Solicitor-Senior Associate - Construction & Engineering Disputes

Department: Professional and Commercial Risk

Location: Leeds

Are you looking for a role that challenges you intellectually while offering support, industry-leading work quality, client contact, and real flexibility? An opportunity in DAC Beachcroft’s highly rated Construction and Engineering team may be for you. As one of the largest construction and engineering practices in the UK, we have more than 50 senior lawyers working on construction and engineering projects in the UK, Ireland and around the world.

We provide trusted advice from project start to completion and handle a wide variety of work, including litigation (including cases in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court), arbitration, adjudication and dispute avoidance through negotiation or mediation.

Our teams work collaboratively across disciplines and we encourage cross-working so colleagues have genuine variety in their work and can use a rounded expertise to provide creative, bespoke solutions for our clients. Whether you’re in the early stages of your legal career or an experienced specialist in construction law, we’re looking to expand our successful and growing team.

• Progress and manage High Court litigation, adjudication, arbitration and related proceedings.
• Draft documents, deal with correspondence and manage the relevant procedural process; support in larger matters as well as managing own caseload.
• Use a strong understanding of the factual and commercial context to drive tactical thinking and decision-making from the outset of disputes.
• Help to develop a reputation for leading client service, taking responsibility and being encouraged to strengthen existing relationships and develop new ones.
• Support marketing and business development activity, contributing to strategic thinking and helping to implement it.
• Build an awareness of the firm's other services and effective internal and external networks.
• Maintain awareness of the firm's strategies and plans.
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and meeting Law Society CPD requirements. Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols.

• Due to growth and reshaping strategy, we are open-minded about the qualification level of candidates and welcome applications from those seeking to develop an alternative specialization.
• We are most interested in what you can bring to the role and whether we are the right fit for the team.
• Be a qualified solicitor with several years of post-qualification experience in construction and engineering law, though exceptional NQ candidates will be considered.
• Experience in a commercially focused firm or experience in litigation provides a useful foundation.
• Have good relationship and client handling skills, commensurate with experience.
• Be able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day-to-day issues.
• Be able to demonstrate a good level of self-sufficiency and manage a caseload including more complex and high-value disputes.
• Be change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards implementing new initiatives.
• Be team-oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge and support other team members.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work hard as part of a highly ambitious and driven team to help it continue to develop and achieve objectives.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL). Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable. For PSL queries, please contact:  or csg