PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• As part of a new and exciting mandate from one our major clients, the AG Transactional Real Estate team are looking to appoint two Associates to act as a dedicated resource to one of our clients within a structured delivery model.
• You will be delivering legal services as part of a new and progressive delivery team model, using the latest innovative ways of working and embracing forward-thinking approaches to drive value.
• Offering a real work life balance with increased certainty and flexibility in hours, the role can be office based or primarily home-based role with travel to our Leeds office at least twice per month (to be agreed depending on the level of experience of the individual(s)). There will be additional attendance required initially for training with the team and occasional visits to London to meet with the client.
• This role offers the unique opportunity to focus exclusively on one major client, enabling you to develop deep sector expertise and build strong client relationships, while also benefitting from the comprehensive support, training, and career development opportunities available at Addleshaw Goddard.
THE TEAM
• The Real Estate Group is one of Addleshaw Goddard's largest, comprising a team of nearly 300 lawyers. In our Leeds office, the Transactional Real Estate team currently consists of 6 partners and 50+ other fee earners.
• The Leeds Transactional Real Estate team is a Tier 1 ranked team and won both the Yorkshire Property Insider Awards and the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards Real Estate Team of the year in 2023.
• The team places a high emphasis on their transactional expertise and bring a commercial and business-oriented approach to a wide range of property matters.
• In delivering transactions we use the latest technology in conjunction with our legal tech team and the wider Innovation Group. We encourage our team to think differently and to test the latest technology, including advances in generative AI.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE
• Acting as a dedicated resource to one of our major clients within a structured delivery model. This role will allow you to build up in-depth knowledge of the client and its business, but with the benefits of the law firm support & innovation model. You will work as part of a wider team and have all the training and support necessary to ensure you can be successful in your role.
• Principally responsible for your own caseload and compliance with AG policies and processes (under appropriate supervision) including:
o Drafting and negotiating commercial leases (including new, renewal and reversionary leases)
o Drafting and negotiating ancillary lettings documents such as licences to alter, rent deposit deeds etc.
o Answering tenant due diligence enquires including liaising with appropriate professional advisors of the client and/or the client.
o Dealing with letting/management applications (such as licences to assign, underlet, deed of variation etc.) during the term of existing leases.
o Dealing with completion processes such as deeds administration, collection of completion monies and post completion administration and billing.
• Supervising work carried out by junior lawyers and paralegals who assist with such lettings and management matters.
• Carrying out other appropriate legal tasks as may be required from time to time for this client or senior members of the team (including assisting with sales, purchases and other transactions from time to time).
• Maintaining a worklog/status update for each matter with contemporaneous updates.
• Direct contact with the client and other professionals engaged by the client (including social / networking opportunities).
• Working closely with the wider client account team to ensure consistency of approach and sharing of best practice knowledge for the client (including assisting with creating and maintaining precedents and client processes).
• Responsible for managing own personal financials such as WIP, billing, write offs.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
To be successful in this role, you will:
• Have 3yrs PQE+ as an Associate working within commercial property matters in England & Wales.
• Ideally have experience of working for institutional landlords.
• Be dedicated to the highest levels of client service, with strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Ideally have experience managing high volume, fast paced workloads in a client facing role as part of a wider team following processes and utilising legal technology tools will be especially suitable.
• Have a proactive approach to identifying risks and opportunities, and developing practical, commercially focused solutions.
OUR FIRM
Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.
OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.
Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?