PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
• This is a new and exciting opportunity within our high performing Transactional Real Estate (TRE) team, specifically designed for a 3PQE+ lawyer who is looking to take their career in a different direction. While you will be part of the wider TRE team, this role is uniquely aligned to key UK clients and will see you working closely alongside London client partners, supporting and broadening out relationships with some of the most high-profile and high-calibre clients in the market.
• This is an ideal opportunity for candidates who are keen to heighten their client exposure, work directly with leading client partners, and are looking for something different from their career—moving away from a generalist real estate model to a more client-aligned, relationship-driven approach.
• 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(s).
• This role offers the unique opportunity to focus exclusively on a handful of major clients, 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.
• We provide first-class technical insight and training and are looking for an enthusiastic team member who wants to build their long-term career with us and become a well-rounded lawyer providing quality, commercial advice for our clients.
THE TEAM
• The Real Estate Group is one of Addleshaw Goddard's largest, comprising a team of nearly 200. In our Leeds office, the Transactional Real Estate team currently consists of 6 partners and 40+ 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
• You will be a key member of some of the firm's principal client account teams, working on a variety of market-leading deals across a wide spectrum of commercial property work (including landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development & regeneration, and corporate support).
• This role offers the chance to work directly with London client partners and to support the development and broadening of relationships with high-profile clients, giving you exposure to some of the most demanding and rewarding client work in the market.
• You will work closely with existing clients to maintain and develop relationships, acting as a trusted advisor capable of providing timely and quality advice whilst managing expectations.
• You will be part of a cohesive, high-performing team, executing large-scale, high-value client matters to the highest standard, and will be given early responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment.
• This is a fantastic opportunity for those who want to step up their client exposure, work on a different model to generalist real estate, and play a key role in supporting and developing relationships with some of the firm's most important clients.
• Continuous development is valued, and you will be encouraged to engage with formal training programmes (whether technical or skills-based) and to draw on mentoring, coaching, and leadership programmes available to you.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
You will:
• Be a UK qualified lawyer with at least 3 years of PQE in commercial real estate.
• Be enthusiastic, resilient, and ambitious, with a desire to find solutions to clients' legal challenges and requirements.
• Be experienced in engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Adopt a consultative and thorough approach to tasks.
• Maintain efficient diary and task management across a range of matters, ensuring the accuracy and levels of client service expected within a high-performing team.
• Be confident in drafting clear and legally effective documents, which reflect the client's instructions.
• Remain calm and optimistic in time-sensitive situations or under pressure.
• Be enthusiastic about the development of your legal skill set and continuous learning.
• Be inquisitive and want to understand our clients, their drivers, and what matters to them, so that your advice has quality, imagination, and impact.
• Be motivated by the opportunity to work closely with London client partners and high-profile clients, and to develop your career in a more client-facing, relationship-driven role.
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?