This is an excellent opportunity to join our Legal Team and play a leading role in the negotiation of our contracts and assist with disputes and other legal matters, for a pioneering consultancy in the construction industry.

To apply for this position, please provide a conversational letter that tells us why you are interested in the role and how your skills match our criteria, in addition to your CV.

ABOUT US

Our business is the creative, innovative, and elegant design of building services within the construction industry. We work on a rich variety of projects across all building sectors. Our portfolio includes award winning internationally renowned landmark buildings, exemplars of sustainable design and a diverse mix of carefully crafted buildings. We are committed to being at the forefront of sustainable construction and embed sustainability considerations throughout our business. We employ capable, talented people in our business administration teams to enhance the work that we do.

ABOUT OUR LEGAL TEAM

Our Legal Team sits within a wider central Administration Group and currently comprises the Legal Director in London and a Legal Advisor in our Manchester office who collectively provide support to the Practice on a range of Legal Issues.

We are now looking to expand the team by the addition of a Legal Advisor in our Bristol office and will also recruit a Legal Administrator to the team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reporting to the Legal Director and working closely with other members of the team, the Legal Advisor will undertake the following key duties:

• Review, amend and negotiate the terms of contractual appointments and advise Project teams on relevant risks.
• Provide advice on contractual and other project legal matters to our Project teams
• Provide legal input where required in relation to conflicts or disputes on projects
• Assist in the preparation and provision of internal guidance and tools to increase the legal understanding and knowledge sharing across the Practice.
• Assist other members of the legal team on ad hoc matters in a variety of areas as and when required

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role, you will need to have strong legal experience in the construction industry and be familiar with the construction process. You will be a patient and excellent communicator, with the ability to understand and summarise complex specialist principles clearly and concisely in straight forward language to a non-specialist audience, both in writing and in conversation.

Our Practice thrives by our close relationships with our clients and wider project team partners. The successful candidate will therefore care as much about strengthening these relationships as we do and recognise the role they play as they represent our Practice in constructive and positive contractual discussions.

The following skills are essential to the success of this important role:

• Experience of reviewing and negotiating contracts in the construction industry, including formulating alternative wording, and effectively presenting positions both internally and externally.
• Solid understanding of Construction Industry Professional Indemnity insurance.
• Creative and pragmatic approach with confidence to make decisions
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment and manage conflicting demands and deadlines
• Direct experience of managing disputes would be advantageous
• Excellent growth opportunities for your personal and career development in a knowledge driven environment
• Mentored support
• Interesting and technically challenging projects
• An inclusive culture and cooperative environment
• Opportunities for involvement in business-running activities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Competitive pay and employee bonus
• Future opportunities for Partnership
• Six weeks holiday (including Bank holidays)
• Max Fordham Pension Scheme
• Other benefits include generous paid parental leave, sick pay, and treatment pay

WHAT WE OFFER

• Excellent growth opportunities for your personal and career development in a knowledge driven environment
• Mentored support
• Interesting and technically challenging projects
• An inclusive culture and cooperative environment
• Opportunities for involvement in business-running activities
• Flexible working arrangements
• Competitive pay and employee bonus
• Future opportunities for Partnership
• Six weeks holiday (including Bank holidays)
• Max Fordham Pension Scheme
• Other benefits include generous paid parental leave, sick pay, and treatment pay

SALARY

Competitive – dependent on experience

CLOSING DATE

18 June 2023

HOW TO APPLY 

This position is available for an immediate start.

If you are interested in working with us, we are keen to hear from you. In addition to providing your CV, please apply with a conversational letter that tells us how your skills match our criteria and your interests align with our vision of a beautifully engineered net zero carbon world.

Please use this link to apply.

If you have any additional queries, please contact Lavinia Tutuianu at careers@maxfordham.com.