Newly qualified Construction Lawyer

Origin Legal; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in East Anglia seeks a newly qualified Construction Lawyer. The role involves managing cases and delivering high-quality advice on construction matters, with a focus on both contentious and non-contentious issues. Ideal candidates will have strong academic backgrounds and excellent client relationship management skills. The firm offers 25 days of holiday, hybrid working, pension schemes, and support for further professional qualifications.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Hybrid working

Personal pension scheme

Group life assurance

Support for further professional qualifications

Private health insurance

In-house health & wellbeing sessions

Car parking

Qualifications

• Running own matters as well as assisting more senior associates and partners.
• Delivering high quality, commercial advice to clients.
• Experience in contentious construction matters is required.

Responsibilities

• Support senior associates and partners with their cases.
• Advise clients on all aspects of construction projects.

Skills

Client relationship management

Constructive advice

Adjudications experience

Education

2:1 degree classification

Job description

Our client are Legal 500 and Chambers recommended as one of East Anglia's leading law firms.

The firm offers a broad range of legal advice to individuals and companies in respect of a large range of legal services both nationally and internationally and are consistently ranked highly for providing excellent client service.

They now wish to recruit a newly or recently qualified Construction Lawyer. Ideally, candidates should have had exposure to a broad range of contentious and non-contentious construction during their training and/or within their current role.

The firms construction team advise on all aspects of construction. Acting for a wide range of clients, including contractors, sub-contractors, developers, funders, and individuals. They provide high-quality, commercial advice on all aspects of development, from the inception of a project through to its completion.

The successful candidate will be

• Running own matters as well as assisting more senior associates and partners with their cases.
• Delivering high quality, commercial advice to developers, main contractors, sub-contractors and construction professionals.
• Whilst experience in both contentious and non-contentious construction would be preferred, Experience in contentious construction matters including experience of acting in adjudications and TCC work is required.
• Excellent client relationship management skills.
• A strong academic record, with a minimum requirement of a 2:1 degree classification.

BENEFITS

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working
• Personal pension scheme
• Group life assurance
• Support and funding for further professional qualifications
• Private health insurance
• In-house health & wellbeing sessions
• Car parking