Associate - Construction
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Bath
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 14 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 12 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The Vacancy
An opportunity has arisen for an Associate to join our Construction team in Bath.
The Construction & Engineering Team covers a wide range of specialist legal advice, including both non-contentious (or transactional) and contentious (or claims related) advice. We work with a full range of sector contractors, developers, funders and professionals on a variety of both national and off-shore projects, from sports pitches and stadiums to railway design and construction.
Duties will include:
* Manage a caseload of files, dealing effectively with cases and transactions
* Build credibility with clients and develops own client relationships through managing client expectations regarding options, outcomes, risk and timescales.
* Scope fees for existing clients
* Develop market and sector knowledge and demonstrate expertise to clients.
* Build on personal and department profile and reputation by attending networking events, writing publications/ marketing materials and speaking at seminars
* Begin to develop a niche/ sector expertise.
* Assist in team/ sector pitches as required
* Support juniors in the team by giving technical, business and general advice
* Track progress against your own KPIs, meeting targets
* Support with budgetary management of client matters
Skills, Experience and Attributes
* Qualified Solicitor or CILEx of 4+ PQE
* Experience of contentious construction matters essential
* Demonstrable ability to supervise more junior team members
The Company
We are a progressive UK Top 100 law firm known for our commercial, private client, clinical negligence and personal injury work.
Our firm has 450 people with offices in Bath, Oxford, London, Swindon and Marlborough.
At Royds Withy King, people come first. Our brand is built around being 'Ahead of the Curve'. By this we mean always trying to put ourselves in our clients' shoes, looking ahead to the future, anticipating their needs and coming up with solutions.
We also pride ourselves on providing a brilliant place to work. We recognise that investing in our people and their career is the only way we can succeed in achieving what is best for our clients. Our friendly, accessible and supportive culture is incredibly important to us and we are continually looking at new ways to nurture and enhance it. Our people tell us that this is a firm with a flat structure, where everyone has a voice and everyone's opinions matter.
Career Development
Over a number of years, we have developed a robust and transparent framework which shows you exactly what you need to achieve in order to grow your career at the firm. This isn't just about hitting KPIs.
The framework helps you to understand how your contribution and behaviours are woven together to create the basis for your progression in the firm. From Secretary to Partner, you can see exactly what is expected of you along the way
An opportunity has arisen for an Associate to join our Construction team in Bath.
The Construction & Engineering Team covers a wide range of specialist legal advice, including both non-contentious (or transactional) and contentious (or claims related) advice. We work with a full range of sector contractors, developers, funders and professionals on a variety of both national and off-shore projects, from sports pitches and stadiums to railway design and construction.
Duties will include:
* Manage a caseload of files, dealing effectively with cases and transactions
* Build credibility with clients and develops own client relationships through managing client expectations regarding options, outcomes, risk and timescales.
* Scope fees for existing clients
* Develop market and sector knowledge and demonstrate expertise to clients.
* Build on personal and department profile and reputation by attending networking events, writing publications/ marketing materials and speaking at seminars
* Begin to develop a niche/ sector expertise.
* Assist in team/ sector pitches as required
* Support juniors in the team by giving technical, business and general advice
* Track progress against your own KPIs, meeting targets
* Support with budgetary management of client matters
Skills, Experience and Attributes
* Qualified Solicitor or CILEx of 4+ PQE
* Experience of contentious construction matters essential
* Demonstrable ability to supervise more junior team members
The Company
We are a progressive UK Top 100 law firm known for our commercial, private client, clinical negligence and personal injury work.
Our firm has 450 people with offices in Bath, Oxford, London, Swindon and Marlborough.
At Royds Withy King, people come first. Our brand is built around being 'Ahead of the Curve'. By this we mean always trying to put ourselves in our clients' shoes, looking ahead to the future, anticipating their needs and coming up with solutions.
We also pride ourselves on providing a brilliant place to work. We recognise that investing in our people and their career is the only way we can succeed in achieving what is best for our clients. Our friendly, accessible and supportive culture is incredibly important to us and we are continually looking at new ways to nurture and enhance it. Our people tell us that this is a firm with a flat structure, where everyone has a voice and everyone's opinions matter.
Career Development
Over a number of years, we have developed a robust and transparent framework which shows you exactly what you need to achieve in order to grow your career at the firm. This isn't just about hitting KPIs.
The framework helps you to understand how your contribution and behaviours are woven together to create the basis for your progression in the firm. From Secretary to Partner, you can see exactly what is expected of you along the way