Projects Lawyer

Pinsent Masons; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking a Projects Lawyer with at least 5 years of PQE to join their Construction and Projects Team. The role involves developing relationships with clients, working on high-profile projects, and collaborating closely with the Real Estate and Finance teams. Applicants should have a strong grounding in construction law, exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a team-oriented environment. This position offers significant opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

First-class training and career development programme

Early responsibility and client relationship development

Qualifications

• Experience in a large commercial firm or in-house legal team.
• Ability to build strong working relationships in an agile environment.
• Experience supervising and directing junior lawyers.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with existing clients and pitch for new opportunities.
• Work in an international team on high-profile national and international projects.
• Collaborate closely with Real Estate and Finance teams.

Skills

Team player

Strong commercial judgment

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility in construction projects

Education

Qualified lawyer (at least 5 PQE)

Job description

Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a projects lawyer of at least 5 PQE+ lawyer to join our Construction and Projects Team.

Our Team

We have an unrivalled reputation in acting for employers, developers, sponsors, funders, project companies, contractors, consultants and insurers. We act for over half of the UK's top 50 contractors, a large number of the top contractors worldwide and an impressive range of private and public sector clients. Our team act across the sectors including infrastructure and energy (nuclear, renewables, conventional and oil and gas), transport, real estate, waste, water, education and health.

Key Clients include:

• Many financial and institutional investors: Lloyds, Barclays, NatWest, EIB, Equitix, Abrdn, PIC, Aviva, Royal London, HSBC.
• Major developers and housebuilders such as Apache, Telford Homes, Tilia Homes, HOHCP.
• Major energy suppliers and stakeholders such as E.ON, EDF, Scottish Power, Statkraft.
• Government, local authority and utility sponsors, including National Highways, Ministry of Justice, Southern Water.
• Nearly all the major tier one construction companies in the UK and many global contractors: Balfour Beatty, Kier, VINCI, Ferrovial, Amey, Morgan Sindall, Mace.

Work highlights

We are ranked Tier 1 for construction and infrastructure work in the legal directories and have a roster of awards for the work that we do in this field. We have the largest specialist team of infrastructure lawyers in the world, so you would be joining a large, collegiate team of people who live and breathe projects and construction work. We have been privileged to work and continue to work on the largest and most iconic projects in the world, from the Channel Tunnel, London Underground, Olympics 2012, Crossrail, the Gautrain, Dubai Expo, Hinkley, HS2, Dublin Metro. At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have worked on smaller scale but equally important schemes, including local authority accommodation and highways work or micro power generation projects in Africa.

A key aspect of our work is the sheer breadth of the work that we do and the diversity of the people that we work with.

The Candidate Required

The successful applicant will have a strong grounding in construction and projects work, including advising on developments of higher risk buildings and building safety. The team's pipeline is such that the opportunity would best suit a candidate well versed in real estate development and real estate finance related transactional construction and projects work. This candidate may have the opportunity of exposure to both construction and projects work so experience and flexibility in that regard is an advantage.

• have gained experience in a large commercial firm or in-house legal team;
• be a team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment;
• be technically strong and exercise good commercial judgment;
• have experience in supervising and directing junior lawyers;
• have the interpersonal skills necessary for this client-facing role.

The role is wide-ranging, will focus on and include:

• developing on‑going relationships with an existing client base as well as pitching for new opportunities;
• developing close working relationships as part of an international team;
• developing close working relationships with the Real Estate and Finance teams within the firm;
• the opportunity to be involved in work in the very best and high profile national and international projects and construction work, working across a number of our key sectors (infrastructure, energy, real estate and financial services).

What will we offer you?

• We are a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients.
• We invest in our team and have a first‑class training and career development programme. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver "best in class" services.
• Early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.

About the Firm

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long‑standing reputation for delivering high‑quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well‑placed to advise on complex multi‑jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.

We value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our people can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever their ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics. We have embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which our people can flourish.

We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in‑house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham.

Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.

Awards

We're being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT's most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters' leading legal brand in their UK index.

We have been recognised as by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer. Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBTQ+ inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a 'Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023' for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as a Disability Confident Employer by the Department for Work & Pensions, and we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500.

Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades

As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Should you require further details, please contact our in‑house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Johenn Choi who can discuss the role and requirements.

Contact details

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johenn-choi

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