Planning Lawyer

Interim Opportunity – Planning Lawyer | Top-Tier International Law Firm

📍 London-based team

⏳ Initial 6-month contract

🕒 Full-time

📅 Start ASAP

Our customer, a leading law firm, is seeking a Planning Lawyer for a six-month contract role. Must have significant experience negotiating S106 agreements, advising on CIL, heritage and highways matters, and supporting complex real estate transactions. Experience gained in private practice. Infrastructure/DCO experience is advantageous. Ideally, someone capable of operating autonomously within a top-tier planning team and managing client relationships from day one.

Job Requirements

• Qualified solicitor
• Demonstrates experience advising on complex development schemes, including large-scale and mixed-use projects across a range of asset classes.
• Advises confidently on core planning law concepts, including community infrastructure levy, heritage and listed building matters, and compulsory purchase–related issues.
• Possesses a solid understanding of how planning considerations interact with broader real estate workstreams, providing planning input where required, including analysis of planning histories and support on transactional documentation.
• Has led negotiations on a range of section 106 agreements, including those involving affordable housing obligations, with a clear understanding of wider planning obligations.
• Experienced in advising on and negotiating additional development-related agreements, including those connected with highways and drainage infrastructure.
• Provides advice on highway law, including matters involving stopping up and related procedures.
• Manages matters proactively, ensuring delivery to agreed timescales and consistently high-quality standards.
• Has exposure to public inquiries and/or hearings.
• Experience advising on development consent orders and major infrastructure projects is advantageous but not mandatory.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.