PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

•  Join our market-leading Construction and Engineering Disputes team as a senior lawyer, where you will lead on high-value, complex contentious matters for major national and international clients, drive business development, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future growth and success of our dynamic Manchester practice.
•  This will focus predominantly on Contentious matters both in formal disputes and project advisory stages - including acting for Developers, Lenders, Contractors, Consultants and Public Sector Bodies.

THE TEAM

•  This is a high performing, cohesive and busy team with a strong reputation for providing associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment and therefore you can expect to take a leading role on some matters.  The team will take a genuine interest and support you with your development and career ambitions therefore offering excellent career prospects.   
•  The work of the group is hugely varied, from international arbitration on energy projects to adjudication on larger Real Estate developments and some of the largest PFI/PPP projects. 
•  Much of the work is generated from within the construction group itself with the team additionally providing Real Estate, Banking and PFI/Projects support. Projects and advice cover the whole range of construction, engineering and procurement issues across both public and private sectors.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

•  As a Managing Associate of our market-leading construction team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the continued growth of our mandates, taking a lead in pitching for high-value, complex work and managing key client relationships
•  You will lead on a broad spectrum of high-value, contentious construction and engineering disputes, including complex contractual claims, high-profile professional negligence matters (acting for both claimants and defendants), and disputes arising from major infrastructure projects such as PFI/PPP schemes (including schools, hospitals, and regeneration projects), energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities, and engineering installation contracts (including MF1 contracts). 
•  You will provide strategic advice to clients on a wide range of construction issues and documentation, including consultant appointments, warranties, construction and development contracts, across sectors such as living, office, retail, life sciences, energy, industrials, and transport. You will be responsible for leading negotiations and ensuring the delivery of commercially focused solutions.
•  You will have significant exposure in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including leading "without prejudice" meetings and mediations (including multi-party mediations), and will be responsible for advising clients at all stages of the ADR process, including developing and implementing settlement strategies.
•  You will be a key client contact for some of the Group's and firm's most significant clients, taking responsibility for relationship management, client retention, and identifying opportunities for further collaboration.
•  Team Training: Supporting and mentoring more junior team members, sharing knowledge and initiating positive change and helping others to develop to the best that they can be. Sharing your network with others and using your relationships to build business opportunities for the team and firm.
•  Business Development: Support and initiate activities to win new business and clients for the team and firm, representing the firm confidently in pitches and external presentations. You will build strong rapport with clients to foster relationships based on trust. 
•  Continuous self-development is highly valued. You will be encouraged to participate in formal training programmes (whether technical or skills-based) and to take advantage of mentoring, coaching, and leadership development opportunities available to you.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

To be successful in this role, what are the:
•  Have at least 5+ PQE years' experience within contentious construction matters, and strong skills in dispute avoidance, dispute resolution and project management. 
•  You will have solid construction litigation experience with good experience of the TCC, adjudication process, high court litigation and arbitration and preparing pleadings, preparing witness and expert statements.  Ideally you will have had exposure to bundling and resolving the associated issues. 
•  Be a confident stakeholder manager, with evidenced experience of engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
•  Excellent procedural and document management capabilities, and confidence in drafting clear and legally effective documents, which reflect the client's instructions.
•  Maintain efficient diary and task management across a range matters, ensuring the accuracy and levels of client service expected within a high performing team.
•  Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.
•  Collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team and contribute to knowledge sharing and best practice in drafting. Ability to coach, mentor, and provide constructive feedback to more junior team members, supporting their professional development whilst ensuring effective supervision and maintaining quality standards across the team. 

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment.  Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition. 

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in. 

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients. 

Are you up for the challenge?