Associate - Real Estate in Birmingham

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 (37.5 hours per week)

At Hill Dickinson, flexibility is an established part of our culture. Our commitment to supporting colleagues to balance their work and home lives has previously been awarded. We are happy to consider flexible working opportunities and welcome conversations about individual requirements throughout the recruitment process.

Location: Birmingham

Role overview: The successful candidate will join our growing Real Estate practice in Birmingham and have the opportunity to develop their own profile, practice and skills with the full support of the team.

Introduction to the team: The Birmingham Real Estate team, headed up by Ben Acheson, is comprised of a further Partner, Legal Director, Senior Associate, two Paralegals and an Apprentice. Our team is part of a national property group with further teams based in Liverpool, Leeds, London and Manchester. Within this group are specialist teams dealing with Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Planning, Real Estate Litigation, Construction and Residential Property.

Key responsibilities:

• Advising a broad range of clients, including occupiers, property developers, investors and lenders, on matters including:
• Acquisitions and disposals of commercial property and development land
• Landlord and tenant matters, including negotiation of leases and all associated landlord and tenant documents (such as licences)
• Development projects, including development agreements, conditional contracts, infrastructure documents and onward disposals to investors
• Property due diligence and title investigations
• Supervising junior colleagues on property portfolio management including licences, assignments and leases
• Assisting senior colleagues with property finance transactions and the real estate aspects of corporate acquisitions and disposals
• Acquisitions and disposals of investment property – including sale and lease-back transactions.

What are we looking for:

• Important criteria:
• Qualified solicitor (1-3 years PQE)
• Significant experience in Commercial Property
• Demonstrable experience in most of the other areas listed in the job description
• Willingness and aptitude to build on already strong knowledge and skills in all areas outlined in the job description.
• Demonstrates an understanding of clients, colleagues and others
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure
• Adherence to guidelines and procedures
• The ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Enthusiasm to promote Hill Dickinson and the Real Estate department through networking and business development activities
• Financially aware
• Pro-active approach to day-to-day work

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to submit an application and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief. We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths. Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support: We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx. All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.