Construction Lawyer

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading firm as a Construction Lawyer, focusing on both contentious and non-contentious work. This role offers exposure to diverse sectors and significant career growth opportunities in a supportive environment that values work-life balance.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Minimum of 25 days annual leave

Bonus Scheme

Paid Sabbatical Scheme

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Director: At least 10 years' experience in construction law.
• Senior Associate: Minimum of 4 years' experience in contentious/non-contentious law.

Responsibilities

• Cover the spectrum of the construction industry.
• Work with clients including listed companies and local authorities.
• Handle large scale litigation and arbitration.

Skills

Construction Law

Contentious Law

Non-Contentious Law

Supervision

Team Leadership

Education

Solicitor

Job description

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An excellent opportunity to join a top ranked and growing Construction & Engineering team.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Associate or Director with material experience of contentious and/or non-contentious construction work.

In particular we are looking for:

• Director – A solicitor with at least 10 years' experience in transactional/non-contentious construction law, who has experience of supervising others, working as a team, and leading on matters independently with minimal supervision from Partners.
• Senior Associate – A specialist in contentious and/or non-contentious construction law with a minimum of 4 years' experience.

The lawyers in our Construction & Engineering team cover the whole spectrum of the construction industry, from traditional developments acting for developers, contractors, specialist subcontractors and consultants, through to complex projects in areas such as energy and infrastructure. You'll get exposure to a number of growing and emerging sectors – for example, student accommodation or PRS – and large scale litigation and arbitration and adjudication (including enforcement).

Your clients are likely to be listed companies, local authorities and educational institutions, banks, developers, contractors, specialist sub-contractors and consultants based nationally and internationally.

You can find out more about the Construction & Engineering team and the type of work it does here.

This is an interesting opportunity for those looking to progress their career in a leading full-service firm based outside of London where the decisions about your future are made by those you see and work with - day in, day out.

Our Award-Winning Sustainable Careers initiative encourages you to develop your career within the Firm.

When you’re looking for a job, we know it's about more than just the role. That's why we provide the support you need to develop and grow your career. Walker Morris is a top 100 law firm where you don’t have to fit a mould, so you can bring your full self to work and our commitment to a meaningful work life balance means you can take your full-self home again too!

What we offer:

• Hybrid working – we understand work-life balance is important, we are open to discussing your hybrid working preferences.
• Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days per year, increasing to 31 days with length of service. Also – buy/sell holidays up to 5 days per year.
• Bonus Scheme – our annual bonus scheme recognises outstanding contributions to the firm and our ambitions. All solicitors are eligible, subject to meeting the criteria of the scheme with opportunity to earn up 35% bonus.
• Paid Sabbatical Scheme – accrue up to 2 weeks' sabbatical over a 2-year period, or 4 weeks' sabbatical over 3 years.
• Pension – saving for retirement? Let us do the hard work for you. We auto-enrol all eligible colleagues into a workplace pension and we contribute a minimum of 5% of annual salary.
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Law Practice and Legal Services

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