Site Set Up/ Infrastructure Legal Executive

at  Gateley

THE PERSON

The successful candidate for this role will be an experienced residential development lawyer with experience in working on plot sales and site set up matters. You will be a great collaborator, working internally with our Land, Plot, Planning and Surveying teams, as well as externally with local authorities and architects to ensure that the development is a success.
If you are looking for a new challenge, want to be part of a new service within the UK’s market leading residential development team and have the technical knowledge which has been listed above then we want to hear from you.

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND WELL BEING

Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley’s culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone’s potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

THE ROLE

This is an exciting time to join our market leading Residential Development Unit as the team continues to win repeat and new work from its impressive client base of recognised national and regional housebuilders. This brand-new role is of strategical importance to Gateley and will offer you the opportunity to develop valuable technical and commercial skillsets.

Working with our highly prized housebuilder clients, your responsibilities will include:

• Working on infrastructure agreements for matters that arise both before and during site development.
• Putting in place the legal arrangements and agreements to allow the developers to lay roads and utility services which serve developments.
• Ensure that statutory processes do not delay plot sales.
• Working with multiple development stakeholders to negotiate agreements to allow work to progress in accordance with the developer’s schedule.
• Manage client relationships and keep them regularly updated on progress.

This role sits directly between our land acquisition and plot teams. You will be in the perfect position to ensure that the two teams’ work transitions smoothly and pick up on any potential technical and infrastructure related issues prior to them becoming an issue at the plot sale stage. This will put you in the best place to build great relationships with our clients and to be a part in retaining Gateley’s position as the go to for all residential development matters.