Job Description
Our customer, an international law firm is looking for a Planning and Environmental Senior Associate for a 6 months contract role.
Location - Hybrid in London
Key responsibilities
* Provide expert legal advice on a wide range of planning and environmental matters including planning applications, environmental impact assessments, planning and highways
* agreements, planning appeals and judicial review, planning enforcement, listed building consent applications, and compulsory purchase.
* Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents such section 106 agreements, section 278 agreements, planning conditionality, and agreements on environmental liabilities.
* Advise on planning and environmental issues arising in real estate, corporate and financing transactions, including carrying out due diligence, reporting, and negotiating
* contractual provisions such as planning and environmental warranties, indemnities, and conditions precedent and subsequent.
* Manage planning appeals proceeding by way of the written representations, hearing, or inquiry procedure, including providing legal advice on appeal strategy, instructing
* Counsel, and reviewing and drafting appeal documents.
* Stay updated with changes in planning and environmental laws/regulations; provide proactive advice to clients accordingly.
* Mentor junior associates within the team by providing guidance on legal procedures and best practices in planning/environmental law.
Knowledge, skills and experience
* A qualified solicitor holding a practicing certificate for England & Wales.
* Minimum 5/6PQE in planning and environmental law preferably within a leading law firm.
* Excellent understanding of English planning system and environmental regulations.
* Planning appeal and inquiry experience.
* Strong drafting skills with attention to detail.
* Excellent client care skills with an ability to handle matters independently.
* Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities/deadlines effectively.
* Commitment towards promoting and within the legal profession.
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 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 of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of, equitability, and, 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr