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Job Title
Construction Lawyer
Closing Date
30-Nov-2023
Position
Full Time
Business Entity
Gateley Legal
Department
Construction
Location
Birmingham – United Kingdom
Job Type
Experienced Hire
Description
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 Roles
Our business is ambitious for success
and in order to manage a strong pipeline of existing work and take
up many other opportunities, we have exciting plans to significantly
grow our Construction offering.
We are looking to appoint lawyers at
all levels to grow our team and the roles are available across our
network of Gateley Legal offices; including Belfast, Birmingham,
Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.
For roles in Northern Ireland, our
team in Belfast 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.
Examples of work across the
Construction team 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 fire and building safety issues in projects
in England and Wales since the Grenfell Tragedy in 2017and related disputes.
The Gateley group act in a
multi-disciplinary capacity for most of the UK's top 20
Housebuilders, so we are well positioned to advise clients who are
acutely exposed to the building safety issues affecting the
construction and development industry since the Grenfell Tragedy.
We are trusted advisors to the UK's
largest residential developers; helping them navigate rapidly
evolving government policies and legislation, including the
significant expansion of liabilities brought about by the Building
Safety Pledge and the Building Safety Act 2022.
We support our clients with all
aspects of their remediation procurement strategies and represent
them in the defence and pursuit of formal legal claims, including
£multi-million disputes in arbitrations and court proceedings.
Successful candidates will play a
leading role in this fast moving, technically challenging area of
law and will benefit from working with industry leading clients,
lawyers and experts across many disciplines including architectural,
fire engineering, structural, project management and quantity surveying.
Key Skills & Experience
We have opportunities in a range of roles:
Experienced solicitors, from 4PQE+
with construction litigation experience (including ideally
professional negligence work). 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.
A dedicated Professional Support
Lawyer who is keen to play a key role with supporting the team on
fire and building safety issues, assisting with regular training
sessions and insight documents (for internal and external
audiences), preparing precedent documents and implementing legal
tech solutions that will drive efficiencies and improvements in
service delivery for our clients.
Candidates will also have the
following skills / attributes:
Interest and enthusiasm in the
wider political issues and policies that affect our clients, so we
demonstrate that we are more than simply legal advisors and are
fully aware of the 'big pictures' issues that will impact upon our
clients' businesses and their decision making.
A forward thinking approach to
innovation and legal technology, always eager identify ways of
delivering improved processes for the benefit of our clients.
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 and will thrive in a
collaborative environment of working with clients and colleagues
across multiple locations.
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.