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Real Estate Legal Director

Leeds Permanent £90,000 - £115,000 per year View Job Description
This is an excellent opportunity for a Real Estate Legal Director to join a highly regarded national law firm in Leeds, working on commercial property matters across development, investment and corporate occupier work. You will have the opportunity to play a key role within a growing team, advising clients across a broad range of sectors while developing your career within a progressive and people focused environment.
  • Join a national law firm with large growth plans
  • Work on high quality development and investment work

About Our Client

Our client is a national law firm with a strong reputation for delivering commercially focused legal advice to major organisations, investors, developers and businesses across the UK. With revenue exceeding £200m and more than 1,000 employees, the firm has the scale and resources of a major national practice while retaining a strong focus on people and client relationships.

Job Description

The Real Estate Legal Director will be:* Advising clients on complex commercial property development and investment matters

* Handling a broad range of real estate transactions, with a particular focus on development and investment

* Advising throughout the development life cycle, from conditional land acquisition through to disposal

* Working with clients with pre let agreements, forward funding and forward commitment arrangements

* Advising on the acquisition and disposal of completed investments

* Working closely with specialists across planning, construction, tax, environmental law and banking

* Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders

* Providing commercially focused advice and helping clients manage legal and transactional risk

  • * Identifying opportunities to develop client relationships and contribute to the firm's wider business objectives

The Successful Applicant

The Real Estate Legal Director should be:* A solicitor with around 8+ years PQE

* Experienced in commercial real estate with a strong background in development and investment work

* Able to demonstrate experience across the full development life cycle

* Experienced in areas such as land acquisition, pre lets, forward funding, forward commitments and investment transactions

* Commercially minded with a strong understanding of the legal and commercial drivers affecting clients

* An excellent communicator and negotiator who can build strong relationships with clients

* Confident handling complex transactions with a high degree of autonomy

* Proactive, pragmatic and solutions focused in their approach

* Comfortable working with colleagues across multiple specialist disciplines

* Interested in developing their career within a large national law firm

What's on Offer

  • Salary ranging from £90,000 to £115,000
  • 27 days of holiday leave.
  • 5% pension contribution.
  • Performance-related bonus.
  • Hybrid working arrangement.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Life assurance.



If you're interested in this role, apply now.

Contact
Mike Smith
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7095604
Phone number
+44 07881904018

Job summary

Job function
Legal
Subsector
Property / Construction - Private Practice
Sector
Business Services
Where
Leeds
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mike Smith
Consultant phone
+44 07881904018
Job reference
JN-092026-7095604