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Senior Contracts Manager - Group Contract Management Department- High-level operational support for high-stakes contracts;- Structuring the function by providing guidelines and best practices;- Definition of appropriate contract management tools and processes;- Reinforcement of contract management skills within Egis by promoting best practices;- Organization of contacts management trainings;- Contracts management awareness-raising, conducting trainings and workshops;- Assisting sales managers, bid managers, project managers and project leaders in the analysis of contract risks and opportunities, and in the development and deployment of contract strategy in the bidding and contract execution phases.Areas: all Europe, except UK & Ireland.

Contracts Management in Egis Rail S.A. with RCS, half a billion project, as a priority. This emblematic assignment will connect the Baltic states to Poland, Germany and Western Europe by a 250km/h high speed railway line. This is design and build assignment. Egis Rail S.A. is carrying out FIDIC engineer duties therewith in line with FIDIC Yellow Book.Primary:- handling Variations requests and developing all supportive data- supporting engineers in their operational tasks- commissioning, hand-over and take-over review assignments- supporting quantity surveyor in respect of changes- advising on preventive mitigation measures as required- developing procedures as to contracts management and compliance assurance- managing contractual notices and relevant inquiries- aligning documentation control in line with FIDIC administration services line- maintaining contractual securities and insurance documents- conducting contract awareness and change order trainings- reporting on regular meetings- ensuring Client’s expectations meet the requirementsSecondary:- liaising with the stakeholders, beneficiary and partners- advising on tender compliance and participation thereto- supporting Egis companies’ group in various assignments- liaising with external partners and outsourced companiesContracts managers work shall be assessed against their ability to support the business with working solutions while avoiding tension on delivery personnel. That’s my commitment – to allow engineers to do their work while ensuring high level contracts administration practice.

Contracts Management in 3 Baltic States. My key focus is supporting the ongoing business with feasible and compliant solutions. Intention is – ensuring high-level contracts administration practice and securing expenditure while enabling the progress of works.Primary: Post-award advisoryi. supporting Project Administration team with Variations orders, notices, settlements and procedures, including preparation of commercial documents;ii. internal and external advisory and on available settlement options;iii. negotiating change orders and contractual solutions;iv. aligning contractual arrangements with the Project’s stakeholders;v. verifying the activities against the effective procedures and policies;vi. verifying the contractual baselines and issuing early-warning notices therewith;vii. conducting awareness trainings for Project change actions;viii. aligning with the external advisors and preparing the subsequent output data.Secondary: Commercial and compliance advisoryi. developing and maintaining post-award Claims and Variations procedure and conducting trainings therewith;ii. maintaining contracts administration templates and applying them;iii. preparation and maintenance of internal compliance documents;iv. setting-up contracts administration framework for assigned contracts;v. onboarding staff, and other.Expertise highlights: preparing more than 20 Variations orders for effective railway design operations, including major infrastructure objects.

Activities cover compliance advisory in 3 Baltic States to ensure pan-Baltic legal support to one of the biggest contracting authorities in Europe. Expertise is summarized below, major parts.Part A: Pre-award advisoryi. developing, launching and preparing contract documents for 9 railway detailed technical design FIDIC contracts with a value over 100 million euro;ii. developing and launching mandatory design expertise and NoBo (Notified Body) services contracts;iii. developing major construction works contract templates (FIDIC);iv. support up to signature, including review of securities (insurance, bonds, and others).Part B: Compliance advisoryi. preparation of claims handling and post award contract administration procedure;ii. review and preparation of internal compliance documents;iii. filling-in internal auditing registers;iv. holding presentations and trainings for Technical Division.Part C: Post-award advisoryi. supporting Contracts Management team in dealing with contractual notices and disputes if they ariseii. holding post award contract presentations for major contracts;iii. handling design-related workflows from legal perspective;iv. support for Technical Division.Part D: Otheri. onboarding legal and contract management staff;ii. managing secondment support in Estonia and Lithuania;iii. managing external legal support;iv. liaison with administration – preparing power of attorneys, and other.Expertise highlights: development of 9 railway detailed technical design FIDIC contracts and aligning unified application approach in 3 Baltic States from legal perspective. Development of FIDIC templates for 3 Baltic States. Another professional focus is information security.

Expertise covers advisory services within commercial law, administrative (incl. breaches and violation cases) law and public procurement. I specialised in litigation and complex deeds as well as represented customers in courts and maintained trusted cases. Expertise is summarised below.Part A: Litigation, representation and enforcementi. liaising on pre-litigation issues; ii. developing claims, counterclaims, settlements;iii. processing court procedural documents;iv. representation of customers in courts;v. recognition of foreign court decisions within cross-border cases;vi. post-litigation enforcement activities with bailifs;vii. handling risk analysis and timeline plans;viii. Due Diligence proceedings.Part B: Business supporti. preparing contracts and settlements;ii. reviewing contractual securities, e.g. insurance, performance guarantees;iii. supporting Project Managers and senior management;iv. advisory during negotiations;v. support with insurance and re-insurance companies and banks;vi. liaison and alignment with partners and notaries.Part C: Legislative parti. advising on the compulsory lease (Ministry of Justice);ii. advising on legislative proposals on procurement law (Foreign Investors Council in Latvia).Part D: SupervisionMy expertise in the Business Law Firm covered management of legal work groups and work supervision. On March 2018 I was promoted to Senior Associate Lawyer. Part E: Publicationsi. „Constitutionality and Control of Political Parties Through 18 – 21th Centuries”. Published on 13 March 2012;ii. „Compulsory Lease Legal Problems”. Published on 16 October 2012;iii. „Compulsory Lease in the Context of Article 1732 of the Civil Code”. Published on 13 February 13 2014;iv. „Experience resource in the commercial groups and procurement law”. Published on 14 February 2017.Expertise highlights: representation of Matthai group of companies originating in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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