Description About the role: We are seeking an Associate to join us within our asset management team and occupier team based in Birmingham. You will be working as part of a busy team, supporting and working closely with a Partner or other senior team members. You will be managing your own files and will have direct contact with clients and agents to provide asset management services to investors. Your work will involve a whole range of leasehold transactions including granting new leases, renewals, surrenders, re-gears, dealing with landlord's and/tenant's works, licences and wayleaves. There will be opportunity to do freehold acquisition and disposal work. We may also ask you to support on large acquisition or financing transactions involving a large number of the team. You will also liaise with our other real estate teams to help co-ordinate a broad service to our clients. The role may also involve supporting some of our occupier clients, including telecoms operators. We are committed to providing excellent client service in accordance with KPIs. We aim to provide timely and pragmatic advice to clients and to build and maintain strong client relationships. About you: Ideally, we would be looking for up to 12 month's experience in handling landlord and tenant work, but we will consider an NQ who has had good transactional real estate experience as a trainee; Strong communication skills both in terms of delivering written and verbal advice, including obtaining instructions from experienced property professionals and demonstrating a willingness to communicate over the telephone (not always relying on email); Maintaining and developing client relationships; Demonstrating a keen interest to learn about our clients' businesses and to provide practical solutions to drive transactions forward; Well organised, good diary management and tech skills; and The ability to handle the financial aspects of delivering our service, such as effective time recording, managing billing and cash collection. What We Can Offer You: Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years. Excellent benefits, including: A hybrid approach to office and remote working. 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members A generous pension allowance Life assurance covering four times your annual salary Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes A range of health and wellbeing programmes State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre with onsite restaurants. Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development. Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us, we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process. What We Can Offer You: Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years. Excellent benefits, including: A hybrid approach to office and remote working. 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members A generous pension allowance Life assurance covering four times your annual salary Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes A range of health and wellbeing programmes State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre and London overlooking Tower Bridge both with onsite restaurants. Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development. Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us, we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process. 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 perceptive 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 or would like to see a full job description please contact Arun Kainth - Arun.Kainth@gowlingwlg.com LI-AK1 LI-ONSITE