Legal Counsel

Job ID

193888

Posted

25-Nov-2024

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Legal

Location(s)

Makati City - National Capital Region - Philippines

About The Job


CBRE requires a business focussed Legal Counsel to support its Global Workplace Solutions (“GWS”) Enterprise Accounts Division in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”) region. The reports to the Head of Legal for GWS Enterprise Accounts Division in EMEA.

General Commercial


The role entails a full range of legal, risk and governance issues which affect and are integral to facilities management and project services contracts. More specifically, the role requires that the individual:

• As a member of the legal team, is responsible for all aspects of legal work, including contract reviews, drafting, and governance, this role requires high attention to detail, organisation, commercial insight, communication skills, determination and flexibility to support the different business needs.
• Duties will be to assist other Legal Counsels in the team, and members of the business with the contractual aspects involved in the sales and bidding processes – e.g., carrying out contract reviews and summaries, negotiating, assisting with internal approvals, and drafting mark-ups or commentary on client contracts at all stages of the contract lifecycle.
• Put in place Local Country Agreements (LCAs) that sit under our global Master Services Agreements (MSAs). The LCAs are made between the CBRE local entity or affiliate and the client’s local entity. This entails reviewing the MSA to determine whether there are any local jurisdictional or legal issues that need to be covered off or addressed in the LCA. For example, signing/execution formalities, pricing/payment terms, employee issues and insurance provisions all potentially have a local law nuance that needs to be captures in the LCA.
• The role also requires extensive stakeholder management in multiple jurisdictions, liaising with other regional Legal teams, Transition teams and in-country ops, pricing and commercial teams to ensure the LCAs reflect the local pricing and scope.
  
  

Procurement

• Develop a playbook on Procurement contracting.
• Provide guidance on governance and guardrails on use of EMEA Contract Suite and other related processes (including compliance).
• Provide training to the Procurement teams to ensure awareness of new process and guardrails.
• Provide general legal support to EMEA GWS Procurement regarding supplier /subcontractor matters.
• Review, amend, negotiate and advise on supplier contracts.
• Supplier flow down schedules and assist with new client transitions.
• Track workload and meet agreed SLAs.
• General and ad hoc training and legal support to procurement regarding supplier matters including disputes.
• Develop, refine and evolve EMEA contract suite templates (Master Service Agreement, Service Agreement, Preferred Supplier Agreement, NDAs, T&Cs, etc.) used for suppliers / subcontractors engaged by to provide services to CBRE’s clients ensuing application of global best practice.
• Assist in creating country specific versions of documents in the EMEA contract suite as required ensuing application of global best practice with local market customizations.
• Conduct periodic Review of Contracts Suite and update / improve / adjust based on country / client / industry change changes.
• Conduct legal clinics to train sourcing managers and Procurement Champions on use of documents in the EMEA Contract Suite, and other related matters.
  
  

More Specifically The Role Requires That The Individual

• Must be a self-starter, pro-active and prompt in carrying out tasks and responsibilities and can anticipate risks.
• Has excellent negotiation, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and drafting skills, and confidence to escalate issues appropriately.
• Supports all aspects of deal negotiation, terms, and conditions of complex outsourcing and project management contracts, also providing input with regard to the commercial elements of the deals where they impact the legal provisions (e.g., pricing, service levels, governance, audit, exit, etc.).
• Keeps abreast of trends and changes in the laws in EMEA affecting the business and proactively communicate them to the business.
• Provides legal advice on an “ad hoc” basis in response to steady-state or business as usual contract queries and disputes and other legal issues as they arise.
• Has the ability to isolate complex legal issues and to provide prompt, concise and commercially focused legal advice, while balancing risks and benefits and being able to communicate these issues effectively.
• Has the ability to work both within a team (supporting the other legal counsels in the division) and independently, manage multiple tasks and set priorities.
• Is open to feedback and a drive to improve with an ability to self-learn, you want to excel and are constantly looking at ways to improve.
• Maintain current knowledge of the law in areas of special interest to the business.
• Conduct legal training sessions and assist in the preparation of training materials.
  
  

Education/Knowledge/Experience


Qualifications:

• Qualified, registered and currently practising lawyer with a minimum of [3] years PQE.
• A demonstrable track record of broad based commercial and contractual law experience and good knowledge of contract and commercial law.
• Knowledge of Data Protection regulations.
• Commercial law experience across multiple jurisdictions working with multinational companies.
• Up to date professional development training.
  
  

Skills

• Ability to provide “customer focused” delivery in terms of legal advice.
• Results driven and goal orientated – commitment to “get the deal done”.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work across boundaries and cultures and in a cooperative way.
• Encourages excellence and accountability.
• Fluency in English.
• IT fluency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
• Ability to develop solid relationships with all key stakeholders, including the CBRE teams co-located in region.
• Willingness to work on tight timeframes at a fast pace, including accommodating different time zones on global transactions.
• Good administration skills – typing, filing, letter writing, etc.
  
  

Aptitude

• Soft skills: communication, negotiation, collaboration.
• Dynamic thinker.
• Flexibility of approach.
• Robust intellectual evaluation.
• Strong attention to detail.
• The ability to work well under pressure and stick to tight deadlines.
• Ability to multitask.
  
  

Service line: GWS Segment