Transactional Construction Lawyer

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- TRANSACTIONAL CONSTRUCTION (PROJECTS) LAWYER**

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GLASGOW OR EDINBURGH**

**Brief**

Our Construction and Engineering Group in Scotland is expanding and we are currently looking to recruit a talented transactional (non-contentious) construction lawyer with 2-6 years' PQE to join our team in Glasgow or Edinburgh.

**Did you know?**

We are the largest team of specialist construction lawyers at any law firm in the world. Our Scottish construction practice is an integral part of over 350 infrastructure specialists globally-the largest in the world of its kind. This leading global positionis well recognised, having been awarded Construction Law firm of the Year (Who's Who Legal) for the last fourteen years consecutively. Our Scottish construction lawyers advise on projects across the UK, Europe and beyond as part of our core practice.

**Our Team in Scotland**

Our team is listed as Tier 1 in the Legal 500 in both the Construction, as well as the Energy and Infrastructure, categories for Scotland. Similarly, our team is listed as Tier 1 by Chambers & Partners in the Construction, Energy (excl. oil & gas), and Projectscategories for Scotland.

Julia Maguire
is recognised for her non-contentious construction practice, with particular expertise in the energy sector.

Michael Allan
advises clients on all aspects of non-contentious construction matters, including large-scale development projects.

Nicholas Carlin

, specialising in supply chain arrangements in the renewable energy sphere, is noted by Legal500 as being a “Next Generation Partner”.

Those directories recognise us for:

- being “widely considered to be the pre-eminent firm in the Scottish construction market, offering remarkable depth of talent in both the contentious and non-contentious spaces”;
- particular proficiency in matters pertaining to the energy industry, both in the UK and internationally;
- advising high-profile clients from the private and public sectors on major civil engineering projects;
- our expertise in energy, infrastructure and real estate developments;
- advising a range of industry players including developers, contractors and funders; and
- being a regular fixture on large-scale energy, infrastructure and real estate projects, acting for national and international owners, developers and institutional investors.

We have an unrivalled reputation in acting for developers, funders, project companies, contractors, consultants and insurers across the sectors including real estate, infrastructure and energy (nuclear, renewables, conventional and oil and gas), waste, education,transport and health.We act for major property developers in Scotland and in the UK, over half of the UK's top 50 contractors, a large number of the top contractors worldwide, major energy utilities across Europe and an impressive range of private and publicsector clients active in the construction space both domestically and abroad.

**Key Clients include**:

- Balfour Beatty
- Morgan Sindall
- Lend Lease
- Brookfield Multiplex
- Galliford Try / Morrison Construction
- Laing O’Rourke
- Hochtief Solutions AG
- BAM PPP Ireland
- Aker Solutions ASA
- Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras SA
- ScottishPower Renewables
- E.ON UK
- Red Rock Power
- SSE
- bp plc
- Barclays Bank
- Allianz Global Investors GMBH
- European Investment Bank
- Dalmore Capital Limited
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Winchburgh Developments
- Edinburgh Trams Limited
- Highways England Company Limited
- Equitix Limited

**Work highlights**:
Recent projects led by the Scottish transactional construction team include:

- acting as project lawyers for the developers of a significant number of offshore windfarms, including East Anglia (ScottishPower Renewables), London Array (E.ON UK), Beatrice and Seagreen Offshore Wind Farms (SSE), Inch Cape (Red Rock Power and ESB), TritonKnoll (RWE), Sofia OWF (RWE), Moray East and Moray West OWFs (EDPR/Engie);
- advising the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors as construction consortium for the new Queensferry Crossing;advising Morgan Sindall on its role in an alliance with Network Rail for the Gla