Job Description

Purpose of The Role

• The continued success of the team has led to an increase in the number value of key mandates, and we are looking to recruit a Construction lawyer to join our London team to work on a variety of contentious construction matters.
• This will focus predominantly on Contentious matters both in formal disputes and project advisory stages - including acting for Developers, Lenders, Contractors, Consultants and Public Sector Bodies
• There is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in contentious work, client relationship development and continued expansion of the team and practice.

The Team

• This is a high performing, cohesive and busy team with a strong reputation for providing associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment and therefore you can expect to take a leading role on some matters. The team will take a genuine interest and support you with your development and career ambitions therefore offering excellent career prospects.
• The work of the group is hugely varied, from international arbitration on energy projects to adjudication on larger Real Estate developments and some of the largest PFI/PPP projects.
• Much of the work is generated from within the construction group itself with the team additionally providing Real Estate, Banking and PFI/Projects support. Projects and advice cover the whole range of construction, engineering and procurement issues across both public and private sectors.
• We have a strong reputation for providing Associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive, stretching environment. This is a high-performing, cohesive, busy and fun team with excellent prospects for career development and a fantastic array of clients.

What to Expect in This Role

• Our market leading construction team continues to grow the mandates on which it acts both for existing and new clients. You will have plenty of opportunity to assist in pitching for work and helping to manage client relationships.
• The team has a strong reputation for providing associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment and therefore you can expect to take a leading role on some matters. At this stage in your career the team will take a genuine interest and support you with your development therefore offering excellent career prospects.
• You will be assisting in the drafting of and advising clients on a range of construction issues and documentation including consultant appointments, warranties, construction and development contracts, in a range of sectors including living, office, retail life sciences, energy industrials and transport.
• The team will take a genuine interest and support you with your development therefore offering excellent career prospects.
• You will handle your own matters (with supervision) and assist the Partners and Managing Associates on more complex matters.
• You can expect to have the opportunity to play a significant role in working for clients that are key to the Division and to the firm.

Your Areas of Knowledge and ExpertiseTo be successful in this role, what are the:

• Have at least 1+ PQE years' experiences within Construction Matter, seeking a new challenge with a Contentious focus.
• Ideally you will have solid construction litigation experience with good experience of the TCC, adjudication process, preparing pleadings, preparing witness and expert statements.
• Be a confident stakeholder manager, with evidenced experience of engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Be confident in drafting clear and legally effective documents, which reflect the client's instructions.
• Maintain efficient diary and task management across a range matters, ensuring the accuracy and levels of client service expected within a high performing team.
• Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.

Our FirmAddleshaw 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 BEEverything 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?

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