Solicitor (Housing / Development) in Leeds

Are you a qualified Solicitor working in residential housebuilder development, looking for your next challenge in a dynamic and supportive environment? If so, please read on as we might have the ideal role for you.

We are looking for a Solicitor with 1 to 5 years post qualifying experience to join the established residential development team in our Leeds office, to work closely with the Partners to develop and expand our offering to developers. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our successful team, working alongside a team of "outstanding" lawyers, advising residential developers on land acquisitions, site assembly, disposals and related issues as well as working with our colleagues handling planning, construction, development funding and estate management.

You will work with some of the firm’s key clients, comprising household names and also be involved in some of the region’s high profile and significant residential-led developments. You will be adept at working to challenging timescales with the ability to plan and organise effectively whilst maintaining exceptional client service through strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

What will I be doing?

• Working within the team on site acquisitions, site assembly and disposals for regional and national residential developers, including undertaking the full due diligence and reporting that entails.
• Drafting and negotiating reports and contracts, options, building leases, promotion agreements, transfers and overage agreements.
• Contributing to the department's wider business development objectives and initiatives to strengthen and expand client relationships.

You will have:

• Analytical experience and ability to demonstrate commercial awareness with the ability to balance cost and benefit.
• Experience working to challenging timescales with the ability to plan and organise effectively, whilst maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Excellent all-round communication skills and sound judgement.
• Ability to work within and as part of multi-discipline teams.
• Aptitude and enthusiasm for business development.

About us

We are proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we are one of the UK’s Top 100 law firms. When you join us you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive. We are passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving firm filled with individuality and differences strengthens our teams, our clients and our communities.

What we can offer you

We are committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we are always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification. We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that’s right for you – now and in the future. Our core benefits include:

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• An Employee Assistance Programme.
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2-3 days per week working from one of our office locations.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.

If you would like to request further information or to discuss the role, please contact people@wardhadaway.com quoting vacancy reference HSL1125. If you require any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please request a call back via the above email address. Agencies – please note that we are not currently instructing agents to support with this role. Please do not send speculative CVs.