Raghav Handa

Senior Legal Counsel at Bechtel Infrastructure

United States

About

Senior legal counsel at a global EPC contractor, advising on high-value, cross-border energy and infrastructure projects. My experience spans oil & gas, renewables, and emerging green energy initiatives at the forefront of the energy transition. I lead complex contract drafting and negotiations, provide strategic project administration and risk management counsel, and oversee a diverse litigation portfolio — equipping me to navigate both front-end structuring and post-completion construction disputes with precision and commercial insight.

Experience

  • Senior Legal Counsel at Bechtel Corporation
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Career transition at Career Break
    May 2026 - Jun 2026 · 2 mos

  • Worley (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Associate General Counsel
      Oct 2022 - May 2026 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Senior Counsel
      Apr 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Senior Corporate Counsel at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
    Apr 2011 - Oct 2022 · 11 yrs 7 mos

    Extensive experience in a variety of commercial transactions across the globe with major international corporations, including and covering all facets of execution of mega-projects, license agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements and real estate transactions. Partner with operations and sales teams in drafting and negotiating multi- million dollars contracts. Ensure compliance and enforcement of contractual requirements. • Lead lawyer on the reorganization of Worley’s (Jacobs prior to acquisition) non-union business in Canada. • Supervised procurement, compliance and licensing departments to manage, oversee and implement ethics and compliance program. • Managed corporate litigation portfolio, including litigation, mediation and administrative proceedings. Engaged and supervised outside counsel. • Advised operations in Canada and California, US during the pandemic by providing advice on employment related issues (work from home) and government advisories regarding tax subsidies and essential services. • Legal research notes on various legal issues, including double breasting (union and non- union) labor issues, lien rights; conflicting nature of the export regulations in the US and Canada and its implications and worked closely with outside legal counsel and tax consultants to address issues regarding decennial liability, anti-boycott clauses and tax exposure in the Middle East (GCC) region.

  • Contracts Specialist at CPA Global
    May 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr

    Assisting in-house lawyers of an UK and Australian dual listed mining company and an Australian law firm in drafting of Claim Wide Participants Agreement and the Indigenous Land Use Agreement based on the Native Title Act with the aboriginal communities of Australia. Advising in-house lawyers of an UK and Australian dual listed mining company regarding its rights, liabilities and obligations arising from various joint venture agreements and share purchase agreements with respect to restructuring its business units across the globe. Assisting in-house lawyers of an UK and Australian dual listed mining company in drafting and vetting of Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management Contracts, Participants Management Contracts and Intellectual Property Services Procurement Contracts.