Planning Partner
- Employer
- JMC Legal Recruitment
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £80000 - £130000 per annum
- Closing date
- 23 Dec 2020
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice
- Experience Level
- Partner, Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Planning, Real Estate
- PQE
- 7+ Years, Partner
Job Details
This is an exciting opportunity to join a top 150 firm who boast a refreshing approach and international presence. Highly ranked in the Legal 500 across all practice areas, the firm are looking for an ambitious and entrepreneurial individual to continue to pave the way to excellence.
The Firm
This top tiered firm are known in the industry for being forward thinking and commercially savvy. They are ranked in the top 200 and have a reputation regionally, nationally and internationally. They have won a number of awards including being ranked in the top 10 companies to work for.
The firm have made a number of heavy hitting, strategic hires which has allowed them to constantly stay ahead of the curve. By achieving a double-digit growth year on year for the decade gives you a flavour of their success.
The firm have an impressive client base advising household names and significant brands from FTSE 100 companies, major international businesses and owner-managed businesses.
They differentiate their selves as a firm run by entrepreneurial leaders, work collaboratively to provide a seamless service. By putting this into the mix alongside their dynamic vision and energy allows them to put their clients at the heart of their offering. It is this high level of quality and care that is embedded into their DNA and stands them apart.
The firm recognised they not only have a duty of care for their clients, but also their staff, in turn offering competitive benefits, work life balance initiatives and agile working.
The Role
The firm is looking for an entrepreneurial Planning Partner to join their buzzing central Leeds office.
You will work closely with the other Partners within the Residential Development & Property department, and more generally across the firm, to drive the business forwards. You will work as part of a driven and commercially successful leadership team.
The department have an interesting and varied client base to include private sector developers, land and property owners, residential developers, energy & infrastructure providers and commercial developers as well as local authorities.
Your caseload will be broad and cover a wise spectrum of high value work including planning obligations, highways law, judicial reviews, planning enforcement investigations and auditing planning applications.
This role comes with strong prospects to progress, in line with the growth agenda.
Requirements
- You will be a Planning Lawyer with at least 8 years PQE (there is no upper limit regarding the amount of experience)
- A transferable client base or regional contacts is highly advantageous
- You will have a strong technical knowledge and first-class communication skills
- You will have good experience of dealing with large settlements
- You will have strong business development capabilities
- Experience of overseeing a team is desirable, however not essential
Remuneration
- Salary is competitive and negotiable depending on your level of experience, on offer is an excellent benefits package and very lucrative bonus scheme
This Planning Partner opportunity to join a substantial and dynamic firm in central of Leeds is one not to be missed, with excellent career progression on offer.
Apply now for immediate consideration or feel free to give me a call for a confidential conversation.
Company
JMC Legal Recruitment was founded by highly experienced Legal Recruitment Consultant, Jason Connolly. His motivation to establish JMC was to create a refreshingly friendly agency with a truly consultative approach and who are always a pleasure to deal with.
We're a dynamic business with our sights set high and a growing client base spanning the country. We believe that in any business the most valuable assets are the people – and it’s true of JMC, too. Whether dealing with candidates or firms, our consultants’ passion for legal recruitment and excellent market knowledge always shines through. Our state of the art software means our consultants are more accessible to you and we keep ahead of the curve in the changing legal landscape to ensure you are always given up to date advice.
What can you expect from us? We will always manage your expectations and come back to you with updates as soon as they become available. We pride ourselves on the highest level of integrity, as we understand that when looking for a new role or member of staff it is often highly confidential. You will find that we always take the time to really listen and understand before we advise. We will get to know you, taking into account not just technical ability, but personality and cultural fit. We’re also easy to get hold of; we appreciate that when looking for a new role it can be difficult to talk during the working day, so we will make ourselves available and find a time that works for you. Give us a call and talk to one of our friendly team today. We’re waiting to help you.
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