Elevate Flexible Legal Resourcing is seeking an experienced Construction Lawyer to join our customer's high-performing in-house legal team. This requires someone confident operating independently, with strong contentious construction experience and exposure to commercial property matters.
Location : London (3 days per week in the office)
Start Date : ASAP
Contract : 15 months
Requirements
* Qualified solicitor with solid experience in contentious construction law.
* Exposure to commercial property matters (in-house experience strongly preferred).
* Ability to work independently and provide clear, pragmatic advice.
* Comfortable operating in a small team with senior stakeholders.
* Proactive, practical, and willing to “roll up your sleeves.”
* Availability to start immediately or before year-end.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead on contentious construction matters, providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice.
* Manage a varied caseload with minimal supervision, acting as the primary construction law specialist.
* Support senior stakeholders across the organisation on construction disputes, contract issues, and related property matters.
* Work closely with internal teams to provide clear, decisive guidance and help drive efficient resolution of issues.
* Contribute proactively within a lean legal function, taking a hands-on approach and offering robust, well-reasoned views.
* Assist with knowledge sharing and handover processes with the existing legal team.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.
Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.
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