In-house Real Estate Solicitor - Developments

Location
Northamptonshire
Salary
£50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted
28 Apr 2021
Closes
07 May 2021
Ref
J62494
Contact
Tom Bagley
Job Title
In House Counsel
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title: In-house Real Estate Development Solicitor
Location: Northampton
Flexibility: Full remote working during Covid with a mix of remote, office and site based afterwards
Salary: Up to £60k

Douglas Scott are working with a leading national housebuilder in the search for a new solicitor to join their large in-house legal team. This position as a Development Solicitor within the business will advise across a wide variety of Development matters and will support the other teams within the business in achieving the business' aims.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Assisting senior legal colleagues with the acquisition of sites for development, focusing predominantly on Development matters.
• Leading and assisting on instructions on a wide variety of development matters such as Site Set Ups, JVA's, Affordable Housing Disposals and Section 106's etc…
• Helping with preparation for specific board meetings assisting the creation performance and progress reports.

The ideal candidate will be/have the following:

• A UK qualified solicitor (6 PQE + as a rough guide but lesser will be considered dependant on experience)
• Must be a real estate/property solicitor with significant demonstrable experience within development matters.
• Candidates from both private practice and in-house businesses will be considered
• Ideally, you'll have worked with major housebuilders but if not, specific experience working with developers will be preferred.

If you'd like to be considered for this vacancy, please apply by sending an up to date CV and I'll endeavour to respond ASAP.