Overview
Real Estate Associate (4+ PQE) role at Charles Russell Speechlys. Cheltenham based Real Estate team offering high quality, City-standard work in the Cotswolds with a collaborative environment and opportunities to work with UK and international offices from the Cheltenham office.
The role will include a wide range of commercial and Real Estate transactional work including Landlord and Tenant matters, commercial leases, investment, and disposal transactions, including portfolio transactions. The candidate will be part of a Real Estate group which covers a wide range of transactions across key industry sectors.
The Cheltenham office team is led by Ian Brothwood and includes Partners, a Senior Associate, Associates, and a Trainee. The recruit will primarily work with Nick Burt and Kim Lalli, with opportunities to collaborate with other Partners in the wider real estate team.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice to clients in a succinct, practical, and persuasive manner
- Manage a substantial and varied workload efficiently and cost effectively with supervision, appropriate to level of expertise
- Demonstrate good judgement and a good legal and commercial understanding of client’s particular needs
- Demonstrate a background in residential and regeneration development acquisitions and disposals
- Draft documents with minimum instruction and supervision, making use of appropriate precedents
- Apply a commercial approach to research and evaluate relevance and accuracy in delivery of advice
- Build a strong rapport with clients and identify opportunities to take appropriate steps to follow through
- Attend and assist in organising and hosting client marketing events
- Contribute to group knowledge and know-how initiatives
- Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations, and Principles
Person Specification
- Be an England and Wales qualified solicitor, 4+ years’ PQE, able to integrate into teams effectively
- Experience of regeneration development acquisitions and disposals work
- Development experience, in particular for housebuilders, would be desirable
- Be confident to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Demonstrate excellent time management skills and stakeholder management
- Be organised and capable of running a significant number of files and work matters simultaneously
- Have the ability to develop effective working relations at all levels with both colleagues and clients
- Be confident in both verbal and written communication including preparation of reports for a diverse range of clients within the housebuilding sector
- Be able to undertake (and have proven experience of) complicated title due diligence
- Have a flexible approach and willing to go the extra mile
Competencies
- Working together
- Integrity and respect
- Inclusive
- Personal impact and growth
- Driving high standards
- Commercial mindset
- Client-centric
- Responsible Business
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