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About the Role

Our non-contentious Construction team is seeking an NQ-2PQE Associate to join the London office. This role is within a specialist Projects, Development & Construction Team that has established a strong reputation in various sectors.

Responsibilities

• Involve with projects from the outset and work with clients to shape their procurement and contracting strategies.
• Negotiate and draft all types of construction, development and project documentation.
• Prepare agreements that best reflect client interests and appropriate risk sharing.
• Advise on risks in live schemes, including payment advice, delays, fire stopping issues, and preventing project failure.
• Analyze contracts to inform clients of their rights and responsibilities and suggest next steps.
• Advise on termination consequences and insolvency issues.
• Advise on live projects to help avoid disputes and shape commercial negotiations and deals.
• Advise on a range of international projects across many jurisdictions.
• Work with a network of trusted international law firms and consultants.

Requirements

• NQ-2 years qualified.
• Previous experience of working within a construction team or housing practice.
• Mainly experience of non-contentious construction law.
• Experience of standard form construction contracts.
• Some experience of commercial and/or housing development work.
• Willingness to take on more bespoke, complex agreements, large scale due diligence exercises and/or typical development arrangements with appropriate supervision.
• Desire to know the sector and work we are involved in.

Skills

• Non-contentious construction law.
• Standard form construction contracts.
• Commercial development work.
• Housing development work.
• JCT contracts.
• NEC contracts.
• EPC contracts.
• EPCM contracts.
• Bespoke agreements.
• Due diligence.
• Sector knowledge.

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• NQ-2PQE Associate

About the Company

• Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a leading UK and international law firm providing high-quality legal advice tailored to businesses and individuals.
• The firm has UK offices in London, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, Oxford and Reading, and overseas offices in Singapore, Piraeus, Paris and Madrid.
• With 130 partners and over 880 people, key practice areas include real estate, commercial, corporate, dispute resolution, private client, and family law.
• The Projects, Development & Construction Team is recognized for expertise in procurement, construction, development, and large-scale projects, including JVs, regeneration, and renewables.

Equal Opportunity

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a priority and at the heart of everything we do.
• Actively seeking to attract a diverse workforce and welcoming applications from everyone, from all backgrounds.
• Committed to promoting an inclusive culture where everyone can be their full selves and experience being seen and heard.
• Ensuring equal opportunities and treatment for all job applicants and employees at all stages of the recruitment process and employment, regardless of age, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and social background.
• Aiming to provide adjustments for people who have a disability, long-term health condition (including mental health) or neurodiversity.