Real Estate Senior Associate/Principal Associate

Shoosmiths; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Outstanding benefits package

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Shoosmiths is seeking a Senior Associate or Principal Associate to join their Real Estate team in Leeds. This role involves advising on distressed real estate transactions and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to support commercial goals.

The successful candidate will have experience in real estate law, particularly in drafting leases and managing complex transactions. The firm offers a competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package, fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in real estate law with a focus on distressed transactions.
• Familiarity with commercial property acquisitions and disposals.
• Strong negotiation skills for leases and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Advise on distressed real estate transactions and restructuring.
• Manage relationships with high-profile clients across multiple sectors.
• Collaborate with various legal teams for commercial solutions.

Skills

Real estate law

Drafting and negotiating leases

Understanding of corporate acquisitions

Teamwork in multi-disciplined transactions

Education

Relevant law degree

Job description

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Associate or a Principal Associate to join our Real Estate team within the Corporate Division in Leeds.

You Will Be

• Advising on distressed and special situations real estate transactions, including accelerated disposals, pre-pack sales and insolvency-driven deals


• Acting for lenders, investors, PE houses and corporates on the acquisition and disposal of distressed and non-distressed property assets and portfolios


• Supporting insolvency practitioners on property-heavy restructurings, enforcement strategies and asset realisation


• Managing short-timetable transactions with complex title, occupational and financing issues


• Advising on corporate restructurings involving property assets, including group reorganisations


• Working on corporate support transactions involving loan sales, security assignments, securitisations with a significant real estate component


• Collaborating closely with Restructuring & Insolvency, Banking and Real Estate and Corporate teams to deliver joined-up commercial solutions and advice

This role will see you focusing on all aspects of real estate work, from residential and commercial development, investment across a range of sectors including retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, industrial and residential. We would love to speak to you if you are familiar with these sectors, however experience in all these areas is not essential.

We put the client at the centre of everything we do and you will work with us to manage relationships with high-profile clients and help a number of household names deliver their business strategies. You will work closely with the partner in Leeds and also the team based in Manchester as well as working cross-office with colleagues in London and Birmingham to gain a broad experience of transactions and deliver and build on your commercial awareness to support clients’ strategic goals during whether that be restructuring and insolvency, funding or corporate support.

What do we need from you?

We’re looking for a motivated, driven, and commercially minded real estate lawyer with experience of drafting and negotiating leases, options, sale contracts. Ideally, but not essentially, you will also have an understanding of corporate acquisitions, and business sales, and enjoy the pace and teamwork of multi-disciplined transactions.

The team also advises on lease negotiations and management for retail, leisure, and licensed premises.

Depending on experience, you will be used to handling acquisitions and disposals of commercial property and working with funders on reviewing and structuring deals.

The team

Our award winning national corporate restructuring, corporate and banking teams are consistently ranked as one of the UK’s top law firms for deal volume. We act on many high profile administrations, restructurings, CVAs, receiverships and restructuring plans. The team is led by a partners cohort which is widely regarded as leaders in their field who are regularly recommended by clients for their reputation, personalities and outstanding expertise.

We advise companies, management teams, investors, debt providers and Insolvency Practitioners through the process, with a dedicated property function that serves the needs of those clients.

Benefits

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

Equal opportunities

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and talents, and a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.