Infrastructure Projects Lawyer

Infrastructure Projects Lawyer – 2-7 years PQE

Edinburgh / Glasgow

Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a talented Infrastructure Projects lawyer with 2-7 years PQE to join our expanding Projects Team in our Edinburgh or Glasgow office.

Our Team

Leveraging a comprehensive network that spans Europe, Africa, The Gulf and Asia Pacific, the projects practice at Pinsent Masons LLP offers specialists in all of the key sub-sectors including energy, infrastructure, and real estate developments. The Tier 1 Scottish infrastructure team (key partners Stuart Barr and Victoria Miller) is highly active across the UK and Ireland, advising a broad mix of private and public sector clients on infrastructure projects across all markets. Our work ranges from procurement/bid phase, through construction, into operation and now onto handback and expiry. Legal Director Chris Owens specialises in student accommodation DBFO procurements and regularly advises both Universities and private sector clients. 

Work highlights:

• Advised the University of Sussex on its procurement of 1,900 beds of student accommodation on their Falmer campus (West Slope) in partnership with Balfour Beatty. 


• Advised LSE and the Universities of Birmingham and Essex on the delivery of c 3,500 new student beds in 2021.


• Winner of the Property Week Student Accommodation Awards Professional Team of the Year 2020, 2021 and 2023.


• Advised Equitix and Equans as the successful bidder on the Kingston University student accommodation project.


• Advising the Ministry of Justice in respect of its portfolio of PFI prisons and its framework for procurement of prison operation contracts, including prison expansion, handback and expiry.


• Advising the FM Contractor on the recent Velindre Cancer Centre Welsh MIM scheme. 


• Advising the lenders on the first two education projects to reach financial close under the Welsh Education Partnership. 

What our clients say:

‘The projects team provides clear advice setting out the current position, but also suggesting options for the way forward to resolve issues. This pragmatism and understanding of the sectors in which they operate sets them apart from other firms.’

‘Chris Owens has been phenomenal in supporting our project.  He has been helpful, knowledgeable and commercially pragmatic in the advice he has provided and I would have no hesitation in personally referring him for future work.’

‘Stuart Barr is an outstanding leader of both his team and other parties involved in projects.’

The Candidate Required

We are now looking to appoint an ambitious qualified lawyer with 2-7 years PQE who wishes to advance their abilities in Infrastructure Projects, and knowledge at a top tier international law practice.  The successful applicant will primarily support Chris on student accommodation projects but may also be involved in district heating projects, University-focussed net zero initiatives and will be expected to support the wider Scottish team on PPP and general infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland.  The successful applicant will also benefit from opportunities to travel to university campuses around the UK.

The successful applicant will:

• ideally have gained experience in a large commercial firm working on long-term infrastructure partnership projects


• have a strong academic background, attention to detail and excellent communication and organisational skills


• have good commercial awareness and be client focused


• be a team player with the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment


• be well-organised and have good project management skills 

About the Firm

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,600 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.  We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

Awards

The Projects team won the Partnership Bulletin Legal Adviser of the Year 2024 at the May 2024 Partnership Awards. Pinsent Masons won the ‘Europe’s Most Innovative Law Firm’ at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe 2023 and the ‘Best Talent and Inclusion’ award at The Lawyer Awards 2022. The firm has been named global Construction Law Firm of the Year 2023 in the Who’s Who Legal Awards. The firm is also named Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year 2023 by the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards. The firm has placed in the Top 10 Top Employers for Working Families for its 7th consecutive year. Go to www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades to view all of our global awards and nominations. 

Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.

Contact details:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffy-lam-715241238/

steffy.lam@pinsentmasons.com

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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