Real Estate Legal Director

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.

Client Details

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.

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

Profile

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

Job 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.