Senior Associate in London

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Real Estate team, with the addition of a Senior Associate.

Taylor Wessing’s Real Estate team is a leading force in the legal sector, known for handling high-profile, complex transactions across the UK and globally. Our partners bring deep sector knowledge and commercial insight to every matter. We work collaboratively across disciplines, including planning, construction, and finance, to deliver seamless, strategic advice. Our team is recognised for its client-first approach, technical excellence, and ability to navigate deals of any scale or complexity.

Joining us means becoming part of a supportive, inclusive, and ambitious team that thrives on delivering outstanding results.

We’re looking for a Senior Associate (5+ PQE) to join our Real Estate team in London or Liverpool. You’ll advise on a wide range of commercial property matters, including leases, acquisitions, and development projects, often with international elements. This role offers direct client contact, responsibility for complex matters, and the chance to grow your profile in a dynamic, agile environment. We value strong commercial instincts, excellent drafting skills, and a proactive approach to business development. If you’re ambitious, collaborative, and ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on and negotiate a wide range of commercial property agreements, including leases, agreements for lease, and sale contracts for freehold and leasehold sites.
• Handle landlord and tenant matters such as licences to assign, underlet, and alter, as well as deeds of variation and rent deposit deeds.
• Support complex transactions including conditional sales, portfolio disposals, and financing arrangements, working closely with planning, construction, and finance teams.
• Manage multiple matters simultaneously while supervising and mentoring trainees and paralegals.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

The following experience/skills are essential:

• Have a breadth of commercial property experience
• Excellent analytical and drafting skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Strong communication skills and a commercial focus
• A proven track record in business development, providing a high level of client contact and previous responsibility for client files.

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer:

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.