PSL: Real Estate Disputes & Building Safety - Flexible

BCL Legal; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BCL Legal in Birmingham seeks a Professional Support Lawyer to support Building Safety Act and Real Estate Dispute Resolution work. The role offers flexible working and both full-time and part-time options.

You will coordinate know-how, monitor developments, draft client-facing insights, and contribute to knowledge management across multiple teams, including construction and regulatory matters.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with strong contentious legal experience.
• Experience in real estate disputes, construction, building safety or a related area would be advantageous.
• Strong research, drafting and legal analysis skills.
• Experience producing high-quality legal updates, Insight pieces or knowledge-sharing materials.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage information and competing priorities effectively.
• Good understanding of technical defects issues in construction and their application to recovery actions.
• Comfortable developing precedents and embracing technology, including generative AI.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams.
• A flexible approach, with part-time and return-to-work candidates encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate know-how and information sharing across the Real Estate Dispute Resolution, Construction and Regulatory teams.
• Monitor developments in the Building Safety Act, construction and real estate disputes and communicate key updates to the wider team.
• Produce high-quality client-facing Insight pieces and knowledge-sharing materials.
• Support the development and delivery of the firm's Building Safety offering, including remediation, recovery actions, regulatory requirements and portfolio reviews.
• Work with the Construction team to develop understanding of technical defects issues relevant to recovery actions.
• Create and maintain case precedents and other technical resources.
• Explore and utilise generative AI solutions to improve knowledge management and service delivery.
• Support wider Real Estate Dispute Resolution work, including Telecommunications and Electronic Communications Code matters.
• Work collaboratively across multiple teams and help develop the firm's capabilities and profile in these areas.

Skills

Strong research and drafting skills

Legal analysis

Client-facing communication

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Qualified solicitor

Job description

BCL Legal in Birmingham seeks a Professional Support Lawyer to support Building Safety Act and Real Estate Dispute Resolution work. The role offers flexible working and both full-time and part-time options.

You will coordinate know-how, monitor developments, draft client-facing insights, and contribute to knowledge management across multiple teams, including construction and regulatory matters.