Real Estate Development Senior Associate

JMC Legal Recruitment Limited; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Real Estate Development solicitor to join its Leeds team, part of a national development practice advising housing associations, authorities, developers and funders on strategic land acquisitions, site assembly, plots, joint ventures and development funding.

The firm combines top-tier Real Estate with a collaborative culture: flexible, growth-oriented, with trusted support from partners and opportunities to lead matters and build client

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE in real estate development.
• Lead a varied caseload with minimal supervision.
• Commercially aware of the current development landscape.
• Experience supervising junior lawyers.
• Ambitious to build client relationships and your market profile.
• Collaborative and comfortable working across offices and teams.

Responsibilities

• Advise housing associations, local authorities, developers, investors and funders on the full span of property and development work.
• Lead matters and client relationships with backing from experienced partners.
• Supervise and develop junior lawyers.
• Work across a national platform with offices and teams.

Skills

Real estate development

Client relationship building

Leadership

Team collaboration

Commercial awareness

Job description

Real Estate Development Senior Associate | 5+ Years PQE | Top 100 Firm | Leeds

A strong opportunity for a senior Real Estate Development lawyer to join a Legal 500 ranked team acting on regeneration, housing and development schemes for public and private sector clients.

What sets it apart is the working culture. Flexibility here is not a policy to be negotiated, it is simply how the team operates.

The Firm

This is a Top 100 UK firm with a Legal 500 ranked real estate practice, in a sustained period of growth and expansion across its offices.

The firm has built its reputation not just on the quality of its work, but on how it treats its people. There is a genuinely grown up culture here: no unnecessary presenteeism, no rigid expectations around office attendance, and no sense that flexibility needs to be earned. You will be trusted to do your job and supported to do it well.

That culture has not come at the expense of growth. The business has grown consistently year on year and is firmly on an upward trajectory, while remaining a place where output matters more than optics.

The Role

You will join the Leeds team as part of a national development practice, advising housing associations, local authorities, developers, investors and funders on the full span of property and development work, from strategic land acquisition and site assembly through to plot sales, joint ventures and development funding.

The firm's strength in the public and regulated sectors means the work has a dimension most development practices cannot offer. Schemes frequently sit across housing, regeneration, health and education, which gives you real breadth and a client base that keeps instructing rather than transacting once and disappearing.

The structure is national and genuinely collaborative, so you are not limited by geography in the work you can get involved in. At this level you will be leading your own matters and client relationships with the backing of experienced partners, supervising and developing junior lawyers, and playing a visible part in the continued growth of the practice.

The Ideal Candidate

• Solicitor at 5+ years PQE with strong real estate development experience
• Confident leading a varied caseload across a range of clients with minimal supervision
• Commercially aware and knowledgeable about the current development landscape
• Experience supervising and developing junior lawyers
• Ambitious about building client relationships and your own profile in the market
• Collaborative, and comfortable working across offices and teams

What's on Offer

• A Legal 500 ranked real estate practice within a Top 100 firm
• Complex, high value development work across the public and private sectors
• Ownership of your own matters and client relationships
• A national platform and a clear route to progression
• Competitive salary and strong benefits package