Construction Dispute Resolution Lawyer (1 to 6 years PQE) - Glasgow and/or Edinburgh

Job description

Construction Dispute Resolution Lawyer (1 to 6 years PQE) - Glasgow and/or Edinburgh

Brief

We are looking to recruit a talented lawyer with 1 to 6 years PQE to join our Construction, Advisory and Disputes team in Glasgow and/or Edinburgh.

Background to the Construction, Advisory and Disputes Team

The Construction, Advisory and Disputes Team in Scotland is at the heart of our market-leading global disputes practice. It is:

• a hub for many of the firm's most important relationships;
• host to some of the firm's largest domestic and international disputes;
• a centre of excellence for innovation; and
• home to several of the firm's global leadership team.

Our group, as a whole, is consistently ranked number 1 globally for construction, energy and infrastructure ranked among the top 100 arbitration practices worldwide by Global Arbitration Review with a first class team of over 170 lawyers. Pinsent Masons LLP is recognised both nationally and internationally as the leading adviser to the construction and engineering industries and for infrastructure and energy projects. We have an unrivalled reputation in acting for contractors, project companies, developers, public bodies, funders and insurers. We act for over half of the UK's top 50 contractors, a large number of the top contractors worldwide and an impressive range of private and public sector clients.

Our deep understanding and close alignment to the construction sector enables us to offer an \"entire project life cycle\" service to our clients. Our legal services span national and international procurement techniques and strategies and all forms of dispute resolution.

Key clients
Balfour Beatty BAM Construction Barclays Bank plc Bilfinger BP plc British Gas City of Edinburgh Council Harbour Board of Aberdeen HFD Group Ineos Group ISG Metso Outotec Multiplex Sacyr Construction Wills Bros Worley

The Candidate

The successful candidate will:

• Have a very strong academic background, with excellent communication and organisational skills
• Be able to demonstrate strong technical skills, together with an ability to present solutions effectively and with insight
• Demonstrate an interest in construction & engineering disputes/advisory work, with particular reference to the infrastructure, energy and/or real estate sectors. Experience of this type of work is very welcome, but not essential
• Bring drive and enthusiasm, being commercially aware and client focused
• Proactively seek out development opportunities for themselves and others
• Be qualified in Scotland and/or England & Wales

The opportunity

• High quality engineering and construction work - both live project advisory work and formal disputes involving adjudication, arbitration, litigation, mediation and other forms of ADR
• Responsibility and opportunities to develop rewarding and sustainable client relationships
• The very best national and international work
• Client secondment and PM Office secondment opportunities; and
• Genuine long-term career prospects supported through our \"best in class\" training and our Academy personal development programmes. The firm provides ongoing tailored training pre- and post-promotion, which has enabled several recent Scottish promotions into Partner and Legal Director roles.

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 champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers our employees flexibility in terms of where, and how, they work.

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 LGBT+ 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 .

Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent 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 your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you do this, please let us know.

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

Contact details:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johenn-choi

[email protected]

#LI-LRJCBriefWe are looking to recruit a talented lawyer with 1 to 6 years PQE to join our Construction, Advisory and Disputes team in Glasgow and/or Edinburgh.