Associate

**Vacancy details**:
**Associate - Government & Infrastructure - Nottingham**:
**Vacancy type**
- Lawyer

**Level**
- Mid

**Business area**
- Business services

**Duration**
- Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time

**Location**
- Nottingham

**Reference number**
- J0022

**Job title**
- Associate - Government & Infrastructure - Nottingham

**Team**
- Business Services - Government & Infrastructure

**Vacancy owner**
- Louisa Phillips

At Browne Jacobson, we’ve always worked across business and society, and this expertise sets us apart. Social and environmental impact are at the top of our business agenda. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how we improve outcomes for every person, community and business we serve.

With offices in Birmingham, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham, we’re a UK & I based law firm with an international reach. Our sectors include: health; real estate and construction; education; energy and infrastructure; financial services; government; insurance; manufacturing and industrials; and retail, consumer and logistics.

We nurture talent at all levels and from every background and celebrate what makes people individuals. Law needs all voices to reflect the society it serves and we’re working towards social mobility, diversity and inclusion in our firm - and our profession. We strive to create meaningful personal and professional development opportunities and offer flexible working in support of a good work-life balance. We focus on wellbeing and individuality, so that all our people can thrive.

**What is the working practice for this role?**

The firm operates a set of core principles that guides our working practice. It’s called ‘One Firm, Wherever You Are’.

You might have enjoyed working from home and would like to split your time between there and the office/ other work locations. Others may be eager to return to the office on a more regular basis. We believe that a regular level of in-person contact is an important way to build connections with your colleagues, enhancing knowledge and idea sharing and enabling all of us to benefit from the vibrant office culture Browne Jacobson has to offer.

Our expectation is that, **on average**, you’ll work from home for no more than three days per week, with the remainder of your time either spent with your colleagues in the office or working from other locations as work demands dictate, e.g. courts, client offices, conferences etc. This is an average expectation over time and we know that there will be variations from week to week. Equally, there will be individual circumstances in which a different pattern of work is needed, for example as an agreed reasonable adjustment for colleagues with a disability or long-term medical condition.

We believe this approach:

- fits with our values and personality;
- will enhance our performance through greater flexibility;
- advances our ambitions as an inclusive employer - helping you better balance work and family/life commitments;
- offers opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint (travel, office services etc.), a key ambition underpinning our corporate sustainability plan.

**Why is this role important and how does it fit into the team, department and wider firm?**

We are seeking to enhance the government and infrastructure team through the recruitment of an Associate who has hands on experience of either working with public sector bodies and/or suppliers to the public sector or a strong interest and desire to learn more about the sector. This person will deliver work with a particular focus on major projects, notably in the area of regeneration (e.g., housing and town centre schemes, including where there are joint ventures, or other innovative methods of delivery).

The vast majority of our work is non-contentious commercial advice for clients, acting for public bodies and for private sector organisations that have relationships with the public sector. Our advice includes:

- Major projects, particularly regeneration.
- Commercial agreements relating to collaborations, joint ventures and outsourcing.
- Alternative service delivery models, including wholly
- and jointly-owned companies, mutualisation and shared services;
- Public law advice; powers, procurement, and state aid.

**What does the role actually involve?**
- Supporting other lawyers in the team, and across other teams when required, with all aspects of their work
- Providing advice to clients in accordance with the firm’s policy of using clear English, both written and oral
- Drafting a range of documents or supporting on more complex documents that support all areas of work covered by the team
- Time recording and meeting set targets in line with the firm’s policies and protocols
- Maintaining good links with existing clients and profile raising through, for example, attending networking events, which very occasionally in