Real Estate Associate​/Senior Associate

Your Role and What You’ll Be Doing

• Advising on a varied portfolio of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, development projects, investment work, property finance matters and significant landlord and tenant instructions.
• Managing matters from instruction through to completion, maintaining high standards of technical quality, commercial awareness and client service.
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships and providing clear, practical advice tailored to clients’ commercial objectives.
• Supporting business development activity, including developing existing client relationships and contributing to wider team growth initiatives.
• Collaborating closely with colleagues across planning, construction, corporate, banking and tax to deliver integrated advice on complex, multi‑disciplinary matters.
• For senior associates, supporting, supervising and mentoring junior team members and contributing to the ongoing development of the team.

• A minimum of 4 years PQE.
• Demonstrable technical experience across transactional real estate work, particularly focusing on development work (either residential or commercial).
• The ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and delivering a consistently high level of client service.
• A commercial and pragmatic approach, with the confidence to engage directly with clients and understand their wider business objectives.
• An interest in business development and in building strong, long‑term client and referrer relationships.

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 35 hours of extra holiday.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Two paid volunteering days per year for a cause of your choice.
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside Aviva Digital GP services.
• Well‑being initiatives, including a Flexible by Choice programme that provides hybrid working options where appropriate.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.