Leeds Real Estate Supervising Lawyer - Training & Growth

Addleshaw Goddard LLP; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Addleshaw Goddard LLP in Leeds is recruiting a Supervising Lawyer to support and develop junior lawyers within the Leeds Real Estate practice. The role focuses on supervising live matters, providing feedback and helping build commercial legal judgement, rather than managing a personal caseload.

You will contribute to training initiatives and supervise on complex client-facing work, with a view to sustaining the firm’s Tier 1 real estate offering and high standards of service.

Qualifications

• Seven years' current PQE in private practice or in-house.
• Experience in investment acquisitions and disposals.
• Strong landlord and tenant, asset and estate management, and development work.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision, teaching and coaching to junior lawyers (0–3 PQE) across landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development and client account work, reviewing drafts, providing feedback and helping build their legal judgement, commercial awareness and confidence.
• Support the delivery of high-quality legal work by supervising across live matters, helping junior lawyers prioritise workloads, manage deadlines and understand their role within the wider transaction.
• Support training and knowledge development initiatives by feeding back common themes from supervision and assisting with local office training and knowledge sharing.
• Undertake supplemental fee-earning work on a case-by-case basis, including preparing title reports and lease reports and conducting legal research.
• Help junior lawyers navigate AI-enabled legal services, embracing benefits while maintaining the integrity of advice.

Skills

Real estate law

Leadership/mentoring

Communication skills

Job description

Addleshaw Goddard LLP in Leeds is recruiting a Supervising Lawyer to support and develop junior lawyers within the Leeds Real Estate practice. The role focuses on supervising live matters, providing feedback and helping build commercial legal judgement, rather than managing a personal caseload.

You will contribute to training initiatives and supervise on complex client-facing work, with a view to sustaining the firm’s Tier 1 real estate offering and high standards of service.