Description
Associate Director (Quantum Dispute Resolution)
Paris, France
c€90,000 – €150,000 plus discretionary bonus and benefits
We are retained by a specialist consultancy that provides Dispute Resolution and Expert Witness services to the construction and engineering sectors. This dynamic privately owned business is growing in Paris and currently seeks a new senior member of staff to both help manage and deliver commissions and work with the Managing Director to develop the business.
The opportunity would suit someone from an engineering, commercial, planning or contract management background who has had exposure to contentious and complex claims or disputes on projects in the Building / Energy or Infrastructure sectors either in-house for a client/contractor or for a specialist consultancy.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Managing Director, assisting in leadership and strategic management / growth of the office.
- Providing expert witness, dispute resolution and contract management services to the construction and engineering sector.
- Advising on claims, contracts, delays, loss and expense on major projects in dispute up to arbitration level.
- Working as commission lead or in a teams, supporting clients which include major stakeholders, contractors and law firms.
- Helping to develop new staff members.
Requirements
- Degree qualified, ideally with relevant dual construction / legal qualifications (MCIArb / MSc, LLM or similar) or willing to work towards these.
- Experienced in handling quantum related matters on construction or engineering project disputes
- May have supported expert witnesses or consultants in arbitration on high value disputes
- Ideally from either a quantity surveying, contract or commercial background in civils, energy, construction or oil and gas.
- Fluent in French with high level French writing ability
- Ideally a long term thinker, someone ambitious and personable who has a genuine interest in furthering their career.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need more information. All applications and enquiries are treated in the strict confidence.
