Real Estate Legal Director

This is an excellent opportunity for a Real Estate Legal Director to join a highly regarded national law firm in Leeds, working on commercial property matters across development, investment and corporate occupier work. You will have the opportunity to play a key role within a growing team, advising clients across a broad range of sectors while developing your career within a progressive and people focused environment. Client Details Our client is a national law firm with a strong reputation for delivering commercially focused legal advice to major organisations, investors, developers and businesses across the UK. With revenue exceeding £200m and more than 1,000 employees, the firm has the scale and resources of a major national practice while retaining a strong focus on people and client relationships. Description The Real Estate Legal Director will be: * Advising clients on complex commercial property development and investment matters * Handling a broad range of real estate transactions, with a particular focus on development and investment * Advising throughout the development life cycle, from conditional land acquisition through to disposal * Working with clients with pre let agreements, forward funding and forward commitment arrangements * Advising on the acquisition and disposal of completed investments * Working closely with specialists across planning, construction, tax, environmental law and banking * Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders * Providing commercially focused advice and helping clients manage legal and transactional risk * Identifying opportunities to develop client relationships and contribute to the firm's wider business objectives Profile The Real Estate Legal Director should be: * A solicitor with around 8+ years PQE * Experienced in commercial real estate with a strong background in development and investment work * Able to demonstrate experience across the full development life cycle * Experienced in areas such as land acquisition, pre lets, forward funding, forward commitments and investment transactions * Commercially minded with a strong understanding of the legal and commercial drivers affecting clients * An excellent communicator and negotiator who can build strong relationships with clients * Confident handling complex transactions with a high degree of autonomy * Proactive, pragmatic and solutions focused in their approach * Comfortable working with colleagues across multiple specialist disciplines * Interested in developing their career within a large national law firm Job Offer Salary ranging from £90,000 to £115,000 27 days of holiday leave. 5% pension contribution. Performance-related bonus. Hybrid working arrangement. Private medical insurance. Life assurance. If you're interested in this role, apply now.