Associate - Commercial Procurement

• Advising clients, mainly in the public sector on procurement law issues under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024 and the Provider Selection Regime
• drafting and advising on commercial contracts
• Advising on procurement law issues including advising on the application of relevant procurement law
• Advising on project structuring and any procurement issues arising
• Advising on the design of a procurement process
• Drafting procurement documents
• Drafting commercial contracts, including bespoke services and goods contracts, framework agreements and call-off terms, concession contracts, grant agreements, collaboration agreements and contracts based on government standard templates, such as Crown Commercial Services call-off agreements and the NHS standard terms
• Drafting variations and waivers
• Advising on contract interpretation
• Advising on variations to public contracts including whether they are permitted by the relevant procurement legislation and the transparency requirements
• Advising on an end-to-end procurement process from preliminary market engagement through to the award of a public contract and contract management
• Advising on risks and issues that may arise during a procurement process, such as clarifications raised by bidders and the contracting authority, evaluation and moderation, changes to the procurement process, threatened challenges (although note we have a Procurement Litigation team that supports, advises on and runs challenges)
• Delivering training to clients/potential clients on procurement law and commercial contracts in practice

• specialises in procurement law and commercial law
• has excellent drafting skills
• is confident in managing and advising clients
• delivers pragmatic advice in a way that clients and colleagues can easily process
• will take early responsibility for handling matters
• is happy to work independently and co-operatively while in a supportive team environment
• will be positive and flexible, is able to prioritise work to meet deadlines, and relishes attention to detail
• has excellent commercial awareness
• has excellent organisation and time management skills
• has a passion for finding solutions and supporting clients to achieve their aims
• The successful candidate will be both highly motivated and able to collaborate with a team.

Competitive Salary & Benefits