Ward Hadaway
Solicitor (Construction)
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Job Title
Are you a qualified Solicitor working in Construction looking for your next challenge in a dynamic and fast-paced environment?
About the Role
We're looking for a Solicitor with 0 to 4 years post-qualifying experience to join our Construction team based in our Birmingham office. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly successful team, supporting the Partners and fee earners across a broad range of both contentious and non-contentious matters.
What Will I Be Doing
- Advise clients on a range of construction and engineering issues, dealing with a range of employers, contractors, sub-contractors, construction professionals, financial institutions, and other parties.
- Advise clients and conduct a wide range of advisory and contentious matters including negotiations, dispute avoidance, adjudications, court and arbitration proceedings, mediations, and other forms of ADR.
- Advise clients in connection with commercial and industrial development, infrastructure, housebuilding, healthcare, education, retail, leisure, public sector, and other sectors and projects.
- Advise, report on, draft, and negotiate a wide range of construction and engineering contracts, professional appointments, warranties, bonds, guarantees, and other project documentation.
- Negotiate/liaise with clients and other professionals to secure agreed objectives.
- Attend meetings and negotiations with clients and third parties.
- Research new areas of law and case law to ensure the accuracy of advice and procedure.
- Develop existing and new client business via appropriate channels including active network building, marketing, entertaining clients, etc.
- Supervise and delegate work to Trainee Solicitors and Paralegals as appropriate to seniority.
- Undertake and contribute to a range of continuing professional development (CPD) activities.
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You'll Have
- Previous experience in a Construction role advising on a broad range of matters.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a clear and logical approach.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritize.
- The ability to work independently using your own initiative as well as working as part of a team.
- A good level of IT proficiency and effective file management skills.
- A proactive approach and a high level of attention to detail.
About Us
We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK, we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.
We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity, and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognize that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients, and our communities.
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What We Can Offer You
We’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing, and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognized by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.
Our core benefits include:
- An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
- Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
- A range of health and wellbeing benefits.
- Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week working from one of our office locations.
- A flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.
If you would like to request further information or to discuss the role, please contact people@wardhadaway.com.
If you require any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please request a call back via the above email address.
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