We have a new permanent opportunity for a full-time Real Estate Lawyer to join the Team in one of our Thames Valley offices (Newbury, Maidenhead or Swindon) office. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years' PQE with significant experience in commercial property transactions. The Role Working as part of a team, you will be working on a wide range of commercial property transactions, including property portfolio management, grant and renewal of commercial leases, transfer of existing commercial leases, dealing with applications for consent to assignment, underletting or alterations to premises, acquisition and disposal of all types of commercial property, options, conditional contracts and pre-emption agreements, promotion agreements, property aspects of corporate asset and share sales and acquisitions, secured lending transactions, including in respect of site development, site assembly and sale of completed units You will also be expected to build and manage your own caseload of matters as well as dealing with delegated work and providing full support to more junior members of the team. About you 5 years’ PQE Self-starter with a strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities Excellent team player with demonstrable ability to build effective and trusting relationships with clients and colleagues Strong client-facing and business development skills Good presentation skills Excellent analytical, negotiation and communication skills We offer Salary: Competitive Office: Newbury, Maidenhead or Swindon Hours of work: 9.00am - 5.30pm Other Benefits: Flexible Leave (Holiday) Policy, pension, life assurance, medical health cash plan & discount portal with Virtual GP & wellbeing tools & advice. About Gardner Leader Gardner Leader is a forward thinking, innovative and friendly law firm which has grown substantially in recent years and has offices throughout the Thames Valley. Recently awarded "2024 Law Firm of the Year" by LawNet, we provide quality legal services to individuals and businesses through our Business, Real Estate, Litigation, Family, Wills Probate & Estate Planning, and Conveyancing teams. At Gardner Leader, we're committed to providing peace of mind to our clients and colleagues and we strongly believe that our friendly and inclusive culture enables us to achieve this. We value each other, celebrate our successes and achievements and encourage great team-working. We also recognise that a work-life balance is important to everyone and this is a key part of our ethos, together with a commitment to develop your technical knowledge and ability, and advance your business development skills. We are an equal opportunities employer and believe that diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. If this exciting opportunity sounds like the role for you and you have the skills and experience to join our team, please apply and we’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.