Contentious Projects Solicitor
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
- Salary
- £44000 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Jun 2017
- Reference
- BBBH11414
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- Practice area
- Construction and civil engineering
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years, 3 years, 4 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Are you a contentious construction solicitor or projects lawyer considering a move away from your current firm into a role with a difference at one of the UK's most prestigious law firms?
If so, then this role could be for you.
You will advise on all aspects of contentious projects to a mixed portfolio of clients from across the construction and engineering sector. These can include public sector vehicles, quasi-government organisations, national and international PLC's, blue chip companies and small boutique clients. Typical matters include pre-empting contractual obligations, managing disputes and arbitration.
This firm has carved itself out a real niche firm due to it's excellence in this area of law and attracts highly regarded lawyers from across the UK into the team.
With the team in an expansion phase currently, which will continue over the next couple of years, this is an ideal time for an ambitious solicitor to join this team. You will be at the forefront of a major push, gain early exposure to business development activities and be a focal point of the department from a very early stage.
Due to the size of my client's practice, they can offer a work/life balance that just cannot be
For additional information, please contact Dawn Everton via the details provided.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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