Paralegal jobs in United Kingdom

Job Title Construction Lawyer (4+ PQE) - Birmingham

Ref No. 4993B

Job Location Birmingham

Work Type Full Time

Description

Are you looking to work in a close-knit, collaborative teamenvironment where your contribution and expertise is truly valued? Areyou keen to develop your Construction career within a global law firm,which offers clear progression opportunities? Then this could be therole for you.

We are seeking an experienced Construction lawyer at the Associate,Senior Associate, or Director level with a solid background acrosseither the contentious or non-contentious aspects of Construction& Engineering law - or a mixture of both - to join our successfulteam in Birmingham.

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated lawfirms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, businessand government meet. We deliver commercially focused businesssolutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilitiesand invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients -from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses,start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.

More than 1,500 lawyers operating in 40+ offices across fourcontinents provide unrivalled access to expertise. In the UK, we haveoffices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.

The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportiveworking environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UKoffices, our well-regarded family, carer, and wellbeing programmesprovide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals'life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal andprofessional goals.

Our Team

As you would expect from a firm of our profile and size, the membersof our global Construction & Engineering practice are leaders intheir field, operating across a range of jurisdictions. From a UKperspective, we advise our clients on all aspects of theirconstruction and engineering projects, from project inception,procurement through to execution, and finding solutions to issuesarising resolution of any disputes when projects do not go to plan.

The team advises on all standard forms of UK contracts including thewell-used NEC4 and JCT, Model Forms of contract as well asinternational forms such as FIDIC, IChemE, and bespoke turnkey contracts.

All forms of dispute resolution are undertaken by the team includinglitigation, arbitration (including international arbitration), disputeboards and adjudication as well as all forms of ADR.

Providing our clients with top rate service comes natural to us andyou will be integral to the continuing provision of client serviceexcellence. This is an exciting time to join Squire Patton Boggs withthe opportunity to get involved in a varied workload with plenty ofscope for direct client contact.

This role will suit someone with a commercial attitude along with aconfident and proactive approach, with good people skills, ability towork as a team player and an interest in business development. Therewill be the potential for individual advancement within the team andyou should expect excellent quality of work in a culture whichencourages leadership and involvement with the business and its clients.

We have big plans for our practice in Birmingham, with an upcomingoffice move to a great new location in the works. We offer competitivepay and an attractive bonus and benefits programme, including anuncapped productivity bonus, alongside a great working culture and anestablished hybrid working policy.

You

We are looking for qualified lawyers (4+ PQE) with a strong trackrecord in Construction & Engineering law and the drive and abilityto deliver high-quality work.

You will be a committed individual, with the ability and enthusiasmto take initiative, and to build long-lasting relationships withclients, potential clients and advisers. You will be coming from awell-recognised practice, and will thrive in a collaborative team environment.

There will be opportunities to work on a diverse workload in a rangeof different sectors - for example engineering plant (e.g energy &power), process plant in manufacturing and the built infrastructureenvironment, a combination of contentious and non-contentious matters,or to work on a range of different infrastructure projects.

What you need to know

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, pleasevisit our careers site at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We areunable to process applications sent directly by email. Please completean online application.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce isrepresentative of our diverse society. We welcome applicationsregardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parentalstatus, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonableadjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it isinclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevantdata for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.