Real Estate Litigation Solicitor in London

Join a leading national law firm with a reputation for delivering exceptional legal services. Offering exposure to complex, high-value disputes, excellent career progression, hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a highly regarded Real Estate Litigation team.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload with appropriate supervision while supporting senior lawyers on high‑value, technically complex real estate litigation matters.
• Handle a broad range of contentious property work, including landlord and tenant disputes, rights of light, restrictive covenants, mines and minerals, easements, boundary disputes, and possession claims.
• Draft a wide range of legal documentation, including pleadings, witness statements, lease notices and other court documents, while preparing matters for hearings, mediations and trials.
• Instruct counsel, support clients throughout the dispute resolution process, engage in settlement negotiations and alternative dispute resolution, and provide commercially focused, pragmatic advice to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Qualifications

• Solicitor with between NQ and 3 years' PQE and experience in real estate or property litigation.
• Experience advising on rights of light, mines and minerals, development or asset management disputes is advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent communication and client relationship management skills, strong commercial awareness, and a practical approach to resolving disputes.
• Interest in business development and building long‑term client relationships is highly regarded.

Benefits

• Excellent salary and benefits package including annual bonus, hybrid working, 25 days’ annual leave plus birthday leave and Christmas.
• Private medical insurance, annual fitness allowance, enhanced pension, electric vehicle scheme, enhanced family leave, life assurance, group income protection, comprehensive wellbeing support and excellent training and development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.