Solicitor

Our Commercial and Legal team are currently recruiting for a Solicitor (non-contentious) to be based in either our Bath or Leeds office.

This full-time role represents an excellent opportunity for a Solicitor to join a talented and friendly team. This position offers an excellent salary, many incredible benefits, and the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements.

You will work with a talented team to assist in providing pragmatic and commercially sound legal advice via a business partnering arrangement to the business on it’s global portfolio of projects whilst developing relationships with internal business stakeholders as well as our clients and collaborators to mitigate the business’ risks.

Learn more about what it's like to work in our Commercial & Legal team here

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your next role

Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to contribute to our fantastic Commercial and Legal team.

Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.

You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.

Key Duties

• Providing sound and timely legal and commercial advice to mitigate commercial and contractual risks on the company’s global portfolio of projects.
• Reviewing, reporting on, negotiating and finalising a wide range of contractual documentation (including but not limited to consultancy appointments and sub-consultancy agreements, collateral warranties, novation agreements, letters of intent).
• Advising the business to ensure that the company’s governance policies are adhered to in contract negotiations and assisting to make a case for any deviations to the governance policies where necessary.
• Assisting the business in the proper operation and administration of its contracts and legal framework.
• Assisting in the provision of training to the business to promote awareness on a range of legal and commercial issues relevant to the industry and projects.
• Assisting with developing and implementing systems, processes and procedures to enhance the efficiency of the Commercial and Legal team and the company as a whole.
• Ensure appropriate, timely and proportionate support is provided to the Project Directors and Partners in closing out contractual negotiations and any further contract interpretation and administration assistance during project delivery.
• Working collaboratively and liaising with other business service functions as necessary to ensure an inclusive, collaborative approach to resolving issues.

Your skills and experience

• Legally qualified, ideally with 2-5 years' post qualification experience.
• Experience in construction law and the construction industry is essential with preferably demonstrable experience in general commercial law.
• Experience of drafting and reviewing contracts.
• Negotiation skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Commercial mindset.
• Good administrative and organisational skills.
• Keen attention to detail.

What we offer

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, private medical cover, car allowance, and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.