Job Description
We are looking for an Associate to join our Commercial, Development & Investment team. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider team in providing advice to developers and institutional property investors on UK-wide development projects and investments.
The successful candidate will be exposed to a broad range of commercial and mixed‑use real‑estate transactions and will be involved in a diverse and interesting blend of work. The ideal candidate should display an enthusiasm for business development, have commercial acumen and a high level of attention to detail.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Assisting on acquisitions and disposals of investment assets
* Working with the team on development projects
* Lettings and asset management work
* Drafting and negotiating certificates of title and title reports, agreements for lease and surrenders, leases, deed of variation, side letters and associated documentation
* Managing the process on large portfolio acquisitions, financings and disposals, including enquiries and CPs, with colleagues and other firms
* Organising online sale portals and new client set up and overseeing and supervising juniors in uploading documentation, organising folders and naming conventions
* Working with clients, taking instructions, keeping clients informed and running transactions
* Business development, including delivering client training, preparing client alerts and other value add elements of client relationship building
* Dealing with compliance requirements and fee estimates, ensuring timely billing and assisting in the collection of bills as necessary
* Any other reasonable duties delegated by any Partner, Senior Manager or Practice Operations Manager of the firm
About you
* We are looking for a confident, technically strong and dynamic qualified lawyer with commercial investment and development Real Estate experience that can fit into a busy team with demanding clients
* Manage your own caseload to tight deadlines, remain calm under pressure and prioritise your workload effectively
* Work collaboratively in a team environment (which may involve working as part of a bigger project team) and support your colleagues
* Give clear, practical advice with sound judgment and swift, accurate implementation of instructions
* Negotiate effectively and deliver commercial solutions for our clients
* Take ownership of matters, keeping clients and supervisors updated
* Communicate appropriately and effectively at all levels within the team and the wider business as well as with clients, agents and other parties
* Delegate where appropriate and supervise and mentor more junior fee earner team members
* Good research skills and presentation of findings in an easily digestible format
* Keen interest in use and development of legal technology and AI
What We Can Offer You
* The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years
* Lawyer bonus
* Generous annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week of extra annual leave
* Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
* A generous pension allowance
* Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
* The chance of a three‑month sabbatical every five years
* Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
* A range of health and wellbeing programmes
* State of the art offices
* Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development
The role requires the successful candidate to be based in the London office at least three days per week.
Equal Opportunities
Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceived or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.
If you have any queries in relation to this position, please contact Arun Kainth - Arun.Kainth@gowlingwlg.com
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