Managing Associate Solicitor

Capio Recruitment; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension 6%

Private medical

Discounted parking

Job summary

Capio Recruitment is seeking a Managing Associate to join the Housebuilding team in Leeds, with hybrid working arrangements and a strong focus on site acquisitions, land assembly and disposals for national housebuilders, plus a growing affordable housing practice.

The role involves drafting core transactional documents, supervising junior staff, and supporting business development to expand the housebuilding client base across the Built Environment practice.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' post-qualification experience in housing/development law.
• Strong experience in residential development work.
• Experience handling affordable housing matters for Registered Providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead site acquisitions, land assembly and disposal transactions for housebuilders.
• Draft and negotiate option, promotion, building leases, overage, and title reports.
• Oversee acquisition-to-sale handover and coordinate internal teams.
• Supervise solicitors, trainees and paralegals; support partners with fee-earner management.
• Develop client relationships and originate new work.
• Promote external profile of Built Environment practice.
• Maintain housing law knowledge and CPD.
• Collaborate with Partners on affordable housing for Registered Providers nationwide.

Skills

PQE 6+ years

Residential development experience

Affordable housing experience

Job description

Managing Associate - Housing Team (Development/Affordable Housing)

Top 100 UK Law Firm

Leeds City Centre

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

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.

The team also have a strong presence in affordable housing, acting for Registered Providers nationally.

What You'll Be Doing:

• 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
• Working alongside the Partners on affordable housing, dealing with Registered Providers nationally

What They're Looking For

• 6+ years' PQE
• Strong experience in residential development work
• Experience in affordable housing