Real Estate Senior Associate​/Principal Associate

Location:

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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. The national house builder team seeks a Senior Associate or Principal Associate to work with our varied and dynamic clients as they help deliver the Government’s ambitious new housing targets. The successful candidate will, as part of an experienced team of specialist lawyers, work with FTSE-listed household names as well as other national and regional developers. They will lead transactions, particularly immediate land acquisitions and strategic options, and help manage, nurture and develop the skills of junior colleagues whilst helping senior colleagues to manage key client relationships.

• Lead transactions, particularly immediate land acquisitions and strategic options for house builders.
• Supervise junior colleagues; work collaboratively with colleagues across the national team; help manage key client relationships.
• Develop technical skills and commercial awareness; participate in business development initiatives and represent the firm at events.
• Support local and wider national teams and contribute to career development opportunities.

• Significant experience working with house builders, ideally PLC household names, in acquiring development sites.
• Adept at supervising junior colleagues; able to work collaboratively with colleagues across the national team; excellent attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic about nurturing client relationships through day-to-day engagement and helping senior colleagues run such relationships and lead business development initiatives.

Our Real Estate group is one of the largest real estate teams in the UK, advising an impressive range of clients including commercial and residential developers, investors, major corporate occupiers and banks/funders. The team holds an outstanding reputation with clients and the market generally. “Clients are full of admiration for this team, noting it combines outstanding technical expertise with a very responsive service” (Chambers).

Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation.

The firm is recognised as a Platinum Standard Investors in People employer.

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits. To learn more about our benefits, please see the Benefits Package.

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well‑being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Nina Marshall at