affecting procurement and supply chain activities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience negotiating engineering, construction, procurement, subcontract, equipment, material, services, logistics, and related agreements, preferably from the perspective of an EPC contractor or a legal team supporting major capital projects.

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and strong undergraduate academic credentials.
  • Active membership in good standing with the State Bar of Texas, or eligibility and willingness to become licensed in Texas promptly.
  • Minimum of ten years of significant legal experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating construction, engineering, EPC, subcontract, equipment, material, services, or major commercial agreements.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting complex construction, industrial, energy, chemical, refining, power, nuclear, infrastructure, manufacturing, or major capital project matters.
  • Strong understanding of commercial risk allocation, project execution, construction contract strategy, supplier management, prime contract flow-downs, change management, project controls, pricing concepts, schedule impacts, and claims avoidance.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) and generous leave policies
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