Real Estate Senior Associate / Managing Associate - Bristol

Chadwick Nott; Bristol; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Attractive benefits package

Hybrid working model

Extensive training and development support

Job summary

A top law firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Associate or Managing Associate to join their Bristol office in a prominent residential development practice. The role involves running high-value transactions, managing client relationships, and contributing to business growth. Candidates should have 3-8+ years' experience in residential development and a strong commercial acumen. The firm offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits package, and hybrid working model within its supportive culture.

Qualifications

• 3-8+ years' PQE in residential development, housebuilding or strategic land work.
• Strong track record acting for housebuilders, developers, promoters or landowners.
• Excellent technical ability and commercial awareness.
• Established and growing client relationships, ideally with contacts in the regional development market
• Experience across options, conditional contracts, affordable housing structures, overage, infrastructure agreements and site assembly
• Exposure to complex strategic land arrangements such as promotion agreements, collaboration agreements, land pooling or mixed use schemes
• A solid understanding of VAT and SDLT issues
• A client focused, ambitious and collaborative approach, with the confidence to manage high value matters and contribute to business development

Responsibilities

• Lead transactions day to day while managing client relationships.
• Handle a broad mix of housebuilders and landowners.
• Support in driving new business and growth.
• Handle complex deals including options, contracts, infrastructure agreements, and site assembly

Skills

Residential development experience

Client relationships

Technical ability

Commercial awareness

Experience with land arrangements

Job description

Real Estate Senior Associate / Managing Associate

Housebuilding and Strategic Land

Bristol

Chadwick Nott have been instructed by a top 100 national law firm with one of the largest and most respected residential development practices in the UK. Their Housebuilding & Strategic Land team continues to grow at pace, and they are now seeking a Senior Associate or Managing Associate to join their Bristol office.

The Role

This is a standout opportunity to work within a nationally recognised residential development and strategic land practice, advising a broad mix of housebuilders, developers, landowners, promoters, housing associations and local authorities. The team handles a wide range of immediate and strategic land acquisitions across the South West and nationally, supported by a large, integrated group of planning, construction, environmental, agricultural, tax and litigation specialists. You will take a lead role in running transactions day to day, managing client relationships and helping to drive new business. The work will span the full spectrum of residential development matters, including conditional and unconditional contracts, options, affordable housing structures, back to back disposals, partnership schemes, easements, infrastructure agreements, overage, site assembly and management agreements. You will also gain exposure to more complex strategic land arrangements such as promotion agreements, hybrid structures, collaboration agreements, land pooling, mixed use schemes, PRS, institutional investment, portfolio acquisitions and charging.

Candidate Requirements

• 3-8+ years' PQE in residential development, housebuilding or strategic land work
• A strong track record acting for housebuilders, developers, promoters and/or landowners
• Excellent technical ability and commercial awareness
• Established and growing client relationships, ideally with contacts in the regional development market
• Experience across key transaction types including options, conditional contracts, affordable housing structures, overage, infrastructure agreements and site assembly
• Exposure to complex strategic land arrangements such as promotion agreements, collaboration agreements, land pooling or mixed use schemes
• A solid understanding of VAT and SDLT issues
• A client focused, ambitious and collaborative approach, with the confidence to manage high value matters and contribute to business development

The firm offers extensive training and development support, ensuring you continue to broaden your expertise and progress your career.

Why Join?

You will be part of one of the largest residential development teams in the UK, working alongside highly regarded partners and over 80 lawyers within the wider sector group. The team has an exceptional client base, a strong pipeline of work and a clear strategic vision for continued growth. The culture is supportive, people focused and built around doing the right thing with genuine emphasis on collaboration, progression and maintaining a positive working environment. You will also benefit from a competitive salary, an attractive benefits package and a hybrid working model, all while being based in modern offices in central Bristol.

For more information about this role please contact Hannah Somers at Chadwick Nott.

Contact: (t) 0117 917 1929
(m) 07435 943574
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At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.