Construction Solicitor - Non-Contentious - Central Belt
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Scotland, Edinburgh
- Salary
- £45000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 15 Aug 2018
- Reference
- BBBH19508
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- Practice area
- Construction and civil engineering
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Are you a solicitor with non-contentious transactional construction experience hoping to make your way into an associate role in the Edinburgh or Glasgow areas?
Do you have a minimum of four years PQE and ideally hail from a leading legal practice or commercial boutique?
Are your main drivers quality of work coupled with the chance for advancement with a firm that can offer a clear vision of your path towards partnership over the coming years?
If any or all of these statements sound like you, then please do read on.
QED Legal's client, one of the UK's leading legal practices has a requirement for a non-contentious construction solicitor looking for their first, or next, associate role to join their team which is currently spread across both their Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Whichever office you would be based from would be based entirely around your current geographical location.
You will take on a caseload comprised of both private and public sector clients including the majority of the UK's leading contractors within a team ranked at the highest level for construction and projects work both nationally and internationally.
You should have first-rate drafting and negotiating skills, describe yourself as having impeccable attention to detail and have the drive necessary to begin your journey towards a senior position with one of the country's most respected legal institutions.
For additional information please contact Neil Campbell at QED Legal via the details provided.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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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