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Area
Corporate and Commercial
Location
All Offices
Description
Job Title: Projects / Construction Lawyer
Division: Corporate and Commercial
Location: London, Birmingham, Leeds or Winchester
Term: Permanent - Full time or Part time (Flexible)
The Firm
Capsticks is a leading provider of legal services to the health,
social care, housing and emergency services sectors, as well as in the
field of professional discipline. The firm has a turnover of c£50m and
around 550 staff - including 400 fee earners - across 5 offices
nationally. We act for a wide range of long standing clients in both
the public and private sector, including all forms of NHS
organisations, governmental and regulatory bodies, registered
providers, insurers, police, fire and rescue services, independent
health and social care providers, charities and GP practices.
Further details about the firm and the type of work carried out can
be found on our website at www.capsticks.com.
The Role
The firm's national Project and Procurement practice carries out a
full range of projects, development and construction work for its
health, social care and housing clients from across the voluntary,
public and private sectors. This includes major hospital and housing
developments and energy infrastructure projects.
We are now seeking a non-contentious construction lawyer to join our
busy national team. The successful candidate will undertake a wide
range of high quality and complex work for both public sector and
independent sector clients including health and energy sector clients.
The successful candidate will be a commercially minded lawyer who can
work very closely with clients, provide first class practical advice
and who is technically proficient in non-contentious construction
work. The team is appointed to act on some of the largest NHS New
Hospital Programme construction projects and requires additional
solicitors to add to the team.
The role will involve responsibility for your own caseload as well as
working closely with the Partners and Solicitors of both the
Commercial and Real Estate on business development opportunities. A
genuine interest in growing business from existing clients as well as
targeting and attracting new clients is therefore very important. We
don't believe in standing still so all our team are encouraged to get
out there, raise their profile and network in order to help grow the
department and promote their career prospects.
Candidates will be expected to be able to demonstrate at interview
that they have:
JCT and NEC forms of contract;
excellent interpersonal skills;
excellent commercial awareness;
excellent organisation and time management skills;
the ability and willingness to work flexibly and autonomously;
a team orientated mindset
We are committed to recruiting the best people to maintain our market
leading position and lawyers of most interest to us are those who have
the ability to actively develop client relationships and deliver
clear, focused and practical advice. In return, the firm prides itself
on being able to offer top quality work, excellent career prospects
and a healthy work life balance in a supportive working environment.
Capsticks is an inclusive employer
At Capsticks we value diversity and we are
committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working
environment where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their
full potential. Capsticks is committed to providing equal
opportunities for all and therefore we welcome the unique
contributions that you can bring in terms of your education,
background, culture, ethnicity, race, nationality, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, age, disability, neurodiversity,
religion and beliefs.
We will make reasonable adjustments to our
application and interview process to ensure that you have the best
chance of success. We understand that there's not a "one size
fits all" approach to adjustments so our team will work with
you individually to understand more about your requirements. If you
have any questions please contact our Recruitment team on: (Careers@capsticks.com).
In 2020 Capsticks achieved a 1 star
accreditation from Best Companies, the specialists whose recognition
programme is the standard for workplace engagement. The Best
Companies accreditation is really important to Capsticks as it
focuses on the trust and value we place in our people, their
wellbeing and their careers.
Capsticks is an agile firm and is open to
conversations about flexible working.