Legal Analyst

Realty Income Limited; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Realty Income Limited seeks a Legal Analyst to support its European Legal group with administrative and operational work underpinning acquisitions, disposals, portfolio management, and broader legal-department activity. The role coordinates records, post-closing items, invoices, KYC/AML workflows, and liaises with internal colleagues, advisers, tenants, and service providers.

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, accurate, and able to manage deadlines across a real estate environment,

Qualifications

• At least three years of relevant professional experience and/or training.
• Experience working in a legal environment.
• Familiarity with lease and property documentation and terminology.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• The ability to prioritise a large workload, manage competing deadlines, seek guidance appropriately, and work independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong internet research capability.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to compose correspondence and reports from brief instructions.
• The ability to enter and retrieve data with the speed and accuracy required for assigned work.

Responsibilities

• Compile transaction file documentation and distribute materials requested by the legal team.
• Organise and maintain files for multiple properties and legal entities.
• Coordinate post-closing items and prepare transaction reports and interdepartmental communications.
• Arrange the preparation and delivery of notices to tenants and third parties as instructed.
• Manage records retention and filing across SharePoint and internal and external drives.
• Maintain accurate trackers for transactions, legal costs, and other legal information.
• Coordinate legal invoice collation, tracking, and related follow-up.
• Collate responses and supporting documentation for KYC/AML requests.
• Coordinate and liaise with outside counsel and other advisers.
• Prepare tenant welcome letters and support routine lease activity, including licences, easements, and releases, as instructed.
• Arrange large meetings and provide printing, copying, postal, and document-distribution support.
• Attend European Legal group and wider Legal Department meetings.
• Communicate with Company lawyers, paralegals, and Environmental, Technical, and Lease Abstraction teams on the status of assigned matters.
• Correspond as needed with outside counsel, advisers, tenants, service providers, and internal employees.
• Handle other requests for legal administrative and operational support as assigned.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

SharePoint

Job description

About Realty Income Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is a real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Founded in 1969, we invest in diversified commercial real estate and have a portfolio of 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the UK and six other countries in Europe, with a gross book value $58bn. We are known as "The Monthly Dividend Company®” and have a mission to deliver stockholders dependable monthly dividends that grow over time. Since our founding, we have declared 656 consecutive monthly dividends and are a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index, having increased our dividend for the last 30 consecutive years. You will be joining one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the world as we rapidly expand into the UK and European markets, including moving into new offices at 3 St. James’s Square. The European portfolio, including the UK, has experienced consistent growth quarter-on-quarter since our first international acquisition, a £429m 12-property portfolio from Sainsbury’s in 2019. In just five years the portfolio now includes investments of over $11bn, and 483 distinct properties.

Position Overview

Realty Income is seeking a Legal Analyst to support its European Legal group with the administrative and operational work that underpins property acquisitions, disposals, portfolio management, and broader legal-department activity. Reporting to the Head of Legal (UK), the role will organise transaction and entity records, coordinate post-closing activity, maintain legal and cost trackers, support invoice and KYC/AML workflows, and liaise with internal colleagues, outside advisers, tenants, and third-party providers. This opportunity suits a highly organised legal professional who brings accuracy, sound judgement, and confidence working across multiple deadlines in a real estate environment.

Responsibilities

• Compile transaction file documentation and distribute materials requested by the legal team.
• Organise and maintain files for multiple properties and legal entities.
• Coordinate post-closing items and prepare transaction reports and interdepartmental communications.
• Arrange the preparation and delivery of notices to tenants and third parties as instructed.
• Manage records retention and filing across SharePoint and internal and external drives.
• Maintain accurate trackers for transactions, legal costs, and other legal information.
• Coordinate legal invoice collation, tracking, and related follow-up.
• Collate responses and supporting documentation for KYC/AML requests.
• Coordinate and liaise with outside counsel and other advisers.
• Prepare tenant welcome letters and support routine lease activity, including licences, easements, and releases, as instructed.
• Arrange large meetings and provide printing, copying, postal, and document-distribution support.
• Attend European Legal group and wider Legal Department meetings.
• Communicate with Company lawyers, paralegals, and Environmental, Technical, and Lease Abstraction teams on the status of assigned matters.
• Correspond as needed with outside counsel, advisers, tenants, service providers, and internal employees.
• Handle other requests for legal administrative and operational support as assigned.

Qualifications

We would expect the successful candidate to have:

• At least three years of relevant professional experience and/or training.
• Experience working in a legal environment.
• Familiarity with lease and property documentation and terminology.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• The ability to prioritise a large workload, manage competing deadlines, seek guidance appropriately, and work independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong internet research capability.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to compose correspondence and reports from brief instructions.
• The ability to enter and retrieve data with the speed and accuracy required for assigned work.