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Planning Senior Associate

Employer
JMC Legal Recruitment
Location
England, Bristol
Salary
£78000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Closing date
12 Feb 2025
Reference
BBBH55770
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Vacancy Type
Barristers, Private Practice
Experience Level
Mid Level, Senior Level
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Practice Areas
Planning
PQE
4-6 Years, 7+ Years

Job Details


Planning Senior Associate 5+ Years PQE | Top 50 Firm | Bristol

The Firm:

This well-established firm has a unique transatlantic heritage, combining scale and profitability similar to top-tier UK firms. Their impressive client base includes FTSE 350 companies, large corporations, and government organisations across various sectors such as energy, infrastructure, life sciences, technology, transport, and more. They are highly regarded for their commitment to innovation and continuously find new ways to improve client outcomes.

Despite being a robust corporate firm, they offer a partner-friendly, approachable environment with a strong sense of community among their lawyers. With a focus on accessibility and social mobility within the legal profession, the firm is renowned for championing diversity and inclusion across all levels.

The Role:

This opportunity is ideal for a Planning Senior Associate (5+ years PQE) seeking to join one of the UK's leading planning teams, based in the firm's Bristol office.

The team is widely regarded as one of the best in the country, advising on some of the most high-profile and ambitious planning projects, including offshore wind farms, major residential developments, transport infrastructure, airport projects, and waste and mineral schemes. They are involved in large-scale and complex planning work and are seeing a significant increase in mandates from major infrastructure clients.

The role involves working on a variety of high-profile matters, including large-scale development consent orders, compulsory acquisitions, strategic planning advice, environmental statements, and project management. The team also handles contentious work such as Judicial Review and Lands Chamber proceedings. The opportunity offers exposure to premium-level planning projects and offers an unrivalled chance to contribute to the success of large-scale infrastructure projects outside of London.

The Ideal Candidate:

The firm is looking for a highly motivated Planning Senior Associate (5+ years PQE) who can bring strong experience in planning, infrastructure, and environmental work, along with a genuine enthusiasm for further developing the team. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience: 5+ years PQE, with significant experience in planning law, including large-scale development consent orders, compulsory acquisitions, and planning agreements.
  • Knowledge: A thorough understanding of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Knowledge of the Planning Act 2008 and experience with Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) is highly desirable.
  • Skills: Experience managing junior team members, handling inquiries/examinations, and engaging in judicial reviews and planning-related litigation.
  • Motivation: A strong desire for professional growth, with the ability to deliver high-quality service to clients and drive forward the success of the practice.


What's on Offer:

  • Competitive salary: Negotiable based on PQE and experience, along with an exceptional benefits package.
  • Varied and interesting workload: High-profile planning work with a good level of autonomy and responsibility from the outset.
  • Work-life balance: Flexible working arrangements and a supportive, down-to-earth firm culture.


This is an exciting opportunity for a Planning Senior Associate (5+ years PQE) to join a well-respected planning team in Bristol. If you're looking to work on major infrastructure projects with top-tier lawyers and advance your career in a dynamic, supportive environment, apply today or contact Tom Amer at tom@jmc-legal.com for a confidential discussion.

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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