Location/s: Manchester
Experience Level: Intermediate
Term: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time
Practice Area / Department: Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 180 partners and 1000 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Far East. Our global footprint is further enhanced by our strategic partnership with Interlaw which works to facilitate our management of multi-jurisdictional matters. We have leading practices in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Banking and Finance, Real Estate and Private Wealth.
We've always been proud of our natural commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and value the variety of our partnership. We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. Our strategic direction is shaped by a desire to grow our business in a way that is responsible and sustainable and has the principles of ESG at its core, guiding the way we operate firmwide.
Where you'll work:
Real Estate is a key focus of our business. From investment and management of existing assets to major development and regeneration schemes, about 60% of our lawyers practice full-time in the sector across a wide range of disciplines including investment, finance, development, construction, asset management, planning, environmental and dispute resolution. We are ranked by The Lawyer as having one of the UK's Top 15 Real Estate practices overall.
From large scale investment and regeneration to local housing, our thinking extends beyond the day to day delivery of transactional and advisory legal services - we provide our clients with fresh thinking and commercially driven solutions. Our multidisciplinary real estate team advises on investment and development across commercial, retail, residential and mixed use real estate, with a strong inward investment practice.
Based in the firm's Manchester office the Real Estate Team currently includes 62 lawyers. The team undertake a very wide range of property projects advising on large mixed use development schemes and regeneration projects. We provide our clients with fresh thinking and commercial driven solutions, working alongside colleagues in our planning and construction departments.
As a solicitor you will work in the Real Estate, Investment and Development Practice alongside Partners, Senior Associates and Associates. This will include work across investment acquisitions, disposal and asset management work; private residential and commercial development; crossover local authority and registered provider housing development, estate regeneration and joint venture projects.
The role will also include advising a varied set of clients across private and public sector focusing on investment, asset management, development and strategic land transactions. This will encompass due diligence on medium-sized and large investment and or development sites. You will be assisting with acquisition and sale documents for commercial, mixed use and residential-led schemes.
Real Estate projects will often be bank funded and this will involve working with our Corporate, Banking & Finance, Litigation and Projects & Construction teams.
What you will be doing:
* Involvement in all property aspects of development and regeneration schemes;
* Undertaking a mix of property work for developers, private and institutional investors, social landlords, government bodies, local authorities and private sector bodies;
* Assisting with acquisitions and disposals, asset management, joint venture projects, large scale regeneration projects and portfolio projects;
* Providing assistance on Real Estate finance work including preparing CLLS certificates of Title and managing conditions precedent;
* Project management and working with other specialist teams on more complex matters;
* Comply with core competencies as appropriate to the fee earner level of qualification;
* Building and maintaining and where possible initiating effective client relationships;
* Active participation in and, where appropriate leading, marketing initiatives;
* Running own files;
* Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures;
* Participating in firm-wide and departmental training sessions.
What you will need:
The firm has a Career Development Framework which sets out the competencies we expect of those at Solicitor grade. In particular, for this role we require:
* Flexibility and 'can-do' attitude;
* Excellent technical skills;
* Strong client focus;
* Drive and enthusiasm;
* Credibility;
* Ability to work to deadlines;
* Team player;
* Excellent communication skills with a collaborative approach.
Experience and qualifications:
* Excellent academic record;
* Recently qualified solicitor with relevant seat in advising in real estate matters through to 2 years' PQE;
* Ability to manage files independently under supervision.
Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.
If you require any further information on any of our vacancies or would like to discuss any adjustments or additional support that you might need either during the recruitment process or after the offer stage, please feel free to contact our recruitment team on recruit@trowers.com.
As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.
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