, is our alternative legal services delivery group, bringing together a multidisciplinary team, process design and innovative legal technology. The team has over 100 lawyers, paralegals, management information specialists and legal project managers who provide a wide range of services and solutions to clients, and supports the wider business on high volume workstreams, end-to-end managed services and bespoke projects.
We're now looking to strengthen one of the sub-teams with an additional Real Estate Finance Lawyer. The bulk of the team are in Bristol and Plymouth, so ability to attend either of these offices at least two days per week would be preferred, with the other days working from home.
What will you be doing?
You'll be responsible for the day-to-day management of established workstreams on behalf of predominantly banking clients. This will include technical supervision and development of the four paralegals who support the workstreams, working closely with the Legal Solutions Centre Director and Partners, and the wider firm's Real Estate Finance team to continue to build these services and to identify opportunities for new workstreams. You will also work with project managers and legal technologists to onboard services and enhance them as they scale. In addition, you will be called upon to support bespoke projects which fall within your areas of expertise.
Your role in WBD Advance's Legal Solutions Centre, which has a separate Real Estate team with whom you will work closely when projects and services overlap, will also involve being an advocate for innovation and service delivery within the firm to support on the optimisation of legal work, and to assist with winning of new clients. This is a unique opportunity for someone to consolidate all the knowledge that you've developed so far, build on your technical expertise, as well as gain experience in project management, people management and emerging legal technologies. The Legal Solutions Centre is a collaborative working environment with a varied workload and a track record of sustained growth, and, as a result, there is scope for career progression via a number of different routes for the right candidate.
So, what are we looking for?
To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:
1. To be a UK qualified lawyer (applications from Cilex qualified candidates welcome)
2. Experience as a qualified real estate lawyer, banking lawyer, or real estate finance lawyer
3. Previous experience of supervising at least 1 person, within a legal team.