Contentious Construction Associate / Senior Associate - Nottingham, Leeds or Birmingham
About the team
UK Top 50 Law firm, Freeths LLP’s national Construction & Engineering team cover all aspects of the built environment and process plant, from infrastructure to commercial and residential buildings, offices, retail, logistics and production facilities. We are a specialist team of 28 construction and engineering law specialists who cover both the “front end” of projects, drafting and negotiating the documents, and dealing with disputes which can arise on construction projects, whether via negotiation and settlement or more formal dispute resolution procedure.
Our clients are some of the best-known names in the construction & engineering industry and we have an excellent reputation across the UK. We act for public and private sector employers, contractors, funds, consultants and sub-contractors.
About the role
We are seeking contentious construction lawyers to ideally join our Nottingham, Leeds or Birmingham offices. If you are more experienced then we would consider you being based from any of our 13 offices.
The team undertakes a broad range of challenging contentious work across the industry. You will be working within a friendly, supportive and experienced team of contentious construction lawyers on a wide variety of cases, including work in Adjudication and the TCC. Dependant on previous experience you will have the opportunity to manage your own caseload and assist the national team on larger matters.
The nature of the work is face paced. However, our clients’ experience and commercial interests are paramount and you must possess and demonstrate an enthusiasm, energy and passion for construction law, have exceptionally strong communication skills and work well in a team. The team takes a holistic approach to their work, offering a corporate level of service with a personal touch.
There are excellent opportunities for progression and you will be encouraged to be actively involved in business development and client management.
Applications are invited from lawyers who have trained and qualified with a recognised construction team, have at least 6 months experience as part of a training contract, and/or have experience of contentious construction work or a mix of contentious and advisory work. Ideally you will be between 0-8 years PQE, however we encourage applications whatever your PQE or experience as the team are very much in growth mode.
We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
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We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.
1. Think Ambition: Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support.
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