Senior Associate, Construction

We're seeking a senior associate construction litigator, with a focus on UK-based building work.

It's an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and one of our key strengths is our Building Safety team which provides strategic advice in relation to the challenges of a highly regulated and fast evolving legal environment. You will have the opportunity to make an impact working side-by-side with our partners and other lawyers for blue-chip clients working on cutting edge law.

The team acts for developers, contractors, sub-contractors, construction companies and real estate investment funds in mediation, adjudication, arbitration, and litigation

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Main responsibiliti

• esHandling contentious matters and dispute advisory work up to and including ADR, expert determination, adjudications (plus enforcement proceedings in the TCC), arbitration and litigation. You will be expected to handle with autonomy cases dealing with wide range of matters including final account and delay claims, quality of build claims, construction insolvency, bond claims, fire and structural safety claims under the new legislation, professional indemnity and other insurance-related claim
• s.Providing technical legal and commercial advice to clients involved in construction disputes, working with partners and other fee earners in the team to assess risks and provide innovative solutions to client
• s.Effectively project managing matters through to completion and delegating effectively to more junior members of the team. Providing them guidance and supporting their professional developmen
• t.Developing and managing strong client relationships, developing an understanding of their needs in order to consistently deliver highest quality legal services to the
• m.Instructing and liaising with counsel and other experts where necessar
• y.Attending and running meetings with clients, counsel and opposing partie
• s.Keeping up to date with developments in contentious construction law, sharing knowledge, insight and best practice within the team and wider fir

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About

youIdeally you will be able to demonstra

• te;Proven experience working on relevant contentious construction work at a senior lev
• el;Detailed knowledge of adjudication, arbitration and litigation practice and procedu
• re;Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage client deadlin
• es;Good communication skills, confidence in dealing with both internal and external stakeholders at all leve
• ls;Exceptional client facing skills and the ability to operate as a 'trusted adviso
• r';The ability and drive to develop long standing client relationshi
• ps;A broad technical grounding across real esta
• te;The ability to deal with complex technical legal concep
• ts;A commercial approach to problem solving, providing innovative solutions to the firm and our clien
• ts;Thoroughness and attention to deta
• il;Confident and effective advocacy/communication sty
• le;Willingness to actively participate in business development and profile-raising activities;
• andThe ability to supervise, mentor and develop more junior members of the te

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Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be p