Principal Associate - Non-Contentious Construction

You will be a qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 6 years' PQE.

You will have:

Experience in areas advising on all major forms of construction contract, including JCT, NEC, MF/1 and FIDIC,

Experience in advising on development and funding agreements and agreements for lease.

Experience of working on major projects and regeneration schemes.

A proven ability to give pragmatic, commercial advice

Ability to run major matters with little partner supervision.

Experience of supervising junior fee earners

Excellent time management and organisation skills

A commitment to team goals and be willing to get involved in new areas of work

Strong negotiating skills

Sound drafting and problem solving skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent client handling skills.

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 25 consecutive years.

A hybrid approach to office and remote working.

Lawyer bonus

Generous annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave

Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members

A generous pension allowance

Life assurance covering four times your annual salary

The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years

Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes

A range of health and wellbeing programmes

State of the art offices

Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us, we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.

If you have any queries in relation to this position, please contact Sam Price - sam.price@gowlingwlg.com

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