Planning Solicitor
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Leeds
- Salary
- £44000 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 9 Feb 2021
- Reference
- BH-31772
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- Practice area
- Planning law
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Leeds
A leading Top 100 firm based in Leeds are looking for a talented junior planning lawyer to join their market leading team in the city centre.
The Planning & Environment team are recognised by regionally and nationally for the quality of the work they regularly advise and the expertise of the lawyers who work in the team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior lawyer NQ – 2 years to join a busy department where they will get exposure to hands on work from the outset, working under and learning from some of the leading lawyers in this niche area of law.
Day to day you will be acting for and advising a wide range of clients including commercial, public authority and private bodies, across multiple areas including retail, waste and energy projects, and residential work.
The team deal with matters from cradle to grave advising on both non-contentious and contentious issues in CPO and Land Tribunals as well as Judicial Review proceedings.
Due to the structure and history of the firm all the work you will do here in Leeds will be excellent quality on a par with work ordinarily kept in London.
To be considered for this role you should be a junior Planning Lawyer having trained at a large well respected commercial practice or a specialist boutique planning firm.
Salary is highly competitive based on level of PQE and general experience with great benefits.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please contact Graham Rawlinson at QED Legal for a confidential chat.
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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