Construction Projects Lawyer

Brief
We are currently looking to recruit a qualified Transactional Construction lawyer with 3-6 years PQE to join our expanding Construction and Projects Solutions (CAPS) Team in Birmingham.

Our Birmingham Team

The firm advises both public and private sector clients and has developed a strong practice advising on large infrastructure projects, real estate developments and manufacturing facilities for bio-technology clients, as well as portfolio redevelopment for several investment funds.. Practice head Nigel Blundell has also handled significant mandates in the rail and infrastructure industries, advocating innovative contracting mechanisms. 

Work highlights:

• Advising on the UK's largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects including advising Leeds Bradford Airport, numerous contractors on Network Rail's CP7 framework, various water AMP and  advising contractors on bids for National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.
• Advising on a portfolio of cladding remediation projects for national developers.
• Acting on real estate developments nationally. Sectors include offices, hotels, residential, mixed-use and institutional investors on their portfolios and development work.
• Acting for numerous clients in the university sector on significant mandates on high profile projects.

What our clients say:

'Our experience with PM is that there is always a high level of partner engagement and they are consistently excellent communicators.'

'Nigel Blundell is very down-to-earth and a clear communicator, providing us with concise and practical advice. He easily takes contractual issues that are bespoke to the construction industry and presented them in an easily digestible format for our senior management team. The internal project management team have been overwhelmingly positive of the value added from Nigel and the wider PM team.'

'What makes the practice unique is its depth of legal knowledge and clarity of advice.' 

The Candidate Required

We are now looking to appoint an ambitious qualified lawyer with 3-6 years PQE who wishes to advance their abilities in construction & projects, and knowledge at a top tier international law practice.

The successful applicant will:

• ideally have gained experience in a large commercial firm and have completed work in construction, projects or similar
• Ideally have advised contractors as well as other key stakeholders.
• have a strong academic background and excellent communication and organisational skills
• have good commercial awareness and is client focused
• be a team player with the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment
• be well-organised and have good project management skills 

About the Firm

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. 

The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice. 

We value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our people can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever their ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics. We have embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which our people can flourish. 

We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. 

Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.

Awards

We're being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT's most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters' leading legal brand in their UK index.

We have been recognised as by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer. Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBTQ+ inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a 'Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023' for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as a Disability Confident Employer by the Department for Work & Pensions, and we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500.

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As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.  

Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Johenn Choi who can discuss the role and requirements.

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