Senior Associate – Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant

Undertaking a wide variety of work primarily for developer clients including:

• Landlord and Tenant transactions for developers (agreements for lease and leases conditional on building out and planning).
• Site acquisitions and disposals (on larger transactions assisting with due diligence, preparing reports on title, dealing with elements of the contract and/or supplemental documents).
• Dealing with property aspects for financing transactions, whether CLLS certificates or disclosure of title.
• Subsales, and TOGCS.
• Option agreements.
• Assisting more senior fee earners on larger transactions.
• Working with the wider Real Estate department on development transactions in particular the construction, tax, planning and property litigation teams.
• Responsibility for participating in business development and client relationship management activities.
• Assisting and mentoring more junior members of the team including Trainees, Paralegals, Solicitors and Associates.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• Significant post qualification experience in the development sector.
• Ability and drive to develop long-standing client relationships
• The ability to work proactively and close transactions efficiently within the clients’ required timescales.
• The ability to think through difficult problems and identify effective solutions in an efficient manner.
• Strong legal skills, including proficiency in research and the ability to digest and explain complex legal and factual points in a language that clients understand.
• Comfort in using initiative and taking responsibility for managing workstreams.
• Thoroughness and attention to detail with the ability to perform in a deadline-orientated role.
• The ability to work collaboratively with others to provide a quality service to clients and colleagues.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills: working to tight deadlines where the input of others is often required, managing workloads effectively.
• Flexibility in approach.
• Strong drafting skills.
• A pragmatic, commercial approach to problem solving.
• Excellent business development and client management skills.
• The ability to mentor and supervise less experienced members of the team.