Senior Associate - Transactional Real Estate in Cheltenham

Michelmores is the destination law firm for the ambitious, the imaginative and the distinctive. We help enterprises and individuals navigate change to find a positive future. We are a flexible, friendly and inclusive organisation with a clear focus on fresh thinking as well as growth and success. We value and nurture our people’s potential and inspiration, providing a creative, open and collaborative environment in which to develop a career and succeed.

Our highly experienced Transactional Real Estate (TRE) group is looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Residential Development team. In this role, you will support the team in delivering first-class service to clients. This will include:

• Residential development acquisitions and disposals, acting for developers and landowners
• Disposals and acquisitions of affordable housing, acting for developers and registered providers
• Provision of support in relation to strategic land matters including promotion agreements and options in respect of land with longer term development potential
• A wide range of matters linked to development work including overage arrangements, title due diligence, conditional contracts, easements, and tenancies.

Our TRE team is a leading real estate team operating across all offices and offers the full range of services to the Real Estate Sector. They combine technical know-how with our formidable, commercial approach. Our team members hail from some of the best City practices and many are recognised as 'leading individuals' by Chambers & Partners. Specifically, our Residential Development team is particularly strong, acting for a wide range of regional and national house builders, residential developers and landowners, including providers of affordable housing, student accommodation and retirement housing.

We take a flexible, agile approach to working patterns. As a team, we agree together on the best working arrangements that will enable each of us to provide exceptional client service, collaborate and connect with colleagues, and achieve the right home/work balance. We are open to talking about flexible working and empower any candidate to put forward a flexible working pattern to meet their needs.

We are looking for somebody who will understand our values and thrive in our culture. An ambitious and commercially astute lawyer, you will have gained broad experience in residential development work and be looking to develop your expertise further and help to grow the firm's offering in this area. The role can be based at either our Bristol, Cheltenham or Exeter office (on a hybrid basis) and the ideal candidate will have:

• At least 5 PQE in a commercial real estate practice, ideally with a focus on experience gained in the residential development sector or a clear interest to develop experience in that sector.
• A genuine interest in promoting business development opportunities and an ability to build effective and positive relationships with clients and colleagues that embrace the importance of trust and collaboration.

This is a great opportunity to join a Firm which believes potential, inspiration, and teamwork should be valued and nurtured. The majority of the team are based in our Exeter office although we work with colleagues across our other offices in Bristol, Cheltenham, Cambridge and London. We work hard to create and sustain an open and collaborative environment.

To apply please click below or if you would like to talk to someone about the role, please call Lisa Gater (Recruitment Business Partner) on 07355677986.

Michelmores LLP is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, gender, marital status, age, religion, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or sexual orientation in the selection, recruitment and treatment of our staff.