Property Litigation Solicitor (3+PQE)

Property Litigation, Solicitor, Associate, Senior associate, Real estate disputes

The Opportunity
Our Property Litigation team acts for public and private sector landlords, tenants and real estate developers, and our client base includes local authorities, NHS Trusts, housing associations, social landlords, blue chip retailers and owner managed businesses. We use bespoke case management systems to ensure that all documents are accurate and consistent, court procedures are followed and deadlines met.

As a Property Litigation Solicitor you will be joining a strong, fast-growing, national property litigation team, currently operating out of four offices: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Manchester. The team has more than doubled in size over the last five years and is expected to continue to expand.
This role is to join the team in London.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of mixed property litigation work
• Caseload will include commercial cases such as estate management work, possession actions, business lease renewals, injunctions etc.
• Caseload may also include residential cases such as enfranchisements, lease extensions, rights to manage, possessions, rent and service charge recovery, nuisance, disrepair etc. for residential landlords, tenants and freeholders.
• Assist other case handlers with their caseloads
• Support and develop more junior members of the team
• Assist with business development and profile-raising initiatives including networking events

• Be actively involved with marketing activities, such as writing monthly briefings, speaking at client seminars and attending conferences

• Ensure relevant deadlines, compliance and quality measures are adhered to

About You
Experience of property litigation, ideally from both the landlord's and the tenant's perspective, so that you could undertake matters independently with light-touch supervision. This role would suit someone who enjoys the challenge of litigation and would like to specialise in commercial and residential landlord and tenant work. You would need to be willing to research, to show initiative and apply common sense and to offer commercial advice to clients. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have/be:

• Be a qualified solicitor 3 to 8 year s PQE
• Have knowledge of property litigation work
• Have a flexible approach
• Be motivated and highly-driven
• Have excellent IT and typing skills
• Have strong communication skills
• To have effective time management and organisation skills
• Have the ability to multi-task and prioritise
• Be able to work to strict deadlines and targets
• Have the capacity to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Benefits

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time)
• Agile / working from home including provision of home office equipment*
• Healthcare cover/ Medicash
• Pension plan
• Life Insurance 4 x salary
• Interest free travel loan scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme including counselling, legal and consumer advice service
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offers & discounts
• Great reward and recognition scheme

What you need to do now
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