Senior Associate

Dentons Canada; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentons' Environment and Safety team is a market leading group advising across Environment, ESG, Climate Change, Sustainability, Health and Safety and product regulation. The team serves a prestigious client base including bp, Amazon, BASF and Virgin Atlantic, and advises HM Government departments such as DESNZ, Defra and the Official Receiver.

We are looking for an enthusiastic lawyer to join the Environment team to service an increase in workload.

Qualifications

• English law knowledge gained within a top-tier city firm.
• Strong academic record.
• Exceptional drafting skills and legal research ability.
• Experience in environmental law, ESG, health and safety, human rights, non financial reporting, climate change, or product regulation.

Responsibilities

• Serve an increase in workload within the Environment team.
• Develop client relationships and contribute to business development.
• Provide advisory and regulatory support on new legislation.
• Support thought leadership and expand the practice internationally.
• Deliver high-quality drafting and analysis on complex cross-border matters.

Skills

English law

Drafting skills

Legal research

Environmental law

ESG and sustainability

Health and Safety

Human rights

Non financial reporting

Climate change

Product regulation

Business development

Client service

Teamwork

Initiative

Commercial awareness

Education

Law degree (LLB/LLM) from a recognized university

Job description

Reference no: 10503
Department/Division: Dispute Resolutions, Environment
Duration: Permanent
Location: UK
PQE: 5
Reports to: Partner
Type of Role: Hybrid

The Department

Dentons' Environment and Safety team is a market leading team advising across all areas of Environment and ESG, Climate Change, Sustainability, Health and Safety and product regulation.

The team serves a prestigious client base including large multinationals such as bp, Amazon, BASF, and Virgin Atlantic, as well as private equity and institutional investor clients. The team also advises HM Government departments including DESNZ, Defra and the Official Receiver. The team offers an exciting mix of work covering transactional and advisory work as well as contentious matters including regulatory and criminal defence work.

The Environment team is highly ranked in Chambers, Legal 500 and Lexology, and is widely regarded as one of the top tier environment practices in the country.

The team sits within a wider Regulatory and Investigations group in the Disputes Division of Dentons.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic lawyer to join the Environment team to serve an increase in workload.

Drawing upon the industry knowledge and strength of our international practice, you will gain unparalleled experience and play a fundamental role in building the practice. You can expect a varied workload with lots of responsibility and opportunity to build your own client relationships. The team's current case load includes advisory work on new legislation such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, regulatory work including environmental and health and safety prosecutions and inquests, as well as transactional work on large complex cross border transactions.

This is an exciting and challenging role and an excellent opportunity for an associate, who is passionate about progressing their career within a global firm and in supporting the ongoing growth of the practice.

You will develop your skill set to build and maintain client relationships and contribute to business development and thought leadership at an earlier stage than most firms, raising the profile of the team and firm externally.

Required experience, skills, and attributes

Technical skills

• English law legal knowledge gained within a top-tier city firm.
• Strong academic record.
• Exceptional drafting skills and legal research ability.
• Experience and knowledge in at least some of the following:
  • Environmental law;
  • ESG and sustainability;
  • Health and Safety;
  • Human rights and social compliance;
  • Non financial reporting and disclosure;
  • Climate change and carbon trading;
  • Product regulation.

Personal attributes

• Takes responsibility for own work.
• Is dedicated to exceptional client service.
• Has a keen interest in business development and demonstrates market focus.
• Strong financial, commercial and business awareness.
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrates good judgment and resilience skills.
• Shows strong initiative and drive and takes control of own career development, enthusiastic about learning new skills.
• Strong team working skills.

Firm Profile

Across more than 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to building an inclusive culture here at Dentons where our people can thrive, regardless of their background or circumstance. As well as being the right thing to do, it makes good business sense too. A richness of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives helps us best serve our clients and the communities in which we operate. You can find out more about inclusion and diversity at Dentons here: Inclusion and Diversity

Dentons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from everyone including of any age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, neurotype, disability, or with parental or caring responsibilities. We are also “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” and welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.

Dentons is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates with a disability may choose to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme. We will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Where application volumes are high, we may offer interviews to those who best meet the minimum criteria, consistent with our approach for all candidates.

During the application process, all applicants have the opportunity to tell us about any adjustments or support they require so they are able to perform at their best. Any information you share with us during the application process is treated in confidence.