Associate / Senior Associate - Health Real Estate in London

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: London or Leeds

Role overview:

Our dedicated Health Real Estate team are looking to recruit an ambitious Associate or Senior Associate, to support on the delivery of transactional property work for primary care clients. Within this role, you will be given plenty of client responsibility and exposure (including travel) whilst being part of a supportive and collaborative team.

As one of the largest dedicated Health Real Estate teams in the country, and with continued growth across the practice, we are trusted advisers to organisations across the healthcare and social care sector. The team acts for a wide range of clients, including NHS England, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts, primary care providers, and private healthcare organisations, delivering advice on a broad spectrum of real estate matters.

Key responsibilities:

• Corporate support on mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the social care or independent health sector
• Property due diligence on secured lending transactions in the social care or independent health sector
• Negotiation of leases and associated landlord and tenant matters – acting for landlord and tenants
• Advising large health sector bodies, such as NHS England and NHS Property Services
• Title investigation and reporting
• Deed of Easements, Licences, Tenancy at Will
• Providing property support to the wider commercial team on innovative contracting including joint ventures, alliance agreements and partnering arrangements
• Supporting business development strategies of the team and wider business group and presenting as the face of the firm to clients and intermediaries
• Developing your own relationships with clients/intermediaries.

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

• Qualified Solicitor or equivalent
• Proven experience of advising in all areas of commercial property law and practice, ideally within the sector but other relevant experience will be considered
• Proven landlord and tenant experience
• Excellent communication, organisation and research skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable ability to manage high volume caseloads, achieving strict client deadlines
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and develop relationships within the wider team
• Willingness to take responsibility and ownership of client work, with supervision as appropriate
• Ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
• Ability to play a proactive part in business development and profile-raising activity
• Positive attitude and interest in exploring and learning about new and unfamiliar legal areas
• Ability to work flexibly and proactively

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.