Associate/Senior Associate - (Real Estate - Social Housing)

We're looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our nationally recognised Built Environment team and play a meaningful role in tackling one of the biggest challenges facing society today - the lack of good quality affordable homes. As an Associate or Senior Associate in our Built Environment team, you'll be joining one of the sector's leading practices to do genuinely significant work from day one. Social housing development is in our DNA - we act for 29% of Homes England's strategic partners - and our client base is among the most active in the sector, spanning housing associations and registered providers, private developers, local authorities, health providers, private equity firms and government agencies. You will carry your own caseload across the full lifecycle of a development, working alongside senior colleagues on the most complex transactions and supervising junior colleagues where appropriate.

What you'll be doing

• Advising on a broad range of development structures - including land and build, golden brick and off the shelf deals (including both s.106 affordable and additionality units) - to a high standard of technical competence and within agreed timescales.
• Supporting business development through writing articles and reports, inputting into tenders, updating literature, seeking out networking opportunities, and engaging with clients, including on short-term secondments where required.
• Delivering exceptional client service in line with the team's core principles, and undertaking legal research both as requested and on your own initiative to stay at the forefront of the sector.

What we're looking for

• Solid experience in residential development work, ideally for registered providers and/or developers, with excellent legal drafting skills and the ability to provide clear, concise and commercially relevant advice on complex matters.
• A team player with high levels of personal commitment, a results‑oriented mindset and a track record of taking responsibility for developing business - whether through deepening technical expertise, building client relationships, or progressing within a national firm.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, tempered by a commercial approach, with the ability to manage your own time effectively, communicate with confidence, and build harmonious, professional relationships with clients and colleagues alike.

Why Join Us?

We offer a flexible and hybrid working model. Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives. Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life. Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we're open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process. We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age. We're a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.