ROLE AND TEAM:
As part of our on-going growth strategy, we are looking for a Senior Associate to join the Infrastructure, Projects & Energy ( IPE ) team and help service our ever-growing roster of major infrastructure, renewables, energy transition, utilities, transport, health, central government and local authority clients.
The team in Scotland has grown rapidly over the last 12 months and you will be working closely with the 6 partners, the wider Scottish associate team as well as the larger IPE team located across our UK and international offices.
Addleshaw Goddard's ( AG ) IPE practice is known for its quality and breadth of expertise. As one of the most established multi-disciplinary teams of any law firm in the UK, we advise on sector firsts and some of the most high-profile matters in the UK, working closely with other market leading AG teams such as Corporate, Finance, Construction, Regulatory, Property & Planning. Across our key sectors of infrastructure, utilities, transport, renewables, energy transition and health we advise a broad spectrum of clients in the public and private sector including developers, sponsors, funders, central government and local authorities.
Clients include: UK Government, Scottish Government, UKIB, Scottish National Investment Bank, DESNZ, SSE, 3i, Dalmore Capital, Bute Energy, Scottish Water , Southern Water, MoD and DfT.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE ROLE:
You will have the opportunity to advise private and public sector clients across all of our key sectors, as well as continuing to build on the expertise you will have developed to date in sectors you have a particular interest in.
By ensuring you are exposed to the full "life-cycle" of a project, this will allow you to also hone your project management skills, assuming the lead role on matters as well as giving you the opportunity to draft and negotiate key project and finance contracts.
With a rapidly growing team, you will be expected to fully utilise the junior associate, trainee and para-legal team on your matters, delegating tasks, providing training and feedback to assist with their development.
As a Senior Associate, you will be a key part of the leadership team's business development strategy, helping the team to enhance existing key relationships and developing strategies for key target clients and new sectors such as Hydrogen and PFI hand-back.
You will be expected to keep up to date with current market trends applying this practically and commercially to the transactions you are working on. In this respect, we will also encourage you to contribute thought leadership articles, present updates to clients and attend conferences.
The role also offers outstanding career prospects within an expanding, dynamic and sociable team. Our market leading Senior Associate development programme will help you map out key objectives and timescales for your career progression and provide you with a mentor and frequent check-ins.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
You will have:
Have at least 5years PQE + experience advising on matters across a number of the IPE team's key sectors.
Have enthusiasm, resilience, and ambition to find solutions to clients' legal challenges and requirements.
Be experienced in engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
Adopt a consultative and thorough approach to tasks.
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 confident in drafting clear and legally effective documents, which reflect the client's instructions.
Remain calm and optimistic in time sensitive situations or under pressure.
Be enthusiastic about the development of your legal skill set and continuous learning.
Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.
OUR FIRM:
AG 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.
Corporate Social Responsibility – We care about the way we do business and have developed a CSR agenda that reflects our commitment to our stakeholders. Our CSR strategy is framed around our ultimate objective of Unlocking Young Potential. We aim to make an active contribution to our communities through supporting young people to reach their full potential through our three CSR pillars: Access to Education, Access to the Profession and Access to Work.
We implement our CSR strategy through our community work, charity work and our pro bono programme. All of this is underpinned by a wider commitment and investment from the firm through the AG Charitable Trust and our environmental policies and initiatives.
Our UK charity partner for this year is The Honeypot Children's Charity which supports children aged 5-12 who are young carers for a sick or disabled parent or sibling. The charity provides a range of continuous services that meets the multiple needs of each individual, including respite breaks, wellbeing grants and pastoral support.
Awards - It is always a pleasure when our achievements are recognised by industry awards. You can see a selection of awards via the link below:
In addition:
AG were named city firm of the year at The Lawyer Awards 2022;
Diversity & Inclusion – ranked in the Financial Times Top 50 employers for women 2022;
In 2022, Addleshaw Goddard was ranked as a Top 10 law firm by Acritas (now part of Thomson Reuters) in their 2022 UK Law Firm Brand Index;
In 2023, Addleshaw Godard were named as the winner of the AllAboutLaw 'Most Popular Law Firm' award; and
The firm is an FT Innovative Lawyers Award winner, which recognises its pioneering approach to legal services
