Commercial Property Lawyer (Hybrid)

Essential Employment; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency is seeking a Commercial Property Lawyer for a temporary role in Westminster. The successful candidate will provide expert legal advice on commercial property matters and manage complex cases within a local government context. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively across councils, ensuring compliance and delivering clear legal guidance.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial property law and relevant transactions.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.
• Strong drafting and reviewing skills for legal documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist legal advice on commercial property transactions.
• Manage an existing caseload and take on new legal work.
• Draft and review legal implications and property-related documents.

Skills

Legal advice

Property transactions

Drafting legal documents

Case management

Compliance

Job description

Commercial Property Lawyer (Hybrid) needed in Westminster, £198.45 per day PAYE- Reference: RQ1504898

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist legal advice on commercial property transactions and matters within a local government context.
• Act as a trusted legal advisor to clients across both councils, ensuring clear, solution-focused legal guidance.
• Manage an existing caseload and take on new complex commercial property legal work.
• Draft and review legal implications, decision-making reports, leases, licenses, and other property-related documents.
• Work collaboratively within the wider legal service, supporting colleagues on cross-disciplinary cases.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, including decision-making frameworks, instructions to external legal counsel, financial procedures, and case management systems.

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV [e-mail] the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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