Snr Solicitor

Austin Fraser; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Scottish Qualified Solicitor to provide specialized legal advice on environmental and corporate law. The ideal candidate will have advanced knowledge of legislation and the skills to support legislative development and policy changes for client engagement with the Scottish Government. This role requires a strong communicator with innovative problem-solving capabilities.

Qualifications

• Scottish Qualified Solicitor with a current practicing certificate.
• Specialist knowledge in the interpretation and application of legislation.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication in complex documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized legal advice on environmental legislation and corporate policy.
• Support clients in input to Scottish Government on legislation development.
• Create and interpret complex legal documents for various stakeholders.

Skills

Negotiation

Influencing

Problem Solving

Written Communication

Oral Communication

Education

LLB Degree

Diploma in Legal Practice

Job description

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Day Rate: DOE

Description:

Use advanced legal knowledge, including of various environmental regimes, and the clients strategic objectives to provide specialised legal advice and support to the client staff on specific areas of the law as it relates to and impacts on the client.

Provide legal advice on complex matters to support the client in its input to Scottish Government on the development of new corporate legislation or policy relating to specific areas of law, or proposed changes to existing corporate legislation or policy.

Provide specialised legal advice on implementation of new corporate legislation.

Provide specialist legal advice in various area of civil and corporate law.

• Scottish Qualified Solicitor with current practicing certificate
• LLB Degree and Diploma in legal Practice or equivalent
• Specialist knowledge and skills in the interpretation and application of legislation.
• Negotiation, influencing and persuasion skills
• Creativity in developing innovative, problem solving solutions
• Written communication - ability to demonstrate excellent and concise communication in complex and sensitive written documents. The type of documents will depend on the specific work allocated to the post holder but could include reports to the procurator fiscal, statutory enforcement notices, environmental authorisations, regulatory position statements, regulatory guidance, policy instructions and draft legislation
• Oral communication - ability to explain legal requirements to non-legal staff.
• General understanding and knowledge of objectives and procedures.
• Managerial

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