Associate, Real Estate

White & Case LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

White & Case LLP in London is seeking an associate with 4–5 years PQE to join the Real Estate practice. You will work on transactional real estate matters for a global client base, coordinating across teams for cross-border deals and complex financing structures.

The role requires strong technical skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines. Collaboration and client-focused problem solving are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Between four and five years of post-qualification experience.
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Driven by professional growth.
• Strong professional presence.

Responsibilities

• Engage proactively with clients to build and maintain strong relationships, providing strategic advice and addressing their needs.
• Working as part of the London real estate team, on transactional real estate around the world.
• Engage proactively with clients to build and maintain strong relationships, providing strategic advice and addressing their needs.

Skills

PQE 4–5 years

Strong communication

Academic record

Professional presence

Client relationship mindset

Job description

Our Real Estate Practice provides market-leading advice on transactions and disputes with real estate at the core. We assist developers, owners, private and institutional investors, corporates, lenders, and underwriters around the world in understanding industry trends and their impact on business. Our expertise extends to advising borrowers, lenders, and servicers across all types of domestic and international real estate financings. Clients trust us to manage the intricacies of their transactions and disputes, synthesising legal and commercial knowledge to provide counsel that translates into successful outcomes. By leveraging our deep understanding of real estate and legal frameworks, we help clients achieve their goals in a dynamic and evolving market.

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Real Estate practice in our London office?

As an associate, you should possess excellent technical skills and good basic knowledge and experience of the property sector. Bright and adaptable, you should be willing to work outside your comfort zone, advising on legal areas and asset classes that are not generally handled by a typical real estate practice.

Strong oral and written communication skills will be significant assets, enabling you to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers, including international clients for whom English is not a first language. You will need to be highly organized, adept at managing multiple workstreams and producing outstanding results within the short deadlines often demanded by our clients’ timings.

Collaborative and cooperative, you should enjoy working as part of a team, but also demonstrate an independence of thought and action—proactively anticipating clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations by developing creative and original solutions to their problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage proactively with clients to build and maintain strong relationships, providing strategic advice and addressing their needs.
• Working as part of the London real estate team, on transactional real estate around the world.
• Engage proactively with clients to build and maintain strong relationships, providing strategic advice and addressing their needs.

Qualifications and Skills

• Between four and five years of post-qualification experience.
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Driven by professional growth.
• Strong professional presence.

This role reports to

Partner

Equal Opportunities

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The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

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