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Our Residential team is one of the largest of its kind. We support our clients on a range of projects across the Living Sector. We act for PLCs, regional and SME house builders, registered providers of affordable housing, land promoters, and PRS investors & developers in respect of residential and residential‑led mixed‑use developments.
Our expertise in the Living Sector, coupled with our approach to client service, means that we are rated as the premier team by both clients and the legal directories.
If your expertise lies in house‑building; build‑to‑rent; strategic land or affordable housing we would be very interested in hearing from you. We also have various locations you could be based from, on a hybrid basis, including Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle or Southampton.
We’re looking for a partner with a credible track record in this sector, capable of delivering growth and increasing our national profile. You will also be expected to support and drive the wider strategic vision of growth for Womble Bond Dickinson. In addition to driving our business forward, you will have an equally important role in the development of our people – coaching, mentoring and taking responsibility for their career development.
What will you be doing?
Within this sector, we are seeing significant growth. You will be joining a national high‑profile team with the best exposure to high‑value development work. This includes conditional and unconditional contracts/transfers, option agreements, promotion agreements, development funding agreements, forward commitment/turnkey contracts, and collaboration agreements with a focus on high‑value residential development and investment projects.
To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:
* A legal qualification with 8+ year(s) post‑admission experience.
* A high level of knowledge of the UK living sector and experience of building and sustaining a practice in this sector.
* The ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of revenue prioritisation.
* An effective coach and sounding board for team members, giving a clear sense of direction and purpose.
* The ability to actively seek out opportunities for innovation and create process improvements.
* A role model with a commercial mind‑set who ensures efficiency.
* An external profile as a leader in this field.
* An understanding of how the provision of legal services should be delivered at a top 20 law firm.
What's in it for you
We have a strong, collaborative culture where success is rewarded and our people are supported and encouraged to achieve their potential, whatever their role in the business. You will benefit from a hugely talented group of professionals who are enthusiastic and committed to the success of our business and ready to support your practice development through sector or business development advice and support, learning and development opportunities, and technology and innovation.
What makes it great to work here?
We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we’re more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, we ensure our people can maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and are happy to discuss flexible working, full‑time or part‑time patterns.
Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment where difference is valued. We have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, working with our colleague networks for race, ethnicity, cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families and women’s career development and continually dialogue with our people about expanding our networks. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know. If you need this job advert or the application form in a different format, please let us know. We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is visible only to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.
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