Are you looking to work in a close-knit, collaborative team
environment where your contribution and expertise is truly valued? Are
you keen to take the next step in your Construction career within a
global law firm, which offers clear progression opportunities? Then
this could be the role for you.
We are seeking a Senior Associate (6+ PQE) with proven experience in
working in Construction law to join our successful team in any of our
regional UK offices.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law
firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business
and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business
solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities
and 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 four
continents provide unrivalled access to expertise. In the UK, we have
offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and London.
Our Team
As you would expect from a firm of our profile and size, the members
of our global Construction & Engineering practice are leaders in
their field, operating across a range of jurisdictions. From a UK
perspective, we advise our clients on all aspects of their
construction and engineering projects, from project inception,
procurement through to execution, and finding solutions to issues
arising resolution of any disputes when projects do not go to plan.
The team advises on all standard forms of UK contracts including the
well-used NEC4 and JCT, Model Forms of contract as well as
international forms such as FIDIC, IChemE, and bespoke turnkey
contracts. All forms of dispute resolution are undertaken by the team
including litigation arbitration (including international arbitration)
adjudication and ADR.
Our Opportunity
Providing our clients with top rate service comes natural to us and
you will be integral to the continuing provision of client service
excellence. This is an exciting time to join Squire Patton Boggs with
the opportunity to get involved in a varied workload with plenty of
scope for direct client contact and business development.
This role will suit someone with a commercial attitude along with a
confident and proactive approach, with good people skills, ability to
work as a team player and an interest in business development. There
will be the potential for individual advancement within the team and
candidates should expect excellent quality of work in a culture which
encourages leadership and involvement with the business and its clients.
We offer up to 50% remote working, competitive pay and an attractive
bonus and benefits programme, including an uncapped productivity bonus.
The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive
working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK
offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI
programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support
individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal
and professional goals.
You
We are looking for an individual with a strong track record in
Construction law, ideally 6+ PQE, with the drive and ability to
deliver high-quality work.
You will be a committed individual and well on the way to building a
strong network of your own. You will have the ability to build
long-lasting relationships with clients, potential clients and
advisers; therefore strong communication skills are essential. You
will be coming from a well-recognised international, national or
regional practice, and will thrive in a collaborative team environment
and have experience of supervising more junior members of the team.
There will be opportunities to work on a diverse workload in a range
of different sectors, for example engineering plant (e.g energy &
power), process plant in manufacturing and the built infrastructure
environment. combination of contentious and non-contentious matters,
or to work more closely with our Projects and Infrastructure team on a
range of different infrastructure projects.
What you need to know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please
visit our careers site at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We are
unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete
an online application.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is
representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,
age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental
status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable
adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is
inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant
data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.
