Solicitor – Property Litigation – DAC Beachcroft
Department: Real Estate – Property Litigation
Location: Leeds
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0‑3 PQE Solicitor to join our busy real estate team based in Leeds. The role will be primarily focused on telecoms, with an opportunity to work with real estate colleagues across the UK on nationwide projects.
Our real estate department covers every aspect of contentious and transactional commercial real estate work, including telecoms, development, investment, asset management, construction and landlord/tenant work. Clients include telecoms operators, property management and development companies, house builders, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner‑occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.
With offices across England, we are continuing to grow our Property Litigation offering, with seamless cross‑border services for our clients in the UK backed by full national and international support from across the firm.
Key Responsibilities
* Serving statutory notices and advising on their validity and conditionality
* Dealing with contentious lease renewals, termination notices and proceedings
* Interpreting and enforcing lease obligations
* Arrears recovery and tenant insolvency
* Obtaining possession of commercial premises
* Potential for expanding supervisory role (subject to PQE/practical experience)
* Dealing with service charge disputes
* Acting in dilapidations matters including service of notices and advisory work
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
* A 0–3 PQE Solicitor with a strong educational background
* Experience in commercial landlord and tenant disputes is preferable but not essential. Candidates with a strong background in commercial and civil litigation (looking to move into property litigation) will be given serious consideration.
* Comfortable delivering concise commercial advice to clients and maintaining key dates and trackers.
* Handled a varied workload in accordance with client protocols and with an appropriate level of supervision.
* Some experience with client portals and case‑management software would be useful.
* Telecommunications experience acting for landowners or operators would be useful, but full training will be provided if essential.
* Support marketing and business development activity within the team (article writing, attending marketing events and client training).
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. Discuss your approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via in‑house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL). Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable. For PSL queries, please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Law Practice
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