Job Description

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Description

We're looking for a Legal & Procurement Lead who wants more than a job, you will have the opportunity to truly shape this role and make it your own. You will act as the primary legal advisor. Your expertise will directly influence project delivery, risk management, and the strategic direction of our business. You will work closely with Directors and Project Teams to ensure legal compliance, negotiate contracts, manage risk, and contribute to fee strategy and procurement - all while enjoying the autonomy to lead on legal matters with the support of a friendly, highly collaborative environment.

You won't be thrown into a "sink or swim" scenario, we believe in setting you up for success with structured induction, ongoing support, and access to internal specialists. Your voice will be valued, your input appreciated, and your professional development encouraged.###

Key Responsibilities

Contract Management:

Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, including RIBA appointments, NDAs, RFPs, RFQs, Reliance Letters, and JCT contracts. Prepare bespoke forms as required.

Insurance & Risk:

Lead PI policy renewals, manage claims, due diligence process and ensure robust risk management practices. Ensure proper risk management, including setting up early claim notifications & meetings. Co-ordinating annual submissions for R&D tax claims, collating claim details and supporting data with the project teams, ensuring compliance, maximising benefits, and mitigating risks.

Compliance:

Stay ahead of legislative changes (e.g., Building Safety Act) and integrate them into company policies.

Intellectual Property:

Oversee trademarks, copyright licences, and external licence arrangements. Review and liaise with our lawyer and specialist IP lawyers on company requirements (e.g. Code Cards). Facilitate understanding of PPL and MPLC or other external licence arrangements.

Projects & Disputes:

Provide legal advice on project delivery, resolve disputes, and manage debt recovery.

Projects & Fees:

Provide legal and commercial advice on the project delivery, attend board meetings to provide strategic legal input. Prepare materials and documentation for R&D tax claims, maintain house costing reviews and database, facilitate tender and competition entries, assist with Fee Proposals.

Facilities:

Handle property leases and service contracts for office operations.###

Key Skills

Qualified Solicitor or equivalent legal professional. 5+ years of experience in legal roles, preferably within the architectural or construction industry. Strong experience in construction law, JCT, and RIBA appointments. Excellent communication skills, with confidence in advising stakeholders at all levels. Attention to detail and a practical, solutions-focused mindset. A collaborative, hands-on approach and the ability to work independently.


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Make a Difference, Be Appreciated

This is your chance to work somewhere you will be seen, supported, and valued, not just as a lawyer, but as a strategic partner in a truly exceptional practice. You will have the chance to make the role your own, influence business strategy, and grow alongside a team that values your expertise. If you want to join a team where your role makes a real difference we'd love to hear from you.###

About ADAM Architecture

ADAM Architecture is a leading practitioner of traditional and progressive classical architecture and contextual urbanism in Europe. We are operated by an Executive Board of seven members, five of whom are Design Directors leading their own projects with their own design ethos, while all working together as experts in the field of Classical and Traditional architecture. With studios in Winchester and London, the portfolio of projects covers a range of houses and buildings; these include new town and country houses, conversions, renovations and extensions, largely for private owners; historic buildings such as monuments, protected and Listed buildings; commercial and institutional buildings such as hotel, healthcare and office buildings; residential developments, masterplans and new urban designs ranging in size from small village extensions to major new developments.