The Corporate Legal Counsel is primarily responsible for supporting Turner & Townsend on contracts, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance matters in the US.
This role will work closely with the Operations teams, Central Services, and Risk Management to manage risk, ensure compliance, and support business objectives.
Corporate Governance & Regulatory Compliance:
- Support the Operations team and Central Services on corporate governance requirements including corporate forms, filings and business & professional licensing and registrations, ensuring compliance with federal, state and local law requirements.
- Draft corporate resolutions, organize board meetings, maintain corporate records, and advise directors on governance obligations.
- Monitor and advise on corporate law matters including changes in relevant regulatory requirements and corporate governance standards, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Support business on FOIA requests and other matters relating to federal and public agency records.
Corporate Contracts:
- Draft, review, and negotiate agreements, with special focus on government and public sector agreements, including client and subconsultant contracts, leases, joint venture agreements, SaaS agreements, and other documents to achieve favorable outcomes while ensuring compliance; support with contract reviews on RFPs/RFQs and pre-qualifications.
- Support the Legal team in developing and maintaining standard contracting templates and legal guardrails with specific focus on government and public sector clients.
Dispute Resolution:
- Support business on claims and dispute management including debt recovery, litigation, labor and employment law issues/disputes, working alongside external counsel where appropriate.
- Handle subpoena responses and depositions, and represent (alongside external counsel, where necessary) Turner & Townsend at court hearings.
The Corporate Counsel will report to the Global Head of Legal. They will primarily interface with:
- Operations teams, Regional Boards, Regional RM Board reps, etc;
- Central Services teams, such as Finance, HR, etc.
- The Legal & Contract risk team, and other functions in Risk Management (RM);
- CBRE’s Legal team (CBRE are 70% owners of Turner & Townsend).
They will also be expected to liaise, where necessary, with Turner & Townsend’s external business advisors and others.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.