Description
Our National Residential Development team is looking for a 2-7 PQE lawyer to join the team. The work is exciting and varied and includes all aspects of brownfield site regeneration schemes, mixed use, urban extensions, the purchase and development of strategic land, joint ventures and collaborations and the development and disposals of new housing neighbourhoods. Housebuilder clients include Vistry Homes, Vistry Partnerships, Barratts, Bellway Homes, Miller Homes, Keepmoat, Crest Nicholson Countryside, CALA and Persimmon. The candidate will work closely with solicitors from our highly regarded Real Estate team from other disciplines including planners, construction, corporate, tax and property finance lawyers.
Key Responsibilities
* Working as part of the National Team on a wide variety of projects
* Drafting and negotiating contracts dealing with all aspects of acquisition, development and disposals
* Carrying out and supervising due diligence and reporting
* Providing clients with focused legal advice with an appreciation of clients' commercial objectives
* Reporting to clients, communicating directly with them and building relationships
* Involvement in business development and assistance with client management
* Assisting with writing articles and client updates
* At all times complying with client and firm protocols, financial management requirements and data protection requirements
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Strong educational background with at least a 2:1 in a Law-related degree
* A qualified solicitor with 2-7 PQE and experienced in Real Estate
* Strong technical skills and an ability to understand and work through complex issues
* A demonstrable ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an ‘academic’ approach to legal issues and to be highly client focused
* Team oriented and collegiate
* Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships, undertake client marketing and influence at all levels
* Strong organisation skills to ensure a pragmatic and methodical approach to handling a variety of Real Estate matters simultaneously
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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