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Senior Lawyer - Commercial Law Team

Employer
Environment Agency
Location
Bristol , Exeter
Salary
£46,374
Closing date
6 Feb 2022

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Practice area
Company and commercial
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
Position
Solicitor
Sector
In-house

Job Details

Our work makes a real difference to the environment. We believe this, and the quality of work, are the biggest rewards this opportunity presents.

You will advise on a wide range of general commercial matters such as public procurement, dispute resolution, intellectual property, construction agreements, supply agreements, debt recovery and externally funded projects. You will also provide commercial law support to lawyers in other Legal Services teams. You will be helping to deliver the Environment Agency’s Action Plan (EA2025 creating a better place) and the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan. You will need to work with external public, private and third sector partners as well as engaging with lawyers in the Government Legal Department and the wider public and private sectors and to provide sensible, practical, accurate, timely and risk-based advice. You will have a varied, high quality, interesting and challenging caseload, and ensure that services are provided in a client-focused manner.

It is important to us that our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we work to protect and improve the environment for. We welcome candidates with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds who bring with them skills in the areas mentioned above or other transferable skills.  

The team  

There are currently six lawyers in the commercial law team. While currently home-working they are normally based in Bristol and Exeter, but with a focus on Bristol, where key clients are located. Two members of the team work part-time. Candidates seeking flexible working, including job share are welcome. For an exceptional candidate we may consider a base other than Bristol or Exeter.  

Experience/skills required  

  • Candidates will need to have an excellent track record of handling complex legal and technical issues, including advising on a wide range of commercial matters.
  • Experience of the following would be an advantage: Civil litigation, debt recovery, procurement law, construction law, intellectual property law and public law.
  • Candidates must have a willingness and aptitude to rapidly get up to speed on new legal issues, including the confidence and experience to assimilate a new area of commercial or other area of law quickly.
  • Candidates must have the ability to write detailed legal briefings for use at director/board/government level, and to compose correspondence in response to challenging external questions.
  • Candidates must have the ability through experience to advise managers, officers and lawyers upon the direction and conduct of casework.
  • Candidates must be capable of influencing and persuading a wide range of people up to organisational leaders.

Contact and additional information   Candidates must be admitted as a barrister, solicitor or legal executive with current right to practise in England. Applicants from other common law jurisdictions are welcome, at the time of applying they must be fully qualified in England. National travel is required.

Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of the role and the wide range of benefits we offer including a career average pension scheme. For further information contact Will McKenzie will.mckenzie@environment-agency.gov.uk

Company

We work to create better places for people and wildlife, and support sustainable development. EA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. We employ around 10,600 people throughout England in a variety of roles. Our head office is in Bristol and we have another office in London. We have offices across England, divided into 14 areas.

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