Associate - Real Estate Finance in City of Westminster

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate to join our thriving and expanding Real Estate Finance team in London. Our Real Estate Finance Team advises on the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border transactions across all real estate asset classes. We act for a wide range of lender clients—including major banks, debt funds, insurers and financial institutions—as well as borrower clients such as investors, developers, blue-chip property companies, family offices, real estate funds, REITs, social housing providers, housebuilders and pension funds.

You will work closely with our Partners and wider team on a diverse range of finance matters, including development finance, hotel finance, Islamic finance and mezzanine transactions. The team benefits from the support of our "best in class" real estate practice, comprising 420+ lawyers across our global network and operating across key sectors including hotels and leisure, student accommodation, living, retail, logistics and offices. We are proud of our dynamic, inclusive and supportive working environment. Associates in our team are empowered to contribute meaningfully to the growth of the practice and are encouraged to take an active role in business development.

We distinguish ourselves in the market by offering our clients:

• Clear, commercially focused advice that adds value
• Unrivalled knowledge of the real estate sector
• A solutions-driven mindset
• Strong project management and the ability to drive transactions forward

Qualifications:

• Qualification as a lawyer with 2-3 years' PQE from a leading law firm
• Strong academic background
• Excellent technical knowledge of finance transactions and robust drafting skills
• Experience advising on real estate finance matters
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach and sound judgement
• Enthusiasm for complex, intellectually challenging work
• Commercial awareness and the confidence to deliver high-quality advice
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively
• A team-focused, collaborative mindset and willingness to support colleagues

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Benefits:

• Excellent benefits, including:
• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.