Construction Senior Associate/Associate Director

Osborne Clarke; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Clarke is seeking a strong Construction Senior Associate/Associate Director to join our renowned non-contentious construction team, working from either Bristol or London. The role focuses on a broad spectrum of development work, with emphasis on the Living sector, and requires leadership of transactions alongside a junior associate while guiding client stakeholders through complex developments.

You will join a national team with a wide range of projects and clients, supported by a

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in non-contentious construction matters at a City or National firm.
• Ability to lead transactions and manage client stakeholders.
• Experience with Living sector developments (forward funding, BTR, mixed-use) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead transactions and guide junior lawyers through complex projects.
• Provide strategic advice to clients on construction procurement and development.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Bristol or London offices.

Skills

Non-contentious construction

Project leadership

Client management

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified solicitor (England & Wales)

Law degree (LL.B)

Job description

Construction Senior Associate/Associate Director

Date: 2026-10-17T00:00:00

Location: Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, GB, BS37 7NE

Application Deadline: 2026-11-17T10:00:30.93

Company: Osborne Clarke

Role profile

A very strong construction practice - Chambers UK

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious solicitor at experienced Senior Associate or Associate Director level to join our highly regarded national non-contentious construction team based in either Bristol or London with a focus on a broad spectrum of development work, with specific focus in the "Living" sector. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead transactions (working alongside a junior associate) and to guide and manage client stakeholders through developments. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected team with a wide variety of interesting work and clients, and a real opportunity to grow and develop your own practice.

The practice

Our non-contentious construction practice is truly comprehensive in scope and features leading work on a national scale and is a practice that the firm is actively looking to expand to compliment and support Osborne Clarke's strategic direction. We advise on nationally important infrastructure projects, such as regeneration and iconic development projects, mixed use and residential development, commercial and logistics projects, major retail developments, infrastructure and energy generation (primarily through renewable sources).

Our work ranges from initial procurement advice, legal project management, through to negotiating complex construction procurement agreements, whether bespoke or based on the myriad of industry standard forms commonly used in the UK, and whether leading or working alongside other advisers. We also work closely with our contentious construction, major projects, renewables, commercial real estate and banking and project finance teams.

We advise clients across a number of sectors who are leaders in their fields, including Marq / Ares, Hochtief, McLaren Living, UPP, Greystar, Indurent, Barratt and David Wilson Homes, Taylor Wimpey, Places for People, Related Argent and Equitix.

The team

The non-contentious construction team is led by partners Phil Davies, Alexandra Gower, Duncan Parker and Nicholas Grewal and is based across our Bristol & London offices. The wider team comprises 1 Legal Director, 3 Associate Directors, 6 Senior Associates, 4 Associates, 2 Trainees and 2 Paralegals.

Technical skills and experience

You will have knowledge and experience of non-contentious construction matters which will have been gained at a well-respected City or National firm. You will be highly motivated and interested in getting involved in a broad range of work working on different project types and across different sectors, but ideally with experience advising on developments across the "Living" sector, across all tenure types including forward funds, BTR, affordable and mixed use developments. You will be versatile and able to work across a range of different matters across different sectors and will be used to working on matters where there are multiple interested parties (for example where there are forward funding arrangements or there is a project finance-led structure involved). Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are ideally looking for an experienced Senior Associate or Associate Director candidate, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making. We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform our businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.