Commercial Property Solicitor

Commercial Property Solicitor (4 yrs. PQE)

Leeds City Centre

Salary Negotiable based on Experience

The firm

My client is a leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 100 law firm to achieve "Gold Standard" Investors in People, their values and culture are not just words on their website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance and pomposity makes this firm a fantastic place to work.

The team

My client's Real Estate group is one of the largest real estate teams in the UK, advising an impressive range of clients including commercial and residential developers, investors, major corporate occupiers and banks/funders. Offering exceptional market knowledge, the team holds an outstanding reputation with clients and the market generally. "Clients are full of admiration for this team, noting it combines outstanding technical expertise with a "very" responsive service" (Chambers).

The role

With increasing work levels, the Leeds team are keen to appoint an additional commercial property legal advisor in their Leeds office. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable expertise in advising development and investment clients on a broad range of real estate matters. The work will include but not limited to the grant and exercise of options, conditional contracts, agreements for lease and pre-lets, development agreements, development management agreements, forward funding and acquisition and disposal work. There is also the chance to represent banks and banks' customers in putting together development finance and investment finance deals and packages.

This is an ideal platform to join one of the most dynamic and ambitious real estate teams in the country. On offer is an opportunity to work on high quality often complex matters and the team supports individual as well as team development.

The candidate

You will have at least 4 years PQE in dealing with a personal caseload of Commercial Property matters, you will have fantastic communication skills both orally and written. Ability to manage own case load and work to tight deadlines is also essential.

If you are interested in this Commercial Property Fee Earner role, please send your CV across to Josie at Clayton Legal on the link provided or alternatively call Clayton Legal to enquire about other opportunities. Please ensure before applying you have the prerequisite experience outlined above.

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