Real Estate – Scotland

REAL ESTATE FOCUS

At Frasia Wright Associates we are currently handling a range of challenging and exciting Real Estate opportunities and are seeing an increase in demand for candidates in this area, throughout Scotland. So, if you are looking for a new challenge as a Real Estate Lawyer, please contact us for a confidential discussion or visit our website. A small selection of what we have to offer is featured below:

Our client, a leading Scottish law firm, is currently recruiting for an Associate and/or Senior Associate to join their Real Estate Team in Edinburgh.

This role provides the opportunity to offer legal advice on a wide range of commercial real estate matters, particularly in hotel and leisure transactions, while contributing to major projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Advising lenders and funders on financing high-end luxury hotel acquisitions in Scotland and internationally.
• Supporting hotel owners, investors, and operators with portfolio management, expansion plans, and Hotel Management Agreements in collaboration with the hospitality team.
• Contributing to high-end Build-to-Rent and city-centre Living Sector developments.
• Working closely with senior associates, as well as banking, planning, and construction teams, to deliver comprehensive legal support.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 years’ PQE with strong commercial real estate experience.

This firm is currently recruiting a Senior Associate to join its Commercial Real Estate Team in Edinburgh. The team advise on a range of commercial property matters across the retail, leisure, healthcare and investment sectors.

The role will involve handling a range of commercial property transactions, including purchases, sales, leasing, lease management, investment, development, portfolio management, corporate support, and funding. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 5 years’ PQE with extensive experience in commercial property.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a proactive and motivated lawyer, providing direct client interaction, business development prospects, and the support needed to maximise their potential.

This well-established law firm is currently recruiting for an Associate or Senior Associate to join its expanding property team in Edinburgh. The purpose of the role is to provide legal advice to various clients, particularly public sector clients.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced lawyer with at least 4 years’ PQE level and able to negotiate contracts and advise on all aspects of the purchase, sale, development, and leasing of commercial properties across a broad range of sectors. The main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Drafting, negotiating, concluding, and implementing contracts for the sale and lease of property assets.
• Drafting, negotiating, and concluding leases and ancillary lease management documentation.
• Supporting more junior team members in developing their technical knowledge and skills.

Experience working with or for clients within public sector is advantageous, but not essential. This is a full-time position offering competitive salary and excellent benefits.

We are currently working with our client, a leading Scottish-headquartered Law Firm, on two new vacancies within its Clean Energy Real Estate Team in Edinburgh.

The team focuses on advising developers, investors, and funders on projects in the clean energy sector. The selected candidates will be responsible for offering guidance on the real estate components of projects involving technologies like offshore and onshore wind, solar energy, and battery storage.

The ideal level of candidate will be between 1-5 years’ PQE with experience with experience of the renewables industry. The role involves regular client engagement and requires excellent organisational abilities to manage a large workload, often within challenging time frames.