Statutory Agreements (Planning & Environmental) Manager

Location/s

Manchester, London, Birmingham, Exeter

Experience Level

Intermediate

Term

Permanent

Working Hours

Full Time

Practice Area / Department

Planning and Environmental

Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 170 partners and 1000 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia. Our global footprint is further enhanced by our strategic partnership with Interlaw which works to facilitate our management of multi-jurisdictional matters. We have leading practices in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Banking and Finance, Real Estate and Private Wealth.

We've always been proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and value the variety of our partnership. We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. Our strategic direction is shaped by a desire to grow our business in a way that is responsible and sustainable and has the principles of ESG at its core, guiding the way we operate firmwide.

Recent work of the planning & environmental team

The planning and environmental team undertakes a variety of both contentious and non-contentious matters. Some of the team's high profile and significant matters that have been watched closely by the sector include:

• Advising Clarion on the Merton Estates regeneration programme, including all planning and CPO strategic advice.
• Advising the London Borough of Enfield on the regeneration of Meridian Water; working with various professionals, including insurers, to develop the Council's strategy for land and groundwater remediation and negotiating the associated apportionment of environmental risk between the parties.
• Advising the Museum of London on the regeneration of Smithfields for the relocation of the Museum.
• Advising the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on strategic planning and CPO matters for the HAP estate regeneration.
• Advising Richmond Housing on strategic planning and CPO matters for the Ham Close regeneration in the London Borough of Richmond.
• Advising Leicestershire County Council on the CPO and SRO for the A511 Growth Corridor Scheme.
• Advising on the planning and compulsory purchase aspects of the Langarth Garden Village Urban extension in Truro, Cornwall.
• Acting for the Developers of the Broadwalk Shopping Centre Development in Bristol which will deliver 820 new homes.
• Acting for Vistry on the planning, highways and compulsory purchase aspects of their Drakelow Park development comprising 1,500 new homes.

What you will be doing

Our planning and environmental team works as a cohesive national team. Fee earners are exposed to work from across the country, regardless of which office you are affiliated with. By adopting this "one team" national approach, fee earners gain exposure to an exciting and varied range of work, and work with colleagues across all our offices.

Our Statutory Agreement team plays a crucial quality control and specialist support role within the wider team, focusing specifically on reviewing, verifying, and ensuring the accuracy and compliance of complex legal documents such as Section 278 and S38 Highways Act agreements, S104 Water Industry Act agreement, Deeds of Easement, Substation Lease Agreements.

Responsibilities

Oversee and manage the Statutory Agreement team, providing support to the busy planning department including:

• Providing support and supervision to the wider team;
• Managing a large volume of highway and other infrastructure agreements.
• Checking the legal accuracy, coherence and compliance of the statutory agreements against current legislation, court practice, and internal policies.
• Keeping a schedule of statutory agreements and supervising junior team members dealing with statutory agreements.
• Overseeing accurate file management, ensuring risk is minimised
• Ensuring all documents are correctly processed and completed.
• Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures
• Building and maintaining effective client relationships
• Such other tasks as may be required to support the rest of the planning department

What you will need

The firm has a Career Development Framework which sets out the competencies we expect of those at the Associate/Senior Associate/Manager role. In particular for this role we require:

• Proven experience in managing a team, supervising transactional casework, and supporting staff development.
• Experience in dealing with statutory agreements.
• Drive, enthusiasm and vision.
• Flexibility and can-do approach
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Proven ability to take on responsibility and manage files, independently where appropriate.
• Strong client focus and a commitment to service delivery.
• Strong technical and organisational skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• Team based approach.
• Commercial awareness.

Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.

If you require any further information on any of our vacancies or would like to discuss any adjustments or additional support that you might need either during the recruitment process or after the offer stage, please feel free to contact our recruitment team on [email protected]

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