Projects Lawyer (Associate)

Pinsent Masons; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm in London is seeking an experienced 2-5 PQE lawyer to join their Construction and Projects Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing client relationships and engaging in high-profile projects, requiring strong interpersonal skills and a solid background in construction law. The role offers dynamic opportunities for growth and responsibilities within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

First-class training and development programme

Early responsibility and client relationship opportunities

Dynamic and growing global team

Qualifications

• Experience in a large commercial firm or in-house legal team.
• Strong grounding in construction and projects work.
• Flexibility in exposure to construction and projects work.

Responsibilities

• Develop ongoing relationships with an existing client base.
• Pitch for new opportunities.
• Work on high-profile national and international projects.

Skills

Team player

Strong commercial judgement

Interpersonal skills

Education

PQE in law

Job description

Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a 2-5 PQE lawyer to join our Construction and Projects Team as a Associate in London.

Our Team

We have an unrivalled reputation in acting for employers, developers, sponsors, funders, project companies, contractors, consultants and 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

• Nearly all the major tier one construction companies in the UK and many global contractors: Balfour Beatty, Kier, VINCI, Ferrovial, Amey, Morgan Sindall, Mace.
• Many financial and institutional investors: Lloyds, Barclays, Nat West, EIB, Equitix, Abrdn.
• Major energy suppliers and stakeholders such as EDF, Scottish Power, Statkraft.
• Government, local authority and utility sponsors including National Highways, Ministry of Justice, Southern Water.

Work highlights

We are ranked Tier 1 for infrastructure and construction 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 MetroLink. 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. The team’s pipeline is such that the opportunity would best suit a candidate well versed in infrastructure and energy 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.

The successful candidate will

• 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 judgement;
• 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;
• 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 – 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.