Private Real Estate Lawyer (1010)

Womble Bond Dickinson; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the North East is looking for a qualified lawyer with experience in rural real estate to join their Agriculture, Farms and Estates team. The role involves advising clients on agricultural and sporting estates, land sales for development, and green energy projects. Candidates should have excellent drafting skills and at least 3 years of post-admission experience. The firm offers a flexible benefits package and supports diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Health Care

Pension

Flexi-working

Volunteering Days

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with experience in rural real estate work or an experienced real estate lawyer.
• 3+ years' post-admission experience in a relevant field.
• Experience acting for landowners on development projects.

Responsibilities

• Buy and sell agricultural and sporting estates.
• Advise on land sales for development.
• Advise on green energy projects.

Skills

Excellent drafting skills

Commercial pragmatism

Relationship building

Education

Legal qualification

Job description

Overview

You\'ll work closely with lawyers in the wider Real Estate and Private Client teams, providing a broad range of real estate advice to clients with rural property.

Responsibilities

• Buying and selling agricultural and sporting estates.
• Advising in relation to the sale of land for development – sales, options, promotion agreements.
• Advising in relation to a wide range of green energy projects.
• Advising on the full range of landlord/tenant issues in relation to agricultural, commercial and residential property.
• Advising lenders in relation to loans to the owners of agricultural property.

Requirements / Qualifications

• You could be a qualified lawyer with experience of rural real estate work already or an experienced real estate lawyer looking to move into this specialist area.
• Excellent drafting skills, a sense of commercial pragmatism, and the desire and ability to build strong long-lasting relationships with rural clients.
• A legal qualification with 3+ years\' post-admission experience.
• Experience in an Agriculture or Real Estate legal team.
• Experience of acting for landowners on development projects or buying and selling land.

About Us

Our Agriculture, Farms and Estates team is one of the largest groups of rural lawyers in the UK, representing some of the country\'s biggest private landowners. With over 200 years\' experience, we build long term relationships with our clients based on trust and a deep understanding of countryside issues. Our clients appreciate the quality, breadth and commerciality of our service, our industry insight, and the talent and passion of our people. Led by Partner Simon Kirkup, our growing team has an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to join us in Newcastle, advising corporate and charitable bodies as well as significant private estates. This is a genuine chance to join a highly motivated and supportive team with a wealth of relevant experience.

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we\'re more than just suits. As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it\'s important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we\'re very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns. Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women\'s career development and we\'re in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody).

Find out more about ED&I at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

Benefits

Alongside a competitive salary you\'ll receive a flexible benefits package so you can choose and vary the benefits that matter most to you: Pension, Health Care, Life Assurance, Volunteering Days, Carbon Offsetting, Flexi-working, Holiday-purchase. Learn more.