Newly Qualified Solicitor - Real Estate Transactional

at  Fieldfisher

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

The Real Estate transactional team deal with some of the UK’s largest and most high-profile deals acting for developers, investors, funders and major occupiers across a number of sectors.
Our clients include leading developers in Lifesciences House Building and Logistics sectors and international corporate occupiers in retail, financial services and tech sectors.
We are keen to appoint an Associate to join our established Real Estate Transactional team.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Qualified solicitor with 0 - 3 years post qualification experience in real estate transactional matters including Landlord and Tenant matters.
• Qualification from another well-known real estate firm with at least one 6 month seat in the real estate department during traineeship
• Relevant ‘hands-on’ work experience and client management skills.
• Good knowledge of English Land Law and Landlord and Tenant law.
• Previous experience of acting for developer clients and corporate occupiers on Landlord and Tenant matters.
• Strong interpersonal skills and sound time/case management skills.
• Positive mind-set and capable of working well with colleagues at all levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting in the acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold development assets
• The asset management of individual properties and portfolios including the granting of agreements for lease, leases and licences, lease renewals and rent reviews.
• Acting for occupiers of commercial premises on the taking of new leases and the assignment of leases.
• Supporting our colleagues in the corporate department on due diligence and the real estate aspects of corporate transactions
• Assisting on large scale portfolio transactions including dealing with certificates of title.
• High levels of client contact and client liaison responsibilities.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RECRUIT ON A ROLLING BASIS, MEANING THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE REVIEWED BEFORE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FILLED THE ROLE.

Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market-leading practices in many of the world’s most dynamic sectors. We are an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on technology, financial services, energy & natural resources, and life sciences.
We are a law firm built around people with all their diversity and we strike a healthy balance between legal excellence and a down-to-earth practical approach to our clients’ needs. We believe The Future is Human, so we choose a collaborative approach with an intense focus on the end-user and consider carefully how to shape our services to add the most value to our clients