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Senior Property Solicitor

Leeds Permanent £80,000 - £90,000 per year View Job Description
The successful candidate will play a key role within a highly regarded managed legal services team in Leeds, advising clients on commercial property matters. You will build relationships with well known clients, handle complex transactions and support junior lawyers while helping shape innovative ways of delivering legal services.
  • Join a global law firm in Leeds
  • High profile commercial property work with genuine client exposure

About Our Client

Our client is known as a Top 15 legal firm who has a strong reputation for innovation, having been recognised as one of Europe's most innovative law firms and receiving major industry recognition across its international network.

Its managed legal services division combines experienced lawyers, legal project managers, paralegals and legal technology specialists to provide clients with scalable, technology enabled legal solutions. This creates an environment where lawyers can combine high quality legal work with a more modern approach to legal service delivery.

Job Description

The Senior Property Solicitor will be:

  • Acting as a legal adviser to clients and working closely with their legal, estates and operational teams
  • Leading the negotiation, drafting and management of commercial property asset management matters
  • Advising on leases, licences, variations, surrenders, extensions, consents and related agreements
  • Advising on and managing real estate finance transactions
  • Preparing and reviewing certificates of title, charges, searches, officers' certificates and legal opinions
  • Building strong, long term client relationships and developing a detailed understanding of commercial objectives
  • Working with colleagues across the managed legal services team and wider firm
  • Supporting continuous improvement and technology enabled approaches to legal service delivery
  • Coaching and mentoring junior team members
  • Maintaining high standards of quality, service delivery and client satisfaction

The Successful Applicant

The Senior Property Solicitor should be:

  • A solicitor with approximately 4 to 10 years PQE
  • Experienced in commercial property matters, ideally within a private practice, in house or managed legal services environment
  • Experienced in commercial property asset management, including leases, licences, variations, surrenders and consents
  • Experienced in real estate finance transactions and related documentation
  • Commercially minded with the ability to understand and respond to clients' wider business objectives
  • Confident building relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Able to manage a varied caseload
  • Comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams
  • Experienced in supervising, coaching or mentoring junior colleagues
  • Interested in technology, innovation and modern approaches to legal service delivery

What's on Offer

  • Salary between £80,000 and £90,000
  • 25 days of holiday leave.
  • Bonus scheme.
  • 5% pension contribution.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Hybrid working arrangement.



If this role suits your skills and experience, apply now.

Contact
Mike Smith
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7107880
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-092026-7107880