About The Company Utopia is an ultra-luxury hospitality and lifestyle brand creating a integral ecosystem of properties and experiences.

We develop private villa retreats in beautiful locations around the world, each with high-end service. Utopia also offers a wider ecosystem of leisure experiences and services available both to those staying on property and to external visitors.

Utopia designs and builds its properties in-house. Our team works across the full journey: from concept and architecture to construction, interiors, landscape, guest experience, and long-term operation. For architects and designers, this means working on properties from the ground up, with the ability to influence how each place is planned, built, and experienced. For hospitality professionals, it means joining a brand where service is personal, attentive, and built around each guest’s stay.

We’re a young, ambitious team with high standards and a hands-on approach. We value strong ideas, practical thinking, attention to detail, and people who are ready to take responsibility for their part of the work. If you’re interested in architecture, design, hospitality, or guest experience, we invite you to grow with Utopia. About The Role We are seeking an exceptional Senior Legal Counsel to lead the legal function across our global luxury real estate development projects.

This is a strategic role for an experienced construction and commercial lawyer who thrives in complex, high-value development environments. You will act as a trusted legal partner to the business, providing end-to-end legal support throughout the entire project lifecycle—from land acquisition and project structuring to procurement, construction delivery, operations, and asset management.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience advising developers, contractors, or international engineering, construction, hospitality, or real estate organizations,



with deep expertise in construction law, procurement, commercial contracting, and project risk management.

Responsibilities

- Serve as the lead legal advisor on high-value international real estate development and construction projects.
- Structure, draft, review, and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead the negotiation of construction contracts, EPC agreements, design and consultancy agreements, procurement contracts, framework agreements, supplier agreements, and professional services contracts.
- Advise business stakeholders on procurement strategies, contract administration, claims prevention, change orders, delays, variations, and commercial risk allocation.
- Provide strategic legal guidance on project development, land acquisition, permitting, financing structures, hospitality operations, and asset management.
- Support project teams through every development phase, ensuring legal risks are proactively identified and mitigated.
- Partner closely with Development, Design, Procurement, Construction, Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership on critical business decisions.
- Manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions and ensure consistent legal standards across projects.
- Develop and improve legal templates, contracting processes, governance frameworks, and risk management procedures.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting construction, infrastructure, procurement, hospitality, and real estate development.

Requirements





- Law degree and qualification to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.
- 5-8+ years of post-qualification experience, ideally combining top-tier law firm and in-house experience.
- Significant experience supporting large-scale real estate, hospitality, infrastructure, or construction developments.
- Demonstrated expertise negotiating complex construction, procurement, engineering, consultancy, and commercial agreements.
- Strong understanding of project delivery models, commercial risk allocation, and contract management.
- Experience advising executive stakeholders in fast-paced international businesses.
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple high-value projects across different jurisdictions.
- Fluency in English is required.

Skills

- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- English and Portuguese proficiency.

Benefits

- Competitive salary paid in USD.
- PJ (independent contractor) agreement.
- Fully remote / work from home.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile international real estate and development projects.
- Exposure to complex legal matters involving real estate, construction, hospitality, and development.
- International and multicultural work environment.
- Significant ownership and autonomy in day-to-day work.
- Direct collaboration with senior business and legal stakeholders.
- Opportunity for professional growth and career progression within a fast-growing company.
- Chance to contribute to the development of luxury hospitality and real estate projects globally.

By submitting this application, I agree that my personal data will be collected, processed, and retained by the company solely for the purposes of managing and assessing my candidacy.

📌 Senior Construction Legal Counsel - Remote (Chile)
🏢 Utopia Design
📍 Chile