Real Estate Lawyer - 5 + PQE - FTSE 100 Housebuilder

BCL Legal In-House; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK house builder is looking for an experienced commercial property lawyer with 5+ years PQE. This role involves leading the Midlands division, managing a team, and handling high-quality transactional work related to site acquisitions and disposals. The position offers a competitive salary, generous benefits including a car allowance and private medical, and the opportunity to work from home part-time.

Benefits

Generous car allowance

Bonus

Shares

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE in commercial property law is essential.
• Experience dealing with house builders is a requirement.
• Proven track record in managing legal teams and external solicitors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the legal team for commercial property transactions in the Midlands.
• Oversee site acquisition and commercial property work.
• Act as primary contact for internal clients.

Skills

Commercial property law

Management experience

Team leadership

Residential development matters

Transaction management

Job description

Overview

We are delighted to be working with a household name UK house builder, who are seeking an experienced + 5 PQE commercial property lawyer with significant experience dealing with house builders, to take a lead role in 'The Midlands' regional division of the Group.

Responsibilities

Reporting into the most senior Commercial property lawyer in the UK legal team, you will be responsible for delivering high quality transactional work in relation to site acquisition, site assembly i.e. infrastructure agreements, management company agreements, and all of the core commercial property legal transactional work that leads to being able to dispose of the plots.

You will also be responsible for the management & overseeing of a well-established team of Midlands based commercial property lawyers and conveyancers, managing external solicitors, and being the key point of contact for internal clients in The Midlands regional office, so management experience is a pre‑requisite.

Qualifications

This opportunity is ideal for a significantly experienced Commercial Property Lawyer or Legal Executive with significant experience dealing with house builders, who is seeking an opportunity to take on more exposure and responsibility. You will either have expertise advising on residential development matters, or alternatively, you may have experience working on large volume plots disposals.

Personality wise, the business is looking for a lawyer able to work at pace and balance transactional work with managing a team.

Location & Working

The opportunity is based in the West Midlands and offers working from home some of the week.

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary is a banding depending on experience / PQE and there are other benefits including a generous car allowance, bonus, shares, private medical and more.