Associate - Projects & Infrastructure (Birmingham)

Job Description

We have an opportunity for an Associate to join our Projects & Infrastructure team in Birmingham to support our strong portfolio of domestic government project work and energy and infrastructure project work.

About the Team

Our Projects & Infrastructure (P&I) team, operating out of Birmingham, London and Dubai, is recruiting an adaptable Associate in Birmingham to support our strong portfolio of government project work and developer‑side project development work in the UK. The team is recognised in major legal directories for the strength of its projects practice and has won recognition in recent years in a number of industry awards.

Our partners and associates bring specialist skills in commercial contracts, procurement, project finance, construction contracts, and sector knowledge such as defence or nuclear. The team collaborates with specialist groups as needed, offering an exciting prospect for lawyers in private practice or in‑house roles, particularly those in government, nuclear, or defence sectors.

The team advises on government projects and the development aspects of energy and infrastructure projects domestically and internationally – especially in Africa, Central Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

About the Role

The role involves advising on a range of UK domestic energy, infrastructure and defence projects. The team manages work advising government clients and sponsors/developers on procurement, contract, construction, and operation arrangements.

Examples of current work you could be involved in:

• Advising Highways England on the flagship A303 Stonehenge project to deliver a tunnel in a World Heritage Site
• Advising the UK Ministry of Defence on nationally significant defence programmes
• Advising on a number of nuclear decommissioning mandates in the UK
• Advising on PFI and PPP projects including handback

About You

The ideal candidate is a qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 2 years' PQE.

You will have:

• Experience of advising on project agreements including PPP/PFI, PPAs, EPC contracts and O&M Agreements
• Experience of UK public procurements (PCR) and running competitive procurements is desirable, but not essential
• Experience of negotiating contracts in a single‑source environment (SSCR) is desirable but not essential
• Government and/or nuclear sector experience (including in‑house) is also of interest
• Project management skills
• A willingness to get involved in business development

What We Can Offer You

The opportunity to work for a firm recognised as one of the top 10 best places to work in the UK and ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• Excellent benefits, including:
• Lawyer bonus
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week’s extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, with the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed to promoting equality and diversity and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.

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