Exceptional by design. A career at the forefront of Projects and Construction.
Join a highly regarded team where your expertise contributes to complex, high‑profile work. Pinsent Masons is seeking a Transactional Construction Lawyer (2-4 PQE) to join our Birmingham‑based Projects & Construction team. This is an opportunity to work on major infrastructure and development projects, collaborate with leading practitioners, and grow within a practice known for technical excellence and sector insight.
You’ll be part of a national practice advising a broad mix of public and private sector clients. Working with UK‑wide stakeholders, you’ll gain exposure to significant projects while building meaningful client relationships and deep sector expertise.
You will play a key role in delivering transactional construction advice on some of the UK’s most significant infrastructure and development projects. Working alongside colleagues across our national network, you will support clients on a diverse range of matters spanning infrastructure, real estate development, energy, manufacturing and public sector projects.
This is an opportunity to contribute to a growing and innovative practice, advising on complex mandates that shape the built environment. You will work closely with experienced colleagues in a collaborative team, developing your technical capability while delivering commercially focused, high‑quality advice.
Bring your transactional construction expertise and commercial approach to a team trusted by leading developers, contractors and institutional clients. Your role will include:
Our Birmingham Construction and Projects team advises a wide range of clients, including:
The team is recognised for delivering high‑quality, practical advice on complex and high‑value projects across the UK.
At Pinsent Masons, we are a purpose led professional services business committed to creating a career experience that is exceptional by design. We offer:
We are committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent and building an inclusive, fair and supportive workplace. We value the strength that comes from different experiences and strive to create an environment where everyone feels they belong.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates across jurisdictions. If you require reasonable adjustments, we will work with you to identify a suitable approach.
Applications are accepted via our recruitment portal only.
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor, Amanda Bower:
Please do not submit CVs for this role if you are not on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL), as we are committed to supporting and protecting our existing agency partnerships. Pinsent Masons will not be bound by your terms of business in respect of any unsolicited CVs submitted to us by email, and no fee will be payable, even in the event that we progress a candidate.
If you would like to discuss a specific candidate and are not currently on our PSL, please contact the Talent Acquisition Advisor responsible for this role. Please note that this does not guarantee that the candidate will be progressed or that any fee will be payable.
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Pinsent Masons is a multinational law firm with a reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in its deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate.
Our expertise is recognised globally. In recent years we have achieved more tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK guide than any other firm, and been counted among the most innovative law firms in Europe and Asia Pacific by the Financial Times.
With over 1,500 lawyers operating from 28 locations throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.
The firm has significant international credentials in the global energy, infrastructure, financial services, real estate and technology, science and industry sectors.
Pinsent Masons looks at your business needs differently. This means we don't just apply lawyers to solve clients' problems; we deploy a wider range of professional disciplines, enabled by people, process and technology, to deliver a global professional service with law at its core.