Real Estate Litigation Associate

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment is assisting a Top 50 UK law firm in Birmingham to hire an experienced Real Estate Litigation Senior Associate or Principal Associate. You will lead on complex disputes across retail, leisure, development and investment sectors.

You will own significant matters, advise clients strategically, develop relationships and contribute to business development within a nationally recognised practice.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in real estate/property litigation.
• Experience handling complex and high-value disputes.
• Excellent technical ability and commercial judgement.
• A pragmatic, client-focused approach.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• An interest in business development and developing your market profile.
• The ambition to progress within a leading national practice.

Responsibilities

• Advise a diverse client base across retail, leisure, development and investment on complex real estate disputes.
• Take a leading role on a broad range of real estate disputes, including landlord/tenant, dilapidations, forfeiture and rent recovery.
• Manage land registration issues, restrictive covenants and rights to light disputes, plus investment and development disputes.
• Provide strategic, commercially-focused advice and ownership of significant matters.
• Develop client relationships, contribute to BD initiatives and support junior colleagues.

Skills

Real estate litigation

Complex disputes

Commercial judgement

Client relationships

Business development

Ambition to progress

Job description

6+ PQE | National Top 50 Law Firm

We are delighted to be working with our client, a highly regarded Top 50 UK law firm, on an exciting opportunity for an experienced Real Estate Litigation Senior Associate or Principal Associate to join its market-leading national practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded property litigator looking to take the next step in their career within a high-performing, nationally recognised team, working on complex and strategically important disputes for an impressive portfolio of clients.

The Role

You will advise a diverse client base across the retail, leisure, development, investment and public sectors, taking a leading role on a broad range of complex real estate disputes.

Your work will include:

• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Break notices and lease renewals
• Dilapidations
• Forfeiture and possession claims
• Rent recovery
• Land registration issues
• Restrictive covenants
• Rights to light disputes
• Investment and development disputes
• Property-related insolvency matters
• Telecommunications and other specialist real estate litigation

You will have the opportunity to take ownership of significant matters, provide strategic and commercially focused advice to clients and play an important role in the continued growth of the practice.

Alongside your technical work, you will be encouraged to develop client relationships, contribute to business development initiatives, support junior colleagues and build your profile within the market.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Strong experience in real estate/property litigation
• Experience handling complex and high-value disputes
• Excellent technical ability and commercial judgement
• A pragmatic, client-focused approach
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• An interest in business development and developing your market profile
• The ambition to progress within a leading national practice

The Opportunity

Our client has built one of the largest and most respected specialist Real Estate Litigation teams in the UK, advising household-name organisations, major landlords, developers, investors, retailers and public-sector bodies.

The team offers an excellent combination of high-quality work, sophisticated clients, national exposure and a genuinely collaborative culture.

For the right individual, this is an opportunity to join a team where you can take on significant responsibility, develop your client relationships and play a meaningful role in the continued growth of the practice.