Principal Property Lawyer - Local Government

Principal Property Lawyer – Local Government – London

We are delighted to be recruiting for a Principal Property Lawyer to join a London based local authority that covers much of central London, including some of its wealthiest and more diverse property portfolios. This role will run for an initial 3 months with the possibility of extension thereafter, and will pay £35 - £45 per hour dependent upon experience.

This assignment will operate on a remote-working basis for the foreseeable future, but there may be an expectation for office working at some point in the future if guidance should change.

The ideal candidate must have prior experience handling commercial and residential property law and practice and for some of this experience to ideally be in handling high-value property.

You will be expected to work as a team member in the Property Division assisting the Chief Lawyers in dealing with matters relating to all areas of, including but not limited to:

• sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold property
• the negotiation and granting of rack rented and ground leases and all other leasehold related work
• redevelopments of commercial property
• acquisitions and disposals of headlease interests and consequential work
• residential property work as required

The successful candidate must be a practising solicitor or barrister, with current practising certificate.

For further information, please send your CV to  and someone will be in touch should your be shortlisted.

Venn Group aim to deliver the highest standards, so you can be assured your application will be handled with professionalism and care.

At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to all applications individually within this time frame. If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, however we will always aim to get in touch regardless to discuss your work situation and how we can help.