Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers
You will be a member of a nationally recognised construction team led by Andrew Tobin and Jonathan Turner, both of whom specialise in non-contentious construction projects.
Our market-leading construction team works for our clients across the UK. Our broad practice covers education (schools and universities), housing (including social and build to rent), health (NHS and private providers), local authority regeneration and highways and major programme delivery for central government.
You will gain experience in negotiating construction and engineering contracts plus all related documents in a wide range of project types and using many of the industry standard forms (particularly JCT and NEC) plus supply chain contracts on PPP projects. We are involved in a number of the major construction programmes for delivery of new hospitals, social housing, schools and highways.
The role
We are looking for a Solicitor to be part of the team working mainly on non-contentious construction work. You will have the option to work from any of our regional offices -Bristol, Birmingham or Leeds.
You will be working on high value, complex instructions including government departments, local council estates and capital programme teams, NHS Trusts and housing associations. Some recent examples include advising on the following projects:
* City of London on the construction of the new Museum of London at Smithfield Market
* A global healthcare product manufacturer on construction of its new UK headquarters
* A number of care home operators, developers and funders on the construction of a wide range of care facilities
* Peabody Trust on the delivery of 11,500 new homes at Thamesmead
* Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust on the construction of the new Leeds General Infirmary
* Places for People/Balfour Beatty joint venture on the construction of 1,500 new homes adjacent to the Olympic Park
* University of Oxford on a range of construction projects
What we are looking for from you
The successful applicant will also possess the following:
* 1 - 3 years' PQE
* Strong drafting skills (commensurate with level of experience)
* Ability to liaise effectively with clients
* Ambition to take on challenging work and develop their career
* Private practice or in-house experience, working in a team and ideally some experience coordinating advice with fee earners from other disciplines
* Good networker or at least an interest in getting involved in networking and developing business
* Strong foundation of technical skills and an ability to work through, with support from senior fee earners, complex issues in a pragmatic and commercial manner
* Keen interest in becoming a specialist in the Construction sector
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