Planning Lawyer 5+ years PQE

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services provider is seeking a Planning Lawyer with over 5 years of PQE. This role offers the flexibility of full-time, part-time, or ad-hoc opportunities, supporting clients with a focus on planning law for infrastructure projects. Candidates should have a solid background in private practice or in-house roles, with excellent communication and technical drafting skills. Join a progressive legal team in London that supports your career growth with a range of benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

High quality legal work

Access to training and webinars

Networking opportunities

Qualifications

• At least 5 years PQE experience as a planning lawyer.
• Experience in development consent orders and compulsory purchase orders.
• Experience drafting Section 106 Agreements.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with legal advice in planning and infrastructure projects.
• Negotiate planning agreements and ensure compliance.
• Manage deadlines and troubleshoot legal issues.

Skills

Planning Law expertise

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Technical drafting

Job description

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Client:

Konexo Legal Resourcing

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

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Posted:

22.08.2025

Expiry Date:

06.10.2025

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About Konexo and Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland is a global law firm with 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide committed to delivering client service excellence. As a full service law practice, Eversheds Sutherland acts for many sectors across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients in each of its practice areas including Real Estate, Company Commercial, Employment, Labour and Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management.

Konexo is an established alternative legal services division of Eversheds Sutherland, created to meet client demand for high quality, interim legal, HR and compliance professionals. Konexo Legal Resourcing is a well-established and fast growing team created to meet demand for high quality interim lawyers, paralegals and legal project managers to support both clients and internal Eversheds Sutherland teams.

Konexo Legal Resourcing is hiring for mid to senior level interim planning lawyers to support our client.

What you should have:

• At least 5 years PQE experience as a planning lawyer.
• A background gained either solely within private practice or in a mix of both in-house and private practice roles.
• Experience in development consent orders (DCOs) and/or compulsory purchase orders as well as general planning advisory work is essential.
• Experience of working on the planning and due diligence aspects of large infrastructure projects, particularly within the energy and utilities sectors.
• Experience of drafting and negotiating Section 106 Agreements and a broad range of other planning and highways agreements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, trouble shoot and problem solve in a create and innovative manner.
• Excellent technical drafting skills coupled with a commercially savvy and pragmatic approach.

The benefits of joining Konexo Legal Resourcing:

• Our flexible resourcing model means you can choose how and when you work. People approach us for a whole range of reasons - they might be seeking a better work-life balance, the ability to develop their legal career whilst also having the time to pursue other interests, or they may simply want a way of working that offers greater control and flexibility that more traditional models don't provide.
• You will have access to high quality legal work, helping to consolidate on your experience and develop your career.
• We have full time, part time and more flexible ad-hoc hourly opportunities, with many of our roles offering hybrid or remote working.

What you get:

• The backing and support of a leading global law firm.
• Access to partner support and other subject matter expert support within the firm throughout the placement.
• Access to the firm's knowledge systems, CPD training and webinars.
• Access to online know-how resources, such as PLC.
• You will be invited to Konexo's in-person and virtual networking events, in addition to firmwide webinars and events.

We are one of the first law practices to enter the flexible legal resourcing market, we have a wealth of experience in placing legal professionals both with Eversheds Sutherland teams and with international clients across a variety of sectors.

If you want to take charge of your career, work with a global law firm and some of the best companies in the world, then we would love to hear from you!

Due to the volume of responses we receive, unfortunately if you have not heard back from us within 4 weeks of applying, we are not progressing your application. Please feel free to review our vacancies at www.eversheds-sutherland.com/careers for roles in the future as this is updated frequently.