Associate - Procurement Lawyer 1+ PQE

AG Integrate by Addleshaw Goddard; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Leeds seeks an entry-level advisory lawyer for their public procurement team. This role offers a chance to work on significant procurement matters, grow professionally, and contribute to collaborative projects. Ideal candidates will possess relevant legal qualifications and strong interpersonal skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in public and utilities procurement law.
• Ability to give strategic advice to authorities and utilities.
• Experience in drafting procurement documents.

Responsibilities

• Advise on procurement issues and exemptions for direct awards.
• Draft procurement documents and conduct processes.
• Collaborate with disputes team on procurement claims.

Skills

Inter-personal skills

Communication skills

Client service focus

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Lawyer

Post-qualifying experience (1 to 4 years)

Job description

2 months ago Be among the first 25 applicants

• We are currently seeking an advisory (non-contentious) lawyer to support the team's ongoing growth in our public procurement team.
• You will have the opportunity to work on high value, innovative and cutting-edge procurement matters.
• This role will offer you increasing levels of responsibility and the chance to enhance your professional reputation, all within a supportive and collaborative environment alongside a team of experienced, dynamic, and knowledgeable individuals.
  
  

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• We are currently seeking an advisory (non-contentious) lawyer to support the team's ongoing growth in our public procurement team.
• You will have the opportunity to work on high value, innovative and cutting-edge procurement matters.
• This role will offer you increasing levels of responsibility and the chance to enhance your professional reputation, all within a supportive and collaborative environment alongside a team of experienced, dynamic, and knowledgeable individuals.
  
  

THE TEAM

• Our procurement team is a recognised market leader, ranked in band 1 (UK-wide) in the chambers directory for many years. the team delivers first-rate client service, covering both advisory and disputes work across the full range of procurement regulations.
• Our advisory work includes numerous nationally and internationally significant projects, with a particular focus on government contracts, transport (rail, bus, ports and aviation), utilities (water, electricity, gas and heat), defence, healthcare, regeneration and wider development.
• Our advisory team also works side-by-side with our specialist procurement disputes lawyers, providing technical and strategic input into contentious matters, including behind the scenes settlements and major court cases.
• Much of the team's current workload involves advising clients on the transition to the new Procurement Act 2023.
  
  

What To Expect In This Role

The role requires teamwork, enthusiasm, and a desire to build strong technical expertise. The work will involve the following (working as part of a supportive, multi-lawyer team):

• Giving strategic advice, to authorities / utilities and their contracting partners, on procurement issues such as the availability of exemptions to make direct awards and contract modifications
• Drafting procurement documents, including adverts, selection questionnaires and invitations
• Advising authorities / utilities on the design and conduct of procurement processes
• Advising bidders on their tenders, including resolving issues that arise during the course of the process
• Working with the disputes team to advise on the merits of procurement claims, from a claimant, defendant and interested party perspective
• Supporting the disputes team in the preparation of claims / defences
• Running the procurement workstreams on major projects being led by colleagues specialising in IT, outsourcing, transport, utilities, construction, real estate and defence
• Supporting and leading business development initiatives (as appropriate to levels of qualification and interest) including client publications, articles and speaking engagements (including delivering both internal and external procurement training)
  
  

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following:

• Qualified Lawyer; in the region of 1 to 4 years + post-qualifying experience and ideally ready to grow into a specialist role as part of our wider commercial team. For us it's about getting the right people to join our team.
• Recent experience and / or strong interest in public and / or utilities procurement law gained at a regional, national or international firm
• Enthusiasm for developing further specialist procurement and sector expertise
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with a focus on teamwork and collaboration
• A strong client-service focus and a commercial outlook
  
  

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Legal Services

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