Contentious Construction Managing Associate/Legal Director

Contentious Construction Managing Associate/Legal Director, 5PQE+, Edinburgh or GlasgowPURPOSE 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 Scotland 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 lawyers with high levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment. 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, with expertise across a broad spectrum of issues including defects claims, complex extension of time, and final account disputes and on contracts including SBCC, JCT, NEC, and FIDIC. Clients include major energy companies, developers, contractors and funders.

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.

The wider AG Construction Group has more than 140 specialist lawyers globally and is particularly active in infrastructure, energy, transport, utilities, real estate and PPP/PFI disputes.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

As a senior lawyer in 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 advise on construction, engineering, infrastructure, and energy disputes, including those arising from defects, delays (e.g. extension of time), and final account issues.

Handling disputes under a range of standard form contracts, such as SBCC, JCT, NEC, and FIDIC.

Acting for a diverse client base including energy companies, developers, contractors, funders, property developers, and infrastructure companies (including those in the renewables and energy-from-waste sectors).

Managing large-scale adjudications, court actions, and alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation, arbitration, expert determination, and informal negotiation.

Advising on and resolving real estate and PFI/NPD (Private Finance Initiative/Non-Profit Distributing) project disputes.

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

Have at least 5+ PQE years' experience within contentious construction matters, and strong skills in dispute avoidance, dispute resolution and project management.

Detailed knowledge of standard industry contracts such as JCT, NEC, FIDIC, and SBCC.

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 BESTYOU 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?