Real Estate Litigation Lawyer

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Real Estate Litigation seeks an experienced solicitor with at least 5 years PQE. This role offers exposure to high-profile legal work within a supportive environment. Join our dedicated team, where you can further develop your legal skills and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 35% of salary

Paid sabbatical scheme

Minimum 25 days annual leave

Auto-enrollment in pension scheme with 5% contribution

Hybrid and flexible working

Access to BUPA with no excess or compulsory payments

Qualifications

• At least 5 years PQE required.
• Strong experience in commercial real estate disputes.

Responsibilities

• Acting for a wide range of clients in Real Estate disputes.
• Delivering excellent client service.
• Engaging in high-quality litigation work.

Skills

Legal problem solving

Client service

Job description

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We’re a full-service provider for all Real Estate Litigation matters. As a substantial practice involved in high profile and challenging work, we need you to join us.

The Real Estate Litigation team acts for a wide range of clients, such as PLCs, banks, insurers, and government/public bodies. We engage in the full spectrum of Real Estate disputes work – so it’s a great place to obtain exposure to high-quality work and we are involved in new and ground-breaking areas of law including the Building Safety Act 2022.

We’ve got an excellent reputation in the local and national market and provide a supportive and friendly team environment giving you a great platform to develop your legal skills and career.

The team is headed up by Martin McKeague and work closely with the Real Estate Group and Housing Litigation team.

What you’ll need:

• At least 5 years PQE under your belt
• A keen interest in legal problem solving and good experience of commercial real estate disputes.
• Understand what great client service is and be able to deliver that.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience.
• Earn up to 35% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Paid sabbatical scheme where you can accrue up to 2 weeks’ paid sabbatical over a 2-year period, or 4 weeks’ paid sabbatical over 3 years.
• Billable hours target of 1350 – lower than all our rivals which is reflective of our commitment to giving you the opportunity to develop your legal skills and client network while also offering a good work/life balance.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we’ll contribute a minimum of 5% of your salary.
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working with 40-60% of your time spent in the office. Please speak to the recruitment team to discuss your flexible working preferences.
• Access to BUPA with no excess or compulsory payments.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.