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PQE: NQ - 5
Term: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time
Department: Glasgow Property
Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow
The team

The successful candidate will join as a solicitor in our market leading Clean Energy Real Estate team and can be based at either our Edinburgh or Glasgow office.  The team specialise in advising developers, investors and funders on projects in the clean energy sector.  The work will include advising clients on the real estate aspects of developments involving technologies such as offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and battery storage. The role involves a blend of transactional and advisory work. Candidates with real estate experience and a particular interest in the clean energy sector may be well suited to this position.

The recruiting team is enjoying a period of growth which is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, and is known throughout the firm as friendly and supportive. This is an opportunity to work with experienced colleagues and to advise some of the key players in the renewable energy industry.  

The role

The successful candidate can expect to enjoy a degree of autonomy commensurate with ability, taking transactions from beginning to end, including drafting documents, corresponding with other firms and handing completions. Regular client contact is a feature of the role. The position requires the ability to be well organised and handle a significant volume of work, sometimes to demanding deadlines.

There are secondment opportunities with this position.

Candidate Profile

Essential

  • Exceptional time management skills
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Strong Problem solving skills
  • Relevant Legal Experience
Other information

HR Contact 

If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application please contact marc.mcrae@shepwedd.com 

 

Equal Opportunities 

At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore encourage candidates from different backgrounds to consider opportunities at all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we would encourage you to provide us with a diverse range of candidates and particularly candidates who may be from underrepresented groups including from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, people who are LGBT+, people who have a disability, who are neurodivergent or from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

 

GDPR

Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information that we collect as a “data controller”. The information provided by you will be processed in accordance with our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students. If you are successful in obtaining paid employment with us, we will hold your information in accordance with our Personnel Data Retention Policy, which will be provided to you at the relevant time.

We will process the information you provide solely for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. The information will be disclosed to the interview panel (if relevant), your line manager (if appointed), and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any references provided for the purposes of discussing your application, and will ask your permission before doing so.

If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:

  • We will use information about your disability status to provide appropriate adjustments to the interview process.
  • We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form about your race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender identity, gender expression, social mobility background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, any disability information, age, and marital/civil partnership status to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.

Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted within 1 year of a decision not to progress your application.

If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students (available at www.shepwedd.com/careers/working-with-us/privacy-notice)