Managing Associate Solicitor

Capio Recruitment; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

6% pension

Private medical

Discounted parking

Job summary

Capio Recruitment is assisting an award-winning Top 100 law firm in Newcastle upon Tyne with recruiting a Managing Associate for the Housebuilding team. You will lead on new build residential development work, including site acquisitions, land assembly, and disposals, while supervising junior staff and supporting business development.

You will manage a demanding transactional caseload, build strong client relationships, and help grow the firm’s housebuilder client base, with hybrid working and a

Qualifications

• 6+ years' PQE in housebuilding or property development.
• Strong experience in site acquisitions and development work.
• Ability to manage a demanding transactional caseload with tight deadlines.
• Excellent relationship-building with clients and introducers.

Responsibilities

• Running site acquisitions, land assembly and disposals for national housebuilders and developers.
• Drafting option, promotion, building leases and overage provisions.
• Managing handover from acquisition to sale with internal teams.
• Supervising solicitors, trainees and paralegals; supporting partners with junior fee-earner management.
• Contributing to service delivery standards and expanding the housebuilding client base.
• Supporting business development and new-work origination.
• Raising the profile of Built Environment practice and CPD.

Skills

Housebuilding experience

Transactional management

Client relationship management

Team supervision

Education

Qualified solicitor

Tools

Drafting & negotiating core documents

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