Construction Lawyer, Associate Director/Director, Deloitte Legal

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's legal practice in the UK is part of the global Deloitte Legal network, which has over 2,500 lawyers in more than 85 jurisdictions. This makes Deloitte Legal one of the largest legal businesses in the world with a global footprint that exceeds that of any traditional global law firm.

We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you, please do discuss with us.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking to recruit an experienced Lawyer to join our Construction team and be part of our wider Real Estate practice. Ideally with a mix of experience of non-contentious and contentious work. The successful candidate will join us at either Associate Director or a Director level.

Our Directors are our future Partners and this role is very much a stepping stone towards partnership at Deloitte Legal.

At Deloitte Legal we are re-imagining the way we deliver legal expertise and how we solve problems. By integrating legal advisory services with our vast consulting services and tech capabilities, we're transforming the way that we deliver unique legal services. We can tap into the multidisciplinary expertise of Deloitte to provide holistic legal, tax, risk, financial advisory and other consulting advice to an unmatched list of clients.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

This is an opportunity for someone with the right mix of attitude, vision, experience, skills and drive to work with at Deloitte Legal. We particularly look for traits such as curiosity, energy and drive and being a great team player.

The successful candidate:

• Will be a proactive and self-motivated construction lawyer ideally with a mixed experience of non-contentious and contentious work (although non-contentious only will be considered).
• Will have experience in and work on a variety of cases ranging from development across various asset classes (mixed use, residential, commercial, BTR, hotels, student, industrial) to corporate occupier acquisitions and disposals and property finance across the UK.
• Will have proven PQE experience in non-contentious construction law and ideally experience in construction disputes work also.
• Will have a strong academic background or equivalent
• Has the ambition and aptitude to join a new team and be instrumental in supporting the team's development and strategic growth plans.
• Will offer exceptional client care.
• Has excellent drafting skills and attention to detail.
• Has excellent analytical, communication, organisational and time management skills.
• Has a strong sense of commerciality in approach and advice to clients
• Has a desire to engage in regular marketing and profile raising activities, both internally across the firm and externally.
• Has strong leadership skills.
• Has a commitment to regularly update their own technical expertise and to achieve continuous improvement and development.
• Has the ability to contribute to the general upkeep of the group (e.g training, precedents, or know-how generally).

Connect to your business - Deloitte Legal

By connecting legal expertise and technological innovation, we're creating a new future for law. At Deloitte Legal, you'll work collaboratively to transform business outcomes, as you grow your own career. Join us and experience the future of law, today.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"At Deloitte I am encouraged to work from home whenever it's convenient. My hours are flexible - if I want to start earlier or later I can, provided I work my weekly hours overall. There are loads of non-work-related initiatives going on that you can become involved in."

- Becky, Deloitte Legal

"Our ability to seamlessly integrate legal services into broader solutions offered by Deloitte is a differentiator as compared to traditional law firms. Deloitte also has some impressive proprietary technology which we can use to streamline/improve the delivery of legal services. We are ahead of the competition in this regard, including the other Big Four."

- Benjamin, Deloitte Legal

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in either our Birmingham or Manchester office with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office but there will be some travel to other offices on a regular basis as this role supports the national team. Your recruiter will be able to provide the specific working requirements that may apply for your role therefore please do reach out to them.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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