Current vacancies

You will be responsible for:

• Advising professional clients and their insurers on case strategy and claim and cost reserves.
• Handling high value and complex claims from policy response to conclusion.
• Preparing reports for Insurers with the ability to explain and advise succinctly on difficult and complex areas.
• Managing the Insurer/Insured relationship, being aware of potential conflicts.
• Monitoring critical dates and ensuring compliance with Insurer service level agreements.
• Preparing for Court cases at all levels.
• ADR, including negotiation and mediation.
• Adjudication.
• Identifying and advancing business development opportunities.
• The supervision of less experienced members of the team.

You will be responsible for acting and advising in respect of construction disputes, including handling adjudications, arbitrations, and litigation.

This role will offer significant client contact and responsibility, allowing you to work on high-value and complex matters while developing your career within a supportive and collaborative team.

• Senior Associates will be responsible for the supervision of less experienced members of the team.

Our market leading team has an extensive portfolio of work and has advised on some of the biggest and most challenging and innovative projects across the globe. If you have experience of advising on procurement routes, engineering and construction documentation, joint venture agreements, PFI and PPP documentation and alliance agreements, please get in touch.

The team are proud to act for some of the foremost companies in this sector. We advise construction professionals, contractors, employers, operators, investors and their insurers, across a wide range of industry sectors, providing all aspects of project advice.

We’re looking for experience of advising on procurement routes, engineering and construction documentation (including consultants’ appointments, building contracts, collateral warranties, third party rights and security documentation), joint venture agreements, PFI and PPP documentation, alliance agreements etc. The role would suite those with private practice and/or in house experience.

We have an extensive portfolio of international work. Experience of advising on projects internationally, is preferred but is not essential. Ideally the candidates will have contacts within the construction industry to develop into clients.

This role will involve working with internal stakeholders to consider emerging ESG trends and also, our response to regulatory requirements in these areas. Integral to this is our response to emerging EDI trends. The post holder will also liaise with the firm’s sustainability consultants, charity partners, suppliers and other external stakeholders to ensure all required reporting obligations are adhered to but also, to advance and implement the firm’s agreed ESG initiatives.

The ESG Analyst will report to the Responsible Business Partner but will work closely with others, including the Head of Risk and Compliance, the Head of Business Development the Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Partner and the Head of HR.

Responsibilities:

Data & Reporting

• Manage the preparation of timely environmental reporting from firm offices for various external disclosures.
• Point of contact for external consultants regarding production of environmental data.
• Manage any relevant data gathering required (e.g., employee commute survey) to support onward decision making.
• Conduct gap analysis on reporting processes and work with ESG team to identify solutions across regions.
• Deliver analysis of interrogation of quantitative data (excel) for both overarching sustainability and supporting other workstreams under this banner (sustainable procurement, business travel etc).
• Provide key delivery partners (travel team, procurement) with data support when required.
• Support completion of client requests, internal and external reporting.
• Lead and conduct regular diversity and inclusion surveys across the firm.

Engagement

• Work with the Head of Offices and the firm’s ESG Committee, on the firm’s delivery of ESG strategies & goals. Scope/organise/run events and initiatives.
• Support the development of environment communications.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to create engaging storytelling for internal and external publications
• Support the embedding and uptake of initiatives across jurisdictions and the balancing of differing regulations.
• Support our supplier engagement process including developing an engagement approach for in depth supplier interaction

Strategy

• Provide research to support strategy development and decision making.
• Annual assessment of ESG strategies & goals in context of wider corporate ESG landscape, making proposals for new strategies & goals for consideration by ESG Committee.
• Work under the direction of the ESG partners to help draft and update our ESG policies and procedures.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Education to degree level (relevant sustainability degree desirable but not essential) or relevant demonstrable work experience
• Sustainability qualification (desirable but not essential)

Experience:

• Relevant demonstrable work experience in a comparable ESG/sustainability role. A genuine and demonstrable interest in ESG.
• Commercially aware – demonstrable experience of providing pragmatic, sensible solutions in a timely manner.
• Involvement in decision making, providing clear, balanced support, advice and guidance on a range of ESG matters.
• Experience in developing effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Skills:

• Professional, persuasive and influential with a can-do attitude. Well organised with the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Ability to gain the confidence of stakeholders. Strong interpersonal skills. Collaborative but can lead by example and is a team player.
• Ability to relate impact of own role to wider firm plans.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our Marketing & Business Development team. This is a varied and hands-on role, ideal for someone who is comfortable with managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The role will support the Firm’s two specialist sectors – construction and insurance – and will involve contributing to the firm’s BD efforts across all six offices globally. Working closely with colleagues, fee earners, and partners in all locations, you’ll provide a diverse range of business development and marketing support.

About Beale & Co 

Beale & Co provides specialist legal advice to the construction and insurance sectors. With lawyers spread across offices in London, Bristol, Glasgow, Dublin, Dubai and Toronto, the Firm has a long track record in successfully acting for clients all over the world. Our teams handle complex international arbitration; professional indemnity disputes; coverage; claims handling; corporate and commercial and contracts and projects advisory matters, with an emphasis on finding the best possible legal and commercial solutions to meet our clients’ needs.

Beale & Co’s business development team includes the Head of Business Development, two Senior Business Development Executives, the Events Executive, CRM Analyst and a Business Development Administrator.

Key Responsibilities

New business

• Support the Head of BD and Senior BD Executive’s in executing the business development plans and targeted BD campaigns for the construction and insurance sector groups.
• Prepare tailored pitch proposals, RFPs, capability statements and pitch presentations for prospective and existing clients.
• Help identify opportunities to develop new business or cross-sell services.
• Support the management and growth of key client relationships.

Research and planning

• Assist with developing group meeting agendas and preparing and circulating meeting summaries.
• Undertake research into clients, prospects, sectors and opportunities to support with events, business trips, and client / target meetings.

General business development

• Develop and update marketing collateral, including brochures, experience sheets, team sheets and fee earner CVs for use in pitches and on the website.
• Manage and maintain the firm’s collection of credentials and information for use in capability documents and pitches.
• Assist the Senior BD Executives in promoting the firm’s construction and insurance capabilities through partnerships, sponsorships, and industry association activity.
• Work as appropriate with the firm’s external design team.
• Support the legal directories process, working as appropriate with the firm’s external legal directories consultant and fee earners and Partners.
• Assist with drafting and submitting award entries.
• Support the firm’s CRM system Nexl, including assisting with list management for campaigns, maintaining and updating the sector group workspaces and supporting the fee earners in using the system.

Key Requirements

This role is a new position set within a busy, hard-working, dynamic and ambitious BD team. We are looking for a candidate who has:

• Experience working in a professional services environment (law firm experience preferred).
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral
• High attention to detail and strong client focus
• A proactive approach, able to take the initiative, drive process and make things happen
• Enthusiasm to develop an understanding of the construction and insurance sectors
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Ability to work to deadlines, juggle multiple projects, prioritise and deliver under pressure

Experience in using Microsoft Office, Teams and social media platforms and knowledge of website CMS and CRM systems.