Project in-house counsel

Bouygues Construction employs 35,600 people around the world, all driven by the greatest and most exciting responsibility of all – building for life.For our customers in more than 50 countries, we deliver much more than projects. We build to create spaces, connections and opportunities. We improve daily life for millions of people by creating structures and buildings that welcome life in all its diversity, serving all our needs: housing, healthcare, education, work, tourism, leisure activities, public services, etc.We are aware that everything we build is here to stay, and our legacy as builders will be with us for generations to come. This is why every day, we look for new solutions in order to design, renovate, and build differently. Our aim is to address the critical imperatives of the environmental transition: we are committed to making construction sustainable and less resource‑intensive.As part of the Legal Department of Bouygues Construction (holding company of the Bouygues Construction Group), the Corporate and Contractual Engineering Team is responsible for assisting the Group's subsidiaries in the design and implementation of their complex structuring projects from a legal perspective, including project finance deals (PPPs/concessions) and other structured finance deals, abroad and in France. The Team is also in charge of the corporate law matters of the Bouygues Construction Group (M&A operations, corporate restructuring etc.) and manages the day‑to‑day corporate life of the Group's companies.We are hiring a complex structuring projects in‑house counsel (M/F).What you will be responsible for:Reporting to the manager of the Corporate and Contractual Engineering Team, you will be in charge of the legal aspects of the complex structuring projects (PPPs, concessions and similar operations) worldwide. Your remit will include:Support for project legal structuring;Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contractual documentation;Delivering legal advice to commercial, technical, and financial teams in charge of the project;Selection and management of external legal advisors;Monitoring legal aspects of the tender process, including potential claims;Monitoring the legal aspects of the financial close.You will play a key role within the project team and work closely with many internal entities and stakeholders within the Group (commercial, technical, and financial teams, in‑house counsels of our subsidiaries, insurance and tax departments, etc.), and you will liaise directly with all third parties involved in the project (public authorities, investors, credit institutions, industrial partners, legal advisors, etc.).You may also work on other assignments of the Team, including M&A operations.We are looking for someone with a builder’s spirit, excellent interpersonal skills, and an ability to adapt to different cultural environments and changing contexts. You particularly enjoy working in a team. You are rigorous and organized, with an appetite for negotiation. You are proficient in French and English and possibly other languages.You may occasionally be required to travel in France or abroad.You have 3 to 5 years of experience as a lawyer or an in‑house counsel in charge of industrial contracts (works, energy, services, etc.) within a law firm or an industrial company, in France or abroad.What we are proposing:A role where you can measure your impact by addressing strategic challengesA cohesive team, in a company and a Group focused on people.Training opportunities, skills development, and mobility prospects.Remote work solutions.Position based at the Bouygues Construction headquarters in Guyancourt (78), 10 minutes from Versailles. #J-18808-Ljbffr