Legal & Commercial Project Management
Project Management in Legal & Commercial

Legal and commercial departments provide services such as advice on a whole range of commercial and contractual issues facing the organisation and its people. Specific advice areas such as employment law, corporate governance, public law, healthcare, FOI and PPP/PFI not only figure within organisations but also within their programmes and projects.
Programmes and Projects within the Legal and Commercial Department
Arras People can provide experienced legal and commercial project management professionals to manage specific legal and commercial department programmes or projects, such as outsourcing, business process re-engineering, change management, systems implementation and alignment to other departments during re-organisations. Project Managers with specific legal and commercial knowledge coupled with strong project management skills can ensure your projects or new initiatives are delivered successfully. Arras People can also provide consultants who are able to advise on both the legal and commercial strategies and the implementation of the outcomes – consultants are available on an interim / contract basis.
Commercial and Legal Specialists in Programmes and Projects
Arras People can also provide you with specific project legal and commercial experienced candidates where there is a need for a resource to perform as part of a larger project or programme as the “commercial / legal specialist”, particularly programmes and projects of a commercially sensitive nature such as outsourcing deals or within a complex environment where there are multiple mitigating factors to take into account which often need a dedicated resource.
Programmes and projects which directly address legal changes within an organisation, service offering, product etc also need that dedicated specialist resource to ensure delivery is successful, for e.g., Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) projects, Financial Services Regulations, etc.
Roles such as commercial manager within the programme and project environment can take responsibility for contract strategies from the tendering / bid stage and provide consistency throughout the lifecycle to completion.
A small sample of legal and commercial project management recruitment from Arras People includes;
PFI Programme Management

Liverpool & Sefton Healthcare Partnership, the developer for healthcare facilities in that region, approached Arras People for a programme management resource. The Programme Manager required strong PFI/PPP commercial experience, especially within the building and regeneration sector. Not only were programme management skills and experience a must but also the commercial background in dealing with public finance partnerships. Commercial awareness is a subject that many within the programme and project management sector believe needs focusing on. Many project professionals, used to operating within internal projects, are lacking in the commercial skills required to deliver programmes and projects such as these at Liverpool & Sefton. Arras understands exactly the resource you need, to successfully deliver programmes and projects of this nature.
