Real Estate Lawyer - Associate - 1PQE+, Leeds

With new and exciting client mandates, our high performing Transactional Real Estate team is looking for a 1+yr PQE lawyer to join our expanding Leeds practice. You will act for a number of FTSE 100 and significant local clients, supporting a variety and full range of real estate work including the sale and purchase of substantial investment property and large-scale portfolios, investment and property management and acting for national developers and occupiers throughout a range of sectors. 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 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.

Working as a member of some of the firm’s principal client account teams, you can expect to work 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). You will compete with market leading real estate teams pitching for the work you will be carrying out and negotiating against these firms on the transactions you work on. You will act for some of the foremost investors, developers and occupiers including Realty, Aviva, Abrdn, CBRE GI, Columbia Threadneedle, British Land, Travelodge, Asda, Primark, Caddick, Harworth, Muse, Maple Group Developments, BP, National Grid, Network Rail and various Local Authorities. Working closely with existing clients to maintain and develop relationships, acting as a trusted advisor capable of providing timely and quality advice whilst managing expectations. Working collaboratively as part of a cohesive team, to execute large-scale, high-value, client matters to the highest standard. This is a high performing, collegiate and busy team with a strong reputation for providing associates with early levels of responsibility within a supportive and stretching environment and therefore you can expect to take a leading role on some matters.

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

• Have at least 1 years + experience within commercial real estate.
• Have enthusiasm, resilience, and ambition 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.

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?