THE TEAM

• The Real Estate Group is one of Addleshaw Goddard’s largest, comprising a team of nearly 200. In our Leeds office, the Transactional Real Estate team currently consists of 6 partners and 40+ other fee earners
• The Leeds Transactional Real Estate team is a Tier 1 ranked team and won both the Yorkshire Property Insider Awards and the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards Real Estate Team of the year in 2023.
• The team places a high emphasis on their transactional expertise and are able to bring a commercial and business-oriented approach to a wide range of property matters.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

You will:

• Have at least 1 years + experience within commercial real estate.
• Have enthusiasm, resilience, and ambition to find solutions to clients’ legal challenges and requirements.
• Be experienced in engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Adopt a consultative and thorough approach to tasks.
• Maintain efficient diary and task management across a range matters, ensuring the accuracy and levels of client service expected within a high performing team.
• Be confident in drafting clear and legally effective

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Location
Leeds
3 Sovereign Square, Sovereign Street, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 4ER
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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

• With new and exciting client mandates, our high performing Transactional Real Estate team is looking for a lawyer with at least 1 year PQE to join our expanding Leeds practice.
• You will act for a number of FTSE 100 and significant local clients, supporting a variety and full range of real estate work including the sale and purchase of significant investment property and large-scale portfolios, investment and property management and acting for national developers and occupiers throughout a range of sectors.
• We provide first-class technical insight and training and are looking for an enthusiastic team member who wants to build their long-term career with us and become a well-rounded lawyer providing quality, commercial advice for our clients.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

• Working as member of some of the firm’s principal client account teams, you can expect to work on a variety of market leading deals across a wide spectrum of commercial property work (including landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development & regeneration and corporate support).
• You will compete with market leading real estate teams pitching for the work you will be carrying out and negotiating against these firms on the transactions you work on.
• You will act for some of the foremost investors, developers and occupiers including for example Realty, Aviva, Abrdn, CBRE GI, Columbia Threadneedle, British Land, Travelodge, Asda, Primark, Caddick, Harworth, Muse, Maple Group Developments, BP, National Grid, Network Rail and various Local Authorities.
• Working closely with existing clients to maintain and develop relationships, acting as a trusted advisor capable of providing timely and quality advice whilst managing expectations.
• Working collaboratively as part of a cohesive team, to execute large-scale, high-value, client matters to the highest standard.
• This is a high performing, collegiate and busy team with a strong reputation for providing associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment and therefore you can expect to take a leading role on some matters. At this stage in your career the team will take a genuine interest and support you with your development therefore offering excellent career prospects.