NQ Solicitor, Real Estate - Construction

The role

This role is a great opportunity for a NQ lawyer to join the firm's rapidly growing Construction practice and to develop both non-contentious and contentious skills.  The Construction team is core to the firm's full-service Real Estate department, one of the largest in London.

The current balance of work in the team is c. 50% non-contentious, 50% contentious, almost exclusively UK-based and all building-related.  The team works closely with the firm's largest clients, with a particular focus on developers, project funders and high net worth individuals in the private development sector.

There is currently a small, but expanding engineering or infrastructure client base, but the current workload reflects a significant bias towards residential development, derived from the wider Real Estate department.  The team works closely with both the Development and the Real Estate Finance teams, for commercial and residential development schemes. The team also acts for contractors and subcontractors.

Role responsibility

You will work with the Construction team across both non-contentious and contentious construction matters. Your practice will be largely focussed on UK-based, building-related matters, but you will also have the opportunity to work on matters with our currently small, but expanding engineering or infrastructure client base.

• Information gathering, processing, analysis, interpretation: Due Diligence (DD) information to ascertain relevance; reviewing of contracts; negotiations; mediation.
• Drafting: construction contracts (standard form and bespoke); agreements for lease and sale/purchase; collateral warranties; consultant appointments (standard form and bespoke); development agreements; facility and funding agreements; deeds of priority; share purchase agreements; etc.
• Negotiating: agreements for lease and sale/purchase; development funding DD; development agreements; licences to alter; procurement and funding.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:

• At least one seat in Construction or Real Estate
• Knowledge of the Real Estate sector and specifically developers
• An interest in and passion for Construction law
• Experience of working in a deadline driven environment
• Good communication skills
• Confidence in building relationships with clients
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
• Confidence in managing internal stakeholders
• Willingness to participate in business development and profile-raising activities

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.