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Planning Associate / Senior Associate

Location: 

London, GB

Department or practice area:  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Real Estate  team, with the addition of a Planning Associate / Senior Associate.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • Provide expert legal advice on a wide range of planning and environmental matters including planning applications, environmental impact assessments, planning and highways agreements, planning appeals and judicial review, planning enforcement, listed building consent applications, and compulsory purchase.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents such section 106 agreements, section 278 agreements, planning conditionality, and agreements on environmental liabilities.
  • Advise on planning and environmental issues arising in real estate, corporate and financing transactions, including carrying out due diligence, reporting, and negotiating contractual provisions such as planning and environmental warranties, indemnities, and conditions precedent and subsequent. 
  • Manage planning appeals proceeding by way of the written representations, hearing, or inquiry procedure, including providing legal advice on appeal strategy, instructing Counsel, and reviewing and drafting appeal documents.
  • Stay updated with changes in planning and environmental laws/regulations; provide proactive advice to clients accordingly.
  • Mentor junior associates within the team by providing guidance on legal procedures and best practices in planning/environmental law.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • A qualified solicitor holding a practicing certificate for England & Wales.
  • Ideally 3-5+PQE in planning and environmental law preferably within a leading law firm.
  • Excellent understanding of English planning system and environmental regulations.
  • Planning appeal and inquiry experience.
  • Strong drafting skills with attention to detail.
  • Excellent client care skills with an ability to handle matters independently.
  • Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities/deadlines effectively.
  • Commitment towards promoting diversity and inclusion within the legal profession.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

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