Senior Associate
2 weeks ago
- Practice group
- Litigation & Dispute Mgmt
Office
- Birmingham
Position type
- Permanent
- Summary
- We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We're full service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we're equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we're purposeful and purposeled. So although the world is fastmoving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We're ambitious for our clients, our communities and for you. Whether you're starting out on your career or well established, whether you're a lawyer or in business services. If you're looking for what's next, we are too.
What to expect
As a lawyer, you enjoy a variety of work: regional to international and across practice groups. With us, you grow your global mindset. You're encouraged to put ideas into action and there's always something new and different to get involved in. We see the fast-moving world as a place where we can all thrive and succeed. We're excited for what's next, so with us, you can be too.
Our team
With over 500 experienced attorneys, we are one of the top ten largest Litigation practices in the world.
Internationally recognised, we are featured in The Lawyer Global Top 50, Global Investigations Review Top 100 and Global Arbitration Review Top 30.
Our global Litigation team has led clients through some of the most complex disputes and challenging regulatory investigations around the world.
At Eversheds Sutherland, our transactional Construction & Engineering team sits alongside our disputes colleagues within Litigation.Our construction and engineering lawyers are acknowledged experts when it comes to large scale projects and disputes avoidance and management.
We utilise the experience and commercial expertise of our people to ensure deals are delivered on time and problems resolved in a straightforward and commercial manner.
Acting for governments, public bodies, major multinational, national and international corporations and contractors, the matters we deal with are often highly significant and complex.
As part of one of the largest teams of its kind globally, our people have the support they need to deliver excellence.
Role and key responsibilities
We are seeking a talented and motivated individual to join the team.
The right applicant will have the desire to grow into the team and develop their career with us over the medium and long term.
Key responsibilities include:
We have a fantastic, technically challenging role where you will play an integral part in:
- Acting for a wide range of national and international clients, with a particular focus on the Energy and Infrastructure sectors as well as the traditional built environment.
- Providing strategic and commercial legal advice on major energy, infrastructure and development projects.
- Handling your own matters and providing support and guidance to more junior lawyers within the team.
- Taking a proactive lead in business development and contributing to the strategic direction of the team.
- Working with your colleagues across the national/international team and wider practice and product groups across the firm to help develop growth areas for the team.
Skills and experience
We are keen to speak with non-contentious construction lawyers wanting to develop and thrive within an exciting, international focused team and offering:
- 4+pqe in non-contentious construction law.
- Strong technical skills gained through working on high value construction and engineering transactions and contracts (particularly infrastructure projects), with the ability to understand complex legal arguments and subtle interpretation differences and to explain the law clearly and concisely.
- Projects and contracts pertaining to the following are highly favourable: Standard forms including FIDIC, NEC, iChemE, JCT; Framework Agreements; Interconnectors; collaborative contracts and alliancing; and other bespoke contracts.
- Excellent communication skills, the ability to build rapport with clients and a dedication to providing a first rate client service both internally and externally.
- A "can do" attitude, one team ethos and willingness to go the extra mile to ensure client needs are met.
- A highly organised and strong practical approach with the ability to follow procedures, meet key dates and juggle the demands of a busy workload.
- Exposure to business development and supervising junior fee earners and a keen desire to continue taking an active role in business development and training activities.
What's in it for you?
At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
- We're fair, transparent and equitable
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