Commercial Construction Contracts Lawyer (AU)

Elevate is recruiting Commercial Construction Contracts Lawyers with at least 4+ PQE in Contracts and Construction to join our growing team. These are remote-based positions in Australia and only lawyers already in Australia who have the required experience will be considered.

As a Construction Contracts Lawyer, you will work closely with law departments and their internal business clients. You will provide deal support and participate on projects to improve our customers' contractual infrastructure, workflow, and processes. You will work independently on assigned matters, but also work collaboratively with other members of the Elevate team and Elevate service lines, as well as the customers’ in-house teams.

Specifically, you will

• Review construction contracts and negotiate acceptable alternatives, working from templates and tools that you will help create.
• Facilitate escalation and resolution of contract issues.
• Update or draft templates, negotiation playbooks, and other contract infrastructure tools.
• Capture various pieces of information related to the contracts or matters that you support.
• Participate in or manage customer projects to improve contracting efficiency, cost effectiveness, and knowledge sharing.
• Create reports and make presentations to customers and internal colleagues.
• Participate on task forces that strive to improve how Elevate services its customers and that enable our team to develop and grow.

Experience

• 4+ years of PQE legal practice with at least 3 years of experience with commercial construction contracts support, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating.
• Experience with construction agreements is required.
• Experience conducting simple to complex legal research and memorandum drafting.
• Excellent track record in previous client support/customer service engagements.

Technical Skills

• Microsoft products like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience with contract management, reporting, or workflow software tools.

Skills for Success

• Think legal services should embrace business models and processes to create measurable, cost-effective results.
• Enjoy negotiating and drafting contracts.
• Enjoy working with multinational companies, spanning different markets and industries.
• Embrace the use of technology tools to facilitate your work.
• Are knowledge-focused rather than task-focused; understand the importance of capturing and re-using information.
• Work well independently as well as with teams.
• Proven ability to work in a customer-centric, deadline driven environment.
• Work effectively from a home office or a remote work environment.
• Dependable, responsive, and committed to producing high quality work.
• Flexible, and willing to pitch in on matters and projects to better serve our customers, even if the work falls outside your normal scope of duties.
• Can act independently, and use good judgment, but also not afraid to ask questions.
• Excellent writing skills, particularly depicting complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• Professionalism in both verbal and written work.
• High integrity and ethical compass.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's law degree required.

• Only lawyers currently in Australia will be considered.Elevate is a law company. We provide software and services for the intersection of business and law. Our legal, business, and technology professionals offer practical ways for global law departments and law firms to improve efficiency, quality, and business outcomes.

Our most recent achievements and distinctions include:

• For the ninth consecutive year, in 2024, Chambers & Partners named Elevate as a Top global services provider, ranking us as Band 1 (highest ranking) in all applicable categories (Contract Lifecycle Management, Litigation Services, and Flexible Legal Staffing) and as an Alternative Legal Service Providers in Asia-Pacific
• For the fourth year in a row, Elevate’s integrated law firm has been designated as a top law firm in Commercial Litigation in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers/US News & World Report Best Law Firms
• Newsweek awarded Elevate the highest rating in the annual ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity’ and ‘America’s Greatest Workplace for 2024’ lists
• Elevate was named a top ALSP in Asia by Thomson Reuters’ Asian Legal Business in 2024
• Winner, Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, and 2016
• Co-winner, 2022 Financial Times Collaborative Innovation Award for Industry Impact.
• Named by ALM Intelligence as the only Pacesetter in the Legal category in its 2021-2022 Legal Department Legal Operations report

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