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Construction Law - Principal Associate
Weightmans
Birmingham, GBR
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Forming part of our Real Estate Department the Construction team is a nationally recognised practice providing a complete range of legal services on all aspects of Construction law.
We advise on construction risk management from procurement to completion (projects and dispute management across a broad range of sectors). Our team acts for private and public sector clients including developers, healthcare providers, education institutions, transport authorities, main contractors, sub-contractors and consultants. We act across a wide range of sectors with clients involved in commercial development, PRS, student accommodation, local government, transport, education, health, utilities, energy and investment. From a contentious (disputes) perspective the Construction team advises and acts on all forms of construction dispute resolution, including adjudication, arbitration, proceedings in the TCC, mediation and expert determination. From a non-contentious perspective, the Construction team drafts and negotiates all major standard forms of contract, including JCT and NEC4. .
We regularly advise on mulit-milllion pound developments and high value multi party disputes
We will consider applications for Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle.
To manage a caseload and assist other case handlers with their caseloads of Construction (primarily contentious but non-contentious experience is also valued), working on behalf of the types of client referred to above.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of construction work with a focus on disputes work and ability to run adjudications
- Assist other members of the team with their caseloads of Construction work (contentious and, if applicable, non contentious)
- Advise and assist clients with disputes and risk management
- Advise and assist clients with dispute resolution including (among other) adjudication and mediation.
- Carry out other case handling advice and duties
- Draft correspondence, pleadings, witness statements, instructions to counsel, attendance notes (without limitation)
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