Planning & Infrastructure Solicitor

Are you a planning solicitor in search of a role that will truly make a difference? This leading firm is after a passionate solicitor to join their unique team, formed to offer advice regarding planning and infrastructure to high-profile clients.

Based just minutes from Blackfriars station, this leading firm’s Planning and Infrastructure team provides legal advice regarding some of the most high-profile infrastructure projects in the UK. If you’re an ambitious lawyer looking to carve out their career with the best, join the ranks of this small team and learn from true experts, several of whom come highly commended by both the Legal 500 and Chambers.

What does this Planning & Infrastructure Solicitor job entail?

This team advises on a huge array of matters concerning government legislation and infrastructure, including the strategization of bills and regulations, as well as parliamentary procedures, briefings, and presentations. You’ll cover the whole spectrum of parliamentary legal matters, including drafting, promoting, opposing, and advising on legislation, as well as negotiating with objectors and much more.

This is the ideal role from which to grow your reputation in the legal sphere, as you’ll deal with a high level of stakeholder involvement. No two days will be the same as you will act both for and against claimants in respect of some of the leading railway and harbour schemes in the UK, acting for charities, private companies, government departments, various public bodies, and more.

For this Planning & Infrastructure Solicitor role, you will ideally have:

• Up to 4 years of post-qualification experience,
• Experience with matters relating to infrastructure/planning/public planning,
• An interest in legal research and a keen eye for detail, as this role requires interpretation of historical parliamentary legislation.

Place yourself in a position to gain newfound knowledge and exposure throughout your career at this culture-centric firm, utilising the expertise you’ve gained thus far to research and interpret historical legislation to strategise solutions for the future.

If you’re looking for a firm that will encourage responsibility and independence while providing the warm, welcoming, and charitable work environment that you crave, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you.

This firm takes pride in its inclusivity and encourages contributions to the wider community. These include networks for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, disability, and sociability for work experience students, as well as attendance at employment law clinics and reading schemes at local schools, environmental charity volunteering, and involvement in local business networks.

Contact the Legal Team—Hayley Rose or Chloë—at Harvey John for more information about this Planning & Infrastructure Solicitor job in London.

Harvey John is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The salary bracket advertised is FTE, for guidance only, and was set by the agency. We are committed to continued improvement in terms of their diversity and inclusion practices. Please get in touch with any questions concerning reasonable adjustments, accommodations, or diversity practices.