Solicitor - Investment & Development
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Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 130 partners and 830 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Far East, we provide a full-service integrated offering.
Our clients operate in diverse industry sectors such as construction, transport and infrastructure, banking and financial services, distribution and logistics, education and health, hotels and leisure, defence, engineering and surveying, charities, retail and energy and natural resources. We also act for many high net worth individuals.
We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. The truth is we don't prescribe who you are or how you ought to be. It's what you can do that interests us most.
While the work on offer is rewarding and often complex, the qualities we look for are simple. The ability to get on with people from all walks of life, for example. To talk and to listen. To develop the sorts of relationships that mean you win the friendship and loyalty of clients and colleagues alike. In short, to connect. These are the characteristics our people all have in common. They are vital, as is the drive and imagination to use your unique talents to the full. We will help you in this. In fact, we will support you in every way we can.
Who we are
Trowers & Hamlins is a top 40 UK law firm with turnover of in excess of £100m. Real Estate is a key focus of our business. From major development and regeneration schemes to investment and management of existing assets, approximately 60% of our lawyers practice in the sector across a wide range of disciplines including development, planning, construction, finance, investment, environmental, asset management and dispute resolution. We are ranked by The Lawyer as having one of the UK's Top 15 Real Estate practices.
Where you'll work
Based in the firm's second biggest UK office, the Exeter Real Estate Team currently includes 23 lawyers. Acting for a comprehensive range of SMEs, regional and national companies and investors our expertise extends beyond the day to day delivery of transactional and advisory legal services, to provide our clients with fresh thinking and commercially driven solutions.
Our multidisciplinary real estate team advises on investment and development across commercial, retail and mixed use real estate, with a strong inward investment practice. Some of the teams more notable transactions have included acting for one of the UK's largest pension funds on their property portfolio and on a recent purchase of a large pre-let retail site in Liverpool. The team also dealt with urgent negotiation and contemporaneous completion of a number of leases on sites around England and Wales to enable a national client to fulfil a newly won multi-million pound service contract.
This is an exciting opportunity for a recently qualified real estate solicitor up to 2 PQE to join the team. Work will include joint venture projects; investment acquisition, disposal asset management work; secured lending and commercial development and all aspects of planning.
What you'll be doing
- Involvement in all property aspects of development schemes;
- Undertaking a mix of property work for commercial landlords and tenants, government bodies, local authorities and private sector bodies including acquisitions of development sites for commercial, educational, medical and mixed use schemes. asset management, joint venture projects and large scale retail and leisure l projects;
- Portfolio sales and acquisitions;
- Advising on management agreements and other forms of commercial contracts;
- Project management and working with other specialist teams on more complex matters;
- Comply with core competencies as appropriate to the fee earner level of qualification;
- Building and maintaining and where possible initiating effective client relationships;
- Active participation in and, where appropriate leading, marketing initiatives;
- Running own files;
- Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures;
- Participating in firm-wide and departmental training sessions.
What you'll need
The firm has a Career Development Framework which sets out the competencies we expect of those at this grade. In particular, for this role we require:
- Excellent technical skills and innovative approach to their application;
- Proven ability to take on responsibility, manage and progress matters independently where appropriate;
- Strong client focus and service delivery;
- Drive and enthusiasm;
- Commercial awareness;
- Credibility;
- Aptitude for business development;
- Client management experience;
- Ability to work to deadlines;
- Methodical, disciplined and organised;
- Team player;
- Excellent communication skills with a collaborative approach.
- Excellent academic record;
- Qualified solicitor with relevant seat in advising in real estate matters and post qualification experience in real estate through to 2 years' PQE;
- Ability to manage files independently under supervision.
As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.
Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.