Senior Regulatory Environmental Lawyer, 5+ PQE

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• We are looking to recruit an experienced Environmental Lawyer (Senior MA/LD) with the core skills, quality and versatility to work on a wide variety of advisory, contentious and transactional work across the full spectrum of environmental and sustainability issues.
• This role is open to accepting applications nationally where we have AG office presence, including Scotland, Manchester, Leeds or London. This will be a hybrid working position aligned with the firm's policy of three days per week in the office. We are also open to considering individuals seeking part-time (4 days per week).
• As well as our own trained lawyers, we have colleagues who have previously been in international, Magic Circle, US, City, national and boutique law firms as well as in-house at leading corporates, all of whom enjoy working with us.

THE TEAM

Our Environment & Sustainability team delivers comprehensive advice on the entire spectrum of environmental risk and liability concerns often high-profile, catering to a diverse client base across multiple sectors. There will be collaborative working with our colleagues across real estate, corporate, projects, banking and business restructuring teams to ensure that environmental risk is properly identified and managed in transactions.

We assist clients in navigating the complex landscape of both UK and EU environmental regulations that affect their operations. Our guidance encompasses a the full range of regulatory regimes, including environmental permitting, water resources, pollution and contamination, natural capital, waste management, climate change and energy performance, asbestos management, and issues of waste and producer responsibility, such as packaging waste, classification, labelling, packaging, and the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

We represent clients in formal investigations and prosecutions conducted by environmental regulators, understanding the unpredictable and singular nature of these events and the need for rapid response. We support clients in developing effective strategies for managing these investigations and advise on voluntary disclosures of non-compliance to regulatory authorities, including the drafting of enforcement undertaking offers and subsequent steps.

What To Expect In This Role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role on client relationship development and the continued expansion of the team and practice, which will provide clear career progression opportunities at a pivotal stage in your career.

• You will advise on the full range of environmental legal issues including advisory, contentious and transactional projects.
• You will manage complex cases and work with clients across a broad range of sectors.
• You will provide clear, precise, practical advice, often to tight deadlines.
• You will demonstrate your knowledge of key areas of the law and an aptitude to observe developments in law and policy and evaluate how these would impact our clients' businesses.
• To become an integrated and supportive member of the wider Global Investigations team, helping others and learning from their knowledge as required.
• Real prospects for growth and career progression as you take on market-leading national work supported by a strong team of subject matter experts.
• Continuous self-development is valued, and you will be encouraged to engage with formal training programmes (whether technical or skills based) and to draw on mentoring, coaching and leadership development programmes available to you.
• Our market leading Associate and Managing Associate development programmes will help you map out key objectives and timescales for your career progression and provide you with a mentor and frequent check-ins.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?