Associate/Senior Associate - Commercial Real Estate - Edinburgh

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Solicitor (6+ years PQE) to join our highly regarded Edinburgh team working with Partners, Ruth Maclean and Neil Fraser. This is an excellent opportunity to work in an exciting and challenging area of law in dealing principally with residential developers as they seek to address the housing emergency and deliver new homes in Scotland.

The team comprises 2 partners, a director, a senior associate, 3 paralegals and a trainee. Our role would suit someone who is ambitious to progress their career in a friendly and motivated team. The client base includes residential developers, housing associations, care home operators, older living developers and landowners.

The CRE team provides advice to a wide range of clients including developers, retailers, hotel and leisure operators, institutional investors, utilities, energy companies, universities and educational providers, charities and engage in cross-border work and corporate support work.

The role will involve:

• Dealing with a variety of complex and high value transactions across the practice area and assisting in the management and development of junior team members.
• Leading land acquisition and disposal transactions for a variety of private developer and public sector clients, including greenfield site deals, brownfield re-developments, golden brick and turnkey housing delivery transactions.
• Involvement in strategic land deals with support from our specialist planning, construction and energy teams.
• Preparing Deeds of Conditions and DMS Deeds of Conditions for new developments.
• Negotiating of Promotion Agreements, Option Agreements and Joint Venture Agreements.
• Providing support to corporate colleagues on the property due-diligence requirements of corporate transactions.

As an Associate/Senior Associate, you will be expected to have:

• Excellent drafting, negotiation, delegation and communication skills.
• A proactive, commercial approach with the ability to manage a varied workload and work effectively as part of the team or independently.
• Strong client relationship and client care skills.
• Time management skills to maximise the profitability of your work.
• Ability to identify and manage risk effectively in your work.

About you:

• Committed to a commercial property career.
• Strong technical knowledge of Scottish property law and experience handling transactions from instruction through to completion.
• Proven experience in one or more of the following areas: development, investment, asset management or corporate support.

What you will get in return:

• Opportunity to work with a market leading team on complex and high-profile transactions.
• On-going career development and progression opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative team culture and work environment.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Opportunities and support to engage in community, pro bono and CSR activities.

Anderson Strathern is an equal opportunities employer. Our policy is to recruit, develop, nurture and retain a diverse workforce following the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010.