Construction Senior Associate/ Director

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Morris LLP is seeking a Senior Associate or Director specializing in contentious and non-contentious construction law. With opportunities for hybrid working and a commitment to work-life balance, this is a chance to grow your career with a leading UK law firm. The ideal candidates will have experience handling a robust portfolio of construction projects and managing clients requiring legal support across various sectors.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Minimum 25 days annual leave

Bonus scheme up to 35%

Paid sabbatical scheme

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Director role requires at least 10 years in non-contentious construction law.
• Senior Associate role requires a minimum of 4 years' experience.
• Experience supervising others and leading independently is essential.

Responsibilities

• Handle contentious and non-contentious construction work.
• Work with a diverse client base including listed companies and educational institutions.
• Engage in large scale litigation and arbitration.

Skills

Supervision

Teamwork

Construction Law

Dispute Resolution

Education

Solicitor Qualification

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

col-narrow-left

Client:

Walker Morris LLP

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Reference:

a374805abe48

Job Views:

28

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

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, neurodiversity 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.