Managing Associate Solicitor

Capio Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

6% pension

Private medical

Discounted parking

Job summary

Capio Recruitment is seeking a Managing Associate for a Top 100 law firm’s Housebuilding team in the housing and real estate sector. You will work on site acquisitions, land assembly, disposals and broader property-led projects on a hybrid basis, advising national housebuilders and SMEs.

The role involves managing a busy transactional caseload, supervising juniors, and supporting business development while keeping up-to-date with housing legislation and CPD.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' PQE in housing/real estate is required.
• Strong experience in housebuilder site acquisition and development work.
• Ability to manage a demanding transactional caseload with accuracy.
• Excellent relationship-building with clients and introducers.

Responsibilities

• Lead site acquisitions, land assembly and disposals for national housebuilders and developers.
• Draft and negotiate core transactional documents (options, promotion, leases, overage).
• Oversee handover from acquisition to sale and coordinate internal teams.
• Supervise and review work of juniors, trainees and paralegals; support partners.
• Help grow the housebuilding client base and contribute to BD.
• Support external profile of Built Environment practice and CPD.
• Maintain current housing sector knowledge and compliance.

Skills

Housebuilder site acquisition

Development work

Client relationship

Team supervision

Job description

Hybrid working | 6% pension | Private medical | Discounted parking

About the Role

An award winning, Top 100 law firm with a strong reputation in the housing and real estate sector is looking for a Managing Associate to join the Housebuilding team. This is a genuine opportunity to help grow and shape the firm's offering to housebuilder clients, working on site acquisitions, site assembly, disposals and wider property-led project work.

What You’ll Be Doing

Working alongside the housebuilding partners and fee earners, you’ll play a central role in delivering new build residential development work, including:

• Running site acquisitions, land assembly and disposal transactions across a mix of national housebuilders, regional developers and smaller SME clients, including full due diligence (title, planning, overage, restrictive covenants) and associated reporting
• Drafting and negotiating the core transactional document suite: option agreements, promotion agreements, conditional and unconditional building leases, overage/clawback provisions, transfers and legal reports on title
• Managing the acquisition-to-sale handover process, briefing internal teams on infrastructure, estate set-up and plot sales ahead of first legal completions
• Supervising, delegating to and reviewing the output of solicitors, trainees and paralegals, and supporting partners with junior fee-earner management
• Contributing to service delivery standards and expansion of the housebuilding client base
• Supporting departmental business development, including client relationship management and new-work origination
• Helping build the external profile of the firm’s wider Built Environment practice (real estate, planning, construction, property litigation)
• Maintaining current technical knowledge of housing-sector legislation and case law, and undertaking CPD

What They’re Looking For

• 6+ years' PQE
• Strong experience in housebuilder site acquisition and development work
• Capacity to manage a demanding transactional caseload against tight completion timescales without dropping accuracy and client service
• Strong relationship-building skills with clients and introducers, including a willingness to attend off-site meetings as needed