At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape legal innovation and manage knowledge in real estate disputes.
- Company: Renowned international law firm with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Strategic role, career progression, and exposure to high-profile work.
- Other info: Supportive team environment focused on training and development.
- Why this job: Become a subject matter expert and drive legal innovation.
- Qualifications: UK-qualified solicitor with 5+ years' experience in Real Estate Disputes.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
- Play a strategic role shaping disputes delivery and legal innovation
- High-impact PSL role with real influence across a leading practice
- About Our Client
Our client is a highly regarded international law firm with a strong reputation for combining technical excellence with commercial insight.
The firm is known for its collaborative culture, investment in people and forward-thinking approach to innovation, including a clear focus on technology and knowledge management as part of its long-term growth strategy.
Job Description
About the Role As a Knowledge Lawyer, you will play a key role in supporting a high-performing disputes practice by developing, managing and sharing the team's legal know-how.
Working closely with partners and fee-earners, you will help ensure that advice remains technically robust, commercially focused and delivered efficiently.
Key responsibilities include
- Acting as a technical advisor on complex real estate disputes and civil procedure issues
- Monitoring and analysing legal and market developments, and translating these into practical guidance, precedents and updates
- Producing and maintaining standard documents, playbooks and know-how resources
- Designing and delivering internal and client-facing training
- Supporting the development of litigation strategies and consistent approaches across key work types
- Driving improvements in knowledge management through legal technology and AI tools
- Contributing to thought leadership and client-facing materials in collaboration with BD and marketing teams
- Working closely with the wider Knowledge Lawyer community to support a firmwide KM strategy
The Team The team advises a broad client base including developers, investors, landlords, tenants, financial institutions and corporate occupiers.
They work on a full range of contentious property matters, including
- Dilapidations
- Lease renewals
- Rent review and service charge disputes
- Break options, forfeiture and possession
- Development and property management disputes
- Professional negligence relating to property
- The Successful Applicant
- UK-qualified solicitor with circa 5+ years' PQE in Real Estate Disputes, or an experienced PSL/Knowledge Lawyer
- Strong technical experience across contentious property work
- Excellent drafting skills, with the ability to produce clear, practical and commercially focused materials
- Confident communicator, able to deliver training and engage stakeholders at all levels
- Highly organised, proactive and collaborative, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Interest in legal innovation, knowledge management and technology
- What's on Offer
- A strategic, non-fee-earning role with real influence across a leading disputes practice
- Opportunity to become a recognised subject matter expert in real estate disputes
- Exposure to high-quality, complex and high-profile work
- Strong emphasis on training, development and career progression
- Collaborative and supportive team culture
- The chance to play a key role in legal innovation and AI adoption
- Job summary
- Job function
- Legal
- Subsector
- Litigation
- Sector
- Business Services
- Location
- City of London
- Contract type
- Permanent
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Real Estate Disputes Knowledge Lawyer employer: Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain
At Michael Page, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, particularly for the Strategic Procurement Leader role at London Luton Airport. Our dynamic work culture fosters collaboration and innovation, offering employees ample opportunities for professional growth and development. With a competitive salary package and a hybrid working model, we ensure that our team members enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance while making impactful contributions to airport operations.
Contact Details:
Michael Page Procurement & Supply Chain Recruitment Team
