Projects & Construction- Solicitor or Associate (3 years PQE)

Projects & Construction- Solicitor or Associate (3 years PQE)

Hempsons LLP – All Cannings, England, United Kingdom

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About Hempsons LLP

Hempsons is a leading law firm for health and social care, charities and social enterprises. We have 250 staff and lawyers working across five offices nationwide. Our aim is to provide outstanding legal services that deliver the best possible client outcomes, whilst nurturing a distinctive team culture that makes us a great place to work.

Construction and Projects Clients

Our construction and projects clients are NHS organisations, GP practices, businesses and charities. We assist clients to engage successfully with contractors, consultants, developers, funders and partner organisations on new hospital facilities, community healthcare facilities, primary care premises, key worker accommodation, multi-storey car parks and office fit‑outs.

The Role

We are looking for a construction lawyer with experience in some or all of the following:

• Professional appointments
• Novations and collateral warranties
• Bonds and guarantees
• Development agreements and leases
• Project agreements
• Energy management agreements
• Managed services and facilities maintenance agreements
• Joint ventures and collaborations

You will be encouraged to become involved in business development and client relationship management and you will be supported to develop your career and play to your strengths.

Base any of our offices – Manchester, Newcastle, London, Harrogate or Southampton.

The Team

Our construction and projects lawyers sit within our corporate‑commercial and real‑estate teams, depending on their wider work portfolios. We have experts in real estate, non‑contentious and contentious construction, property litigation, public procurement law and commercial contracts.

Skills and Competencies

• Essential: a solid grounding in relevant areas of law gained at a Legal 500 firm or in‑house.
• Advantageous: experience of working with health and social care sectors and/or charities.
• Given: strong teamwork, organisational skills and regulatory compliance.

Hempsons is an equal opportunities employer

Hempsons is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and to encouraging diversity through recruitment. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community and decisions to progress will be made with reference to entirely objective criteria only.

Seniority level – Mid-Senior level

Employment type – Full‑time

Job function – Legal

Industries – Law Practice

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