Real Estate Associate

This award winning international real estate practice has an opening for a talented Associate to join their firm based in London.

Primary objectives

• Deliver excellent client service and manage and deliver discrete pieces of legal work.
• Make an effective contribution to the firm’s work by aiming to meet and exceed target hours.
• Build a solid foundation of commercial and legal expertise within a chosen area of law and strengthen relationships with clients, frequently acting as a direct point of contact.
• Be responsible for some management and delegation of work to and support of more junior colleagues.

Key responsibilities

• This role will entail a broad range of transactional real estate work, including investment, restructuring, development, acquisitions, disposals, asset management, corporate support work and real estate finance
• Manage work to support optimal utilisation
• Assist senior lawyers as required
• Delegate and provide feedback to juniors and communicate progress on tasks to supervisor and team members
• Consulting and offering solutions on difficult technical client issues; and manage the billing process as appropriate.
• Manage, develop and strengthen client relationships through anticipating client needs and expectations; and
• Provide prompt responses and updates on progress.

Main areas covered:

• Investment
• Development
• Disposals
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Leasing
• Joint ventures
• Large-scale regeneration
• Infrastructure and energy development projects
• Real estate financings and restructurings
• Pre-letting

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Excellent academics
• Be admitted to practice in England & Wales with ideally 2-4 PQE in transactional real estate
• Experience across real estate development, investment, acquisitions, disposals, and asset management required
• Solid knowledge of chosen area of law and industry sector(s).
• Strong legal skills, including drafting, negotiation and project management skills; foundation level people management and business development skills.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Elliott Dymond for a confidential discussion.

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*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful..