Gateley Tweed offer a multi-jurisdictional approach, operating in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and throughout England & Wales. As part of our ambitious growth plans, we are expanding our range of legal services and presence in Northern Ireland.

The Team

Our nationally recognised construction team advises on all kinds of construction projects for contractors, developers and housebuilders and has experience in dealing with international construction projects.

Our clients include many of the major housebuilders, local authorities, universities, major developers, landowners and employers not directly involved in construction. We also act for a wide range of those delivering construction projects including major national and regional contractors, subcontractors and professional consultants.

The Role

Our business is ambitious for success and we are looking to recruit people to join Gateley Tweed who are excited by the opportunity to grow the business and to help manage the strong pipeline of work.

To help us achieve this we are looking to appoint an experienced solicitor who is currently operating at Solicitor level. You will join our expanding and successful construction team, based in our Belfast office. We are keen to speak with candidates who have experience within construction litigation or non- contentious construction matters including professional negligence work.

This is a very unique & rare opportunity to gain hands on experience assisting Partners Mark Lennon and Lisa Boyd on a variety of high-profile matters. Some examples of work include:

• Assisting clients with various construction disputes, relating to issues such as payment, delays and defects;
• Supporting clients with non-contentious construction work, procurement and project funding arrangements;
• Providing strategic support and advice to clients on building safety issues in projects in England and Wales since the Grenfell Tragedy in 2017, including implications arising from the new Building Safety Act 2022 and related professional negligence disputes.
• Opportunity to develop within non-contentious construction, procurement and NI work.

The Belfast team work closely with the wider national construction team in England. You will have the opportunity to work across jurisdictions (England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland) and develop your practice in the local Belfast market. The successful candidate will be admitted to practise in England & Wales, Northern Ireland and preferably in the Republic of Ireland.

Please note this is a hybrid working opportunity.

Key Skills & Experience

This opportunity is open to a solicitor who is currently operating at Associate level with experience ideally between 4 - 6 years' PQE. The ideal candidate will be experienced managing a variety of transactions within construction litigation (including ideally professional negligence work), and some non- contentious construction experience would be advantageous. We will also consider candidates with a broad construction or general commercial litigation background (with a focus on construction disputes / professional negligence of such cases) but who also practise in other areas.

Candidates will also have the following:

• Ideally at least 4- 6 years PQE level experience advising on construction matters and preferably to include a specialist focus in professional negligence
• Ambition to build and grow a network of clients within professional services
• Excellent inter-personal skills and a confident manner in engaging with clients and colleagues
• A strong team work ethic and the ability to work effectively under pressure
• Drive, commitment, self-motivation and a "can do" attitude
• The ability to exercise discretion and professionalism at all times
• Exceptional attention to detail.

The Benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.

In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are Gateley

We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and well-being

Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley Tweed's culture and values.

We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.