Residential Development Senior Associate in Leeds

We are looking to ideally appoint a Senior Associate with 6 years' PQE or more. However, we will consider Associates from 4 years' PQE. This is a rare opportunity to be mentored and work alongside our experienced residential development Partners, Helen O'Neill and Dan Kendall.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Act for our unrivalled range of national and regional housebuilder clients drafting and negotiating immediate land acquisition deals, strategic option agreements and promotion agreements together with a range of ancillary documentation such as transfers, overage deeds, funding agreements, etc.
• Act for property developers on brownfield regeneration schemes including JVs with RPs and/or public sector bodies.
• Act for our housebuilder clients on large scale disposals of affordable housing to RPs and the bulk sale of units to PRS and BTR providers.
• Supervise 0–3 PQE Solicitors and a Trainee Solicitor and be part of a large team of specialist housebuilder lawyers who provide excellent support and supervision.
• Organise and attend a range of client training and business development events.

The team is the leading residential development and urban regeneration legal team in the country acting for 18 of the top 20 UK housebuilders, institutional landowners such as Oxford University and other large‐scale sector participants. We advise over the complete life cycle of new build housing from initial heads of terms, acquiring the land, obtaining planning permission, building out the scheme and the sale of the new homes. Schemes range from local developments of 50 new homes up to 20,000 unit green field urban extensions and multi‐billion pound urban regeneration schemes in central London. We also advise our PLC clients at Group level on national issues such as cladding remediation post‐Grenfell and Competition and Markets Authority investigations.

The team, which is over 240 strong and is based in 8 of our offices across England, operates within Gateley Plc's Property Platform. This Platform comprises over 700 lawyers, surveyors, engineers, architects, accountants and support staff who provide a unique cross‐disciplinary service delivery to our wider property client base. Part of the team's role is the sale of the new homes once built. These sales, which total approximately 15,000 plots and £3 billion in revenue each year, are handled by the Plot Sales team out of three regional hubs using highly developed IT processes and automation.

Personality fit is critical for this role and our successful candidate will be personable, self‐motivated and a confident individual. The successful candidate will have a genuine desire to work within the residential development area, have spent the early years of their career learning their craft, and are now keen to develop their skills further in a large, growing team. With high levels of motivation and commitment to giving clients excellent service, they will be commercially aware, proactive and able to work alone and as part of a team. There will be daily interaction with colleagues and clients at every level.

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Ambition to build and grow a network of clients within professional services.
• A strong team work ethic and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Drive commitment, self‐motivation and a "can do" attitude.
• The ability to exercise discretion and professionalism at all times.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Residential experience is helpful, but not essential for a candidate with a solid background in commercial Real Estate.

We have a strong infrastructure to deliver and provide a comprehensive training programme encompassing technical legal, transaction management and soft skills throughout the careers of our lawyers.

We are Gateley. We are forward thinking and straight‐talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around, our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus. In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

Diversity, inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture. We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work‐life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies. We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company, a variety of pre‐employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.