Solicitor (NQ - 2 years PQE)

at  Ashfords LLP

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has experience of working with public sector clients or has worked in-house for a public sector body. Experience of public procurement law, commercial contracts and/or subsidy control is desirable, but not essential.
As a strong communicator, you will gain the confidence of the clients you are working with, and handle their matters proactively and diligently. You will have good drafting, research and analytical skills, and have excellent attention to detail. You will be tenacious and thorough with good commercial judgment, in order to find the best possible outcomes for our clients. You will have excellent awareness and understanding of the constraints and pressures faced by our public sector clients.
We will encourage you to take a high degree of responsibility for the matters you’re working on, and we’ll take every opportunity to support and develop you, providing cross working opportunities to increase experience across the team. This is a great opportunity to make a reputation for yourself in a highly regarded firm with a strong national public sector presence.

We are seeking to recruit a confident and highly motivated Solicitor (NQ – 2 years PQE) to join our well-regarded public sector team based in Exeter, with opportunities for hybrid working arrangements.
Having had consistently high rankings in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, you’ll be part of a high performing team which provides pragmatic, robust and commercially sound advice to local authorities, utilities, central government and other public sector bodies on their major projects spanning sectors such as telecommunications, regeneration, marine, social housing, social care, transport, energy and asset management.
As part of the public sector team, you will be involved in providing advice on a wide range of non-contentious matters concerning the application public sector procurement rules, public sector contracts, grant funding, subsidy control and local authority vires.
You will have the opportunity to work with individuals across the firm on some of the largest public sector projects across the UK.
Reporting to and working closely with the Head of the Public Sector, you will play an integral part in delivering advice and furthering our public sector offering.