Senior Associate, Non-contentious Construction

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (Thailand); Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm with a strong focus on construction, real estate, energy, and major infrastructure projects. The firm collaborates across continents to deliver high-stakes advice and outstanding client service.

This role sits in the non-contentious construction team, known for landmark developments and complex procurement. The team currently includes partners, associates and trainees, working on multi-sector projects with blue-chip clients and

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining client relationships across projects.
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills for proposals and contracts.
• Ability to lead teams and manage matters with efficiency and clarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead on client matters, including negotiation and preparation of proposals, estimates and pitches.
• Delegate work to juniors and supervise the team to support optimal utilisation.
• Maintain regular client communications and monitor progress against objectives, scope, timelines and budgets.

Skills

Client relationship management

Negotiation

Project leadership

Job description

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.

As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world's largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.

We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we're focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition - which is to help you achieve yours.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

Practice group / team

Our non-contentious construction team focuses on large-scale construction and engineering projects. We regularly act on landmark real estate development, energy and infrastructure projects

Our practice is balanced across two main pillars: Real estate development and investment. Energy and infrastructure development and investment

Our clients include leading developers, financiers and government procuring authorities. The team is ranked Tier 1 by the Legal 500 and Tier 1 by Chambers & Partners. We are not largely conducting diligence or generally contractor-side, which can be more passive or reactive roles.

We offer a multi-sector, full-service capability, advising on project structuring and delivery, risk analysis and management, tendering and procurement, contract drafting and negotiation, transaction due diligence, contract and, in conjunction with our specialist contentious construction colleagues claims, management and dispute resolution.

Current and recent work highlights include: Major real estate development projects , including for Global Switch on new data centres in the UK and European markets, British Land on the Canada Water regeneration and Broadgate estate, Stanhope on major projects including tall-tower schemes and other significant City redevelopments and Hines on all of its portfolio including a major phased tall-tower scheme in the City. Other repeat and important clients include blue-chip clients such as Aberdeen, Blackstone, Blackrock, Hermes Real Estate and Logicor

Major projects vital to decarbonisation including UK and European power-to-x and waste-to-x projects Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (including CCS/CCUS, SAF and green hydrogen), CCS for Breedon, and gigafactory battery production facilities for Agratas (Tata Group) in the UK

Power generation, storage and transmission including PV and BESS for OX2 in European markets, energy from waste and biomass power for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, conventional power for Uniper in the UK and the UK-to-Iceland Atlantic Superconnection for ASC

Transport and other major infrastructure projects including the major redevelopment of the Euston campus for the Department for Transport and its Euston Delivery Company; two new UK reservoir projects for Anglian Water and port infrastructure facilities for ArcelorMittal in Liberia

Upstream, midstream and downstream projects including for IGI Poseidon on the development of European midstream gas pipeline projects

The team currently consists of 2 Partners, 1 Consultant, 12 Associates, 1 PSL and 2 Trainees

Primary objectives

• Deliver excellent client service and make an effective contribution to the firm's work
• Lead on client matters, taking responsibility for the delivery and quality of legal work, team management and the client relationship in consultation with the matter partner(s),as appropriate
• Act as a role model and contribute to the development of others
• Identify and develop external and internal clients to bring in new or repeat business in chosen area of law and industry sector(s)
• Take steps to cultivate an excellent reputation in the market and internally and contribute to know-how and non-legal firm initiatives and projects

Key responsibilities

• Lead, delegate, and manage work - lead on client matters, including negotiation and the preparation of proposals, estimates and pitches; delegate work to juniors, supervising the team to support optimal utilisation; keep partner(s) informed and assist partners to monitor and control progress against agreed objectives, scope, timelines and budgets.
• Manage client relationships - regularly engage with client and keep informed of progress; ensure all compliance and risk management processes are followed; prop