Development Solicitor

Join a market leading residential development team
Work on landmark, high value development projects

About Our Client

Our client is a leading international law firm with an outstanding reputation for delivering complex legal advice to national and global organisations across a wide range of sectors. Employees benefit from career progression, flexible and hybrid working, excellent well being support and access to high quality learning and development programmes, making it an outstanding place to build a long term legal career.

Job Description

The Development Solicitor will be:

Advising major national and regional house builders, landowners and affordable housing providers.
Managing a broad range of residential development transactions from instruction through to completion.
Drafting and negotiating conditional contracts, transfers and option agreements.
Advising clients on rights of pre emption, collaboration agreements and development agreements.
Supporting high value residential development and investment projects.
Building and maintaining strong long term client relationships.
Assisting senior colleagues on complex and strategically important matters.
Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers and wider team members.
Delivering commercially focused legal advice to an exceptional client base.
Contributing to the continued growth and success of the residential development team.

The Successful Applicant

The Development Solicitor should be:

A solicitor with approximately 2 to 6 years PQE.
Experienced in residential development, commercial property or real estate work.
Confident managing transactions with appropriate supervision.
Skilled at drafting and negotiating complex property documentation.
Commercially aware with strong client relationship management skills.
A proactive team player with excellent communication skills.
Keen to develop a long term career within a leading international law firm.
Passionate about delivering exceptional client service.