Environmental (Regulatory/Compliance) Managing Associate (6+PQE) Bristol

GFL Environmental Inc.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A law firm in Bristol is seeking an Environmental (Regulatory/Compliance) Managing Associate with a minimum of 6 years of PQE. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team offering multidisciplinary legal services, with a focus on environmental regulation. Responsibilities include ensuring client satisfaction, fostering business development, and managing caseloads. Ideal candidates will possess strong commercial acumen and the ability to work autonomously within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Employee awards and recognition

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• PQE experience in environmental law required.
• Experience in managing client relationships.
• Demonstrable financial and case management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level service to clients.
• Drive business development and manage a personal workload.
• Maintain technical expertise and oversight of junior lawyers.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Commercial acumen

Case management

Financial management

IT skills

Job description

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Environmental (Regulatory/Compliance) Managing Associate (6+PQE) Bristol

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The Team

Freeths LLP Planning and Environment Group is a truly multi-disciplinary team comprising planning lawyers, environmental lawyers and planning consultants operating across all development sectors. The Group is recognised for its depth of knowledge, breadth of experience and for providing clear, pragmatic and commercial advice and support in navigating and managing the planning process – from the inception of a proposal through to advocacy – in order to secure the optimal outcome. The Group offers a holistic approach which includes advice on the specialist areas of environmental regulation from natural environment, biodiversity and sustainability, to environmental permitting, circular economy, contaminated land, waste and water regulation, climate change and regulatory defence.

The Planning and Environment Group also works closely with Freeths’ commercial, corporate and real-estate lawyers and supports their nationally recognised practices in the key sectors of development, clean energy and waste.

As part of the wider Group the environmental law team advises at the highest levels, including public and private companies (particularly manufacturers, housebuilders, commercial developers, minerals operators and utilities), public sector organisations, local authorities and environmental regulators. The teams’ objective is to secure its status as one of the leading Environmental Law Teams in the UK.

The Role

In order to support continued growth we wish to recruit a qualified Environmental Solicitor (circa. 6 yrs PQE experience upwards) to work alongside Ben Derrington (Director) ideally in our Bristol office but with consideration given to strong candidates interested in other locations across the Freeths network of offices. Experience in real estate and corporate transactional support, environmental permitting, contaminated land, emissions, pollution and waste along with associated criminal defence, compliance and risk management is a prerequisite.

Most importantly we are looking for enthusiastic and passionate lawyers to join a friendly, supportive and ambitious team.

Key Responsibilities

• To work to a consistently high level and to provide an exemplary level of client service and care.

• Competent financial management and commercial awareness, including accurate time recording, billing, achievement of firm delivered targets and management of WIP.

• To drive business development opportunities to ensure the retention of existing clients and development of new client relationships.

• To ensure at all times that you maintain up to date technical expertise.

• To be accountable for your own personal development and tocontinuously develop interpersonal and soft skills.

• To be competent at all times in accordance with the SRA competence standards

• To carry out any other such reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time.

Your skills and qualifications

• Have directly relevant previous extensive experience and have the correct level of post qualified experience (PQE) for the role in question.

• To have a strong commercial acumen and understanding of the industry and business of the client.

• To run and manage your own case load with minimal supervision.

• Experience in supervising and developingjunior lawyers.

• A proven track record of competent financial management, ability to meet client expectations and sound case management skills.

• Good IT skills, experience, and confidence with using case management systems, electronic time recording and general Microsoft packages.

• To be a self-starting, friendly individual with excellent interpersonal skills.

• To be able to consistently demonstrate and embody the firm’s values.

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Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team.

About Us

We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.

1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1,000 colleagues, and counting. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do.

2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients. That’s why g reat work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business.

3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive.

We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.

We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact ![e-mail] and we will be happy to discuss.

Recruitment Agencies

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