At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide expert advice on residential development and build strong client relationships.
- Company: Join a leading firm in the UK's largest residential development team.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, generous leave, private medical insurance, and a pension allowance.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for training and personal development.
- Why this job: Advance your career while making a real impact in housing development.
- Qualifications: Experienced residential lawyer with strong technical skills and commercial awareness.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are looking for a Principal Associate to join our Housing Development and Regeneration (HDR) team based in Leeds.
Main Purpose of the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide specialist advice on all aspects of residential development and housing-led work, develop and maintain strong client relationships, and immerse yourself in the residential development market. You will handle work streams such as title due diligence, land acquisition (short and long term), and nuanced elements of residential development that add real value to client relationships and projects. This role offers an experienced solicitor the opportunity to advance their career within one of the country’s largest residential development teams.
About the Team
The HDR team is part of the Real Estate Group, the third largest Real Estate practice in the UK. The team in Leeds is the regional leader in residential development across the north, headed by Partner Julia Field with eight other fee earners. We advise house builders, mixed-use developers, affordable housing providers, landowners, and investors.
About You
We welcome experienced and ambitious residential lawyers with strong technical skills, commercial awareness, and a collaborative approach. Key skills include:
- Managing a caseload to tight deadlines and prioritising workload effectively
- Working well in a team and supporting colleagues, including within multi-specialist project teams
- Supervising and developing junior staff
- Providing clear, practical advice with sound commercial judgment and accurate implementation of instructions
- Negotiating effectively and delivering commercial solutions for clients
- Communicating appropriately at all levels within the team, the wider business, clients, agents, and other parties
- Collaborating with Gowling WLG team members, clients, local authorities, agents, surveyors, consultants, accountants, and others
- Contributing to business development and marketing
- Assisting on tenders to prospective clients and participating in pitch teams
- Taking responsibility for management functions and projects appropriate to your experience
What We Can Offer You
- A hybrid approach to office and remote working
- Generous annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week’s extra leave
- Free private medical insurance, with the option to add family members
- A generous pension allowance
- Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
- A three-month sabbatical every five years
- Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
- Health and wellbeing programmes
- State-of-the-art offices in the heart of Birmingham City Centre with an onsite restaurant
- Opportunities for training and personal development
Equal Opportunities
Gowling WLG is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, marital status, or pregnancy and aims to attract and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds.
Contact
For queries about this position, please contact Arun Kainth at Arun.Kainth@gowlingwlg.com.
Principal Associate - Housing Development & Regeneration - Leeds employer: Gowling WLG
Gowling WLG is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and professional growth within the thriving Housing Development and Regeneration team in Leeds. With generous benefits such as a hybrid working model, extensive annual leave, and comprehensive health programmes, employees are supported in achieving a healthy work-life balance while contributing to impactful residential development projects. The firm prioritises equality and diversity, ensuring a welcoming environment for all, making it an ideal place for ambitious legal professionals to advance their careers.
