Construction lawyer (non contentious)

Construction Lawyer (Non Contentious)

Ref: 10738

Bristol, Exeter or Plymouth

About the firm

Our client is a highly regarded and successful UK Top 100 law firm with an impressive client base spanning corporate, public sector and private clients across the UK and internationally. Their reputation for working as a team and providing personalised training, career development and access to high quality work makes them a strong proposition. With ranked and recognised lawyers across their four offices, team members collaborate to provide an excellent environment for the development of technical and professional skills, as work is actively shared across locations.

The Construction & Infrastructure team works on a wide range of international, national and regional matters for private and public sector clients across multiple sectors, including housing, retail, transport, waste, energy and renewables. Clients range from private individuals, owner developers, start-ups and SMEs to local authorities, national contractors, funding institutions and large multinationals. The firm is justifiably proud to work with prestigious clients which include household names and listed companies.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Non Contentious Construction Lawyer to join their busy and highly regarded Construction & Infrastructure team. You will report directly to the Partners, together with one of the Senior Associates, and play an integral part in a variety of matters, focusing on non-contentious construction and infrastructure work.

Your typical workload will include construction and infrastructure related contract work across residential and commercial development, renewable energy projects, urban regeneration schemes, financing arrangements, joint ventures, operation / maintenance / service contracts and facilities management.

You will be working directly with clients from the outset and will be expected to have a good level of experience advising on construction transactions, including experience of risk reviews, drafting and negotiating terms. You will receive training on any specialist areas which are new to you and will generally support and enhance your development as a construction lawyer within a supportive and experienced team with its own specialist PSL. You’ll be expected to be enthusiastic to expand your skills and knowledge. The team prides itself on its ability to develop its people, and as such, you will be responsible for dealing with complex, high quality, high value work and will be afforded high levels of responsibility from the outset.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to build strong and lasting relationships with clients and show a genuine commitment to their business needs. Being self-motivated and ambitious, you will be keen to learn more about the construction and infrastructure sector and possess the drive to help us continue to grow and develop our business. In this dynamic market, clients will be looking to you to be up-to-date regarding the latest policy and legal developments affecting the construction and engineering industry and, as such, you will need to demonstrate an interest and enthusiasm for this area of the economy and its wider implications for our clients and the department's business. In return, as well as supporting your professional development through regular training, the team will help you to grow your professional networks and profile and to capitalise on business development opportunities.

About you

You will already have a firm grounding in transactional non-contentious practice within a construction and/or infrastructure environment. With an eye for detail, you are meticulous and thorough in your work and may already be accustomed to assisting with larger and more complex transactions in your current role, as well as advising clients directly on more routine matters. You will have gained experience in all the most commonly used forms of contracts such as the NEC, JCT, FIDIC as well as professional appointments and ancillary construction documentation. Additionally, experience in drafting, negotiating and/or advising on the construction aspects of land sale contracts, agreements for lease and development agreements would be beneficial.

An excellent communicator with proven technical and organisational skills and a cooperative team player, you will be accustomed to providing accessible, commercially-focussed and pragmatic advice to clients and working under pressure to meet deadlines.

Having gained experience as a transactional Construction Lawyer in a UK law firm, you will be accustomed to handling a varied caseload of good quality matters with supervision, and with increasing independence over time. Likely to already be an Associate or Senior Associate, you will be motivated and enthusiastic, having benefited from good quality training and post qualifying experience in non-contentious construction matters. You will have already developed strong client care skills and an ability to listen and respond to clients as needed, appreciating when to seek advice from more experienced colleagues, whilst being comfortable handling straightforward matters independently.

You will appreciate the importance of an effective business network and work generation activities, having already gained some experience of how to generate new business opportunities, promoting your profile and building up referrer networks. You will be keen to build out your network with referrers across the region, and contribute towards broader business development activities in agreement with the Partner.

You consider yourself to be a resilient and collegiate lawyer who enjoys delivering exceptional client service and encourages your colleagues to do the same. You have developed a keen interest for working with a range of clients, providing appropriate, insightful and commercially relevant advice to meet with their specific needs and interests. You focus on keeping up to date with the latest legal developments affecting the construction industry and work proactively to consider potential impact on your clients.

Benefits

* a flexible working framework
* extra annual leave for your birthday
* option to buy additional annual leave
* a comprehensive package to support physical and mental health
* access to healthcare plans and an Employee Assistance programme
* free access to the Calm mindfulness app
* opportunity to get involved in the firm’s responsible business programme, including taking part in fundraising initiatives and bringing your energy to our environment or diversity groups

For an informal discussion about this opportunity without commitment and in confidence, please contact Charlotte Ferguson, Recruitment Manager at cferguson@cathedralappointments.co.uk or call 07342 840879.

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