Real Estate Solicitor/Associate (Private Development Team)

Winckworth Sherwood LLP; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in property law seeks a dedicated Solicitor to join their Private Developer Team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with some of the UK's largest property developers, engaging in diverse real estate transactions. You will collaborate closely with a talented team of lawyers, gaining invaluable experience while managing complex client inquiries and liaising with other legal experts. With a commitment to employee development and a healthy work-life balance, this firm fosters a stimulating environment where your contributions will be recognized and valued. If you're passionate about real estate and eager to grow your career, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solicitor/Associate in a reputable real estate team.
• Understanding of private development work is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist with management inquiries from existing clients' teams.
• Liaise with various legal professionals as required.

Skills

Real Estate Law

Client Liaison

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

Solicitor Qualification

Job description

Winckworth Sherwood is one of the UK’s leading property law firms. We act for ultra-high net worth investors/family offices, major property companies, the Country's top developers and funders, and major corporate occupiers across a full range of real estate transactions, in all the major property sectors. Real Estate is the core of the Firm and drives business across a number of practice areas.

Our Private Developer Team focuses on acting for private residential developers, a key component of the real estate client base, and as a result, you will have exposure to working for some of the largest property developers in the UK. The Real Estate team consists of 13 partners, a practice development lawyer, with additional support provided by a further 20 fee-earners, trainees, and a paralegal. The Private Developer Team sits within Real Estate.

The role would offer you the chance to work across:

• Management work (assisting members of the team with ad hoc inquiries from existing clients' technical and management teams).

The role would also see you:

• Liaising with tax, corporate, planning, construction, and litigation lawyers as required.
• Having regular client contact.

ABOUT YOU

If you have:

• Experience working as a Solicitor/Associate in a reputable real estate team
• Some experience and/or an understanding of private development work (which would be desirable)
• A willingness to learn and grab opportunities as they arise, we would love to hear from you!

You should also thrive on solving complex problems and balancing multiple tasks at once, whilst leaning into your team for support and guidance. In return, you will have the opportunity to work on large scale London/national housing developments and learn from a group of highly experienced senior lawyers and partners who are recognized within the private housing development sector for their expertise.

WHY US

Winckworth Sherwood is an exciting, diverse, and growing business. We are a full-service law firm with a diverse client base that prides itself on providing advice across a broad range of sectors and markets. Delivering a first-class service is key to everything we do.

Our clients range from some of the UK’s largest businesses and institutions, housebuilders and developers through to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and private individuals – all of which benefit from the flexible, practical approach of our lawyers.

We recognize that our people play a key part in our success and as a result, we are committed to their development and well-being. We promote a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, keeping our people motivated and stimulated to deliver great things.

YOUR APPLICATION JOURNEY

Application review

Your profile will be screened by a member of the WS recruitment team. If your CV is shortlisted, you will be invited to have a short call with our Recruitment Manager, Ash Evans, to discuss your interest in the vacancy. No AI is used in our application screening process! Every candidate who applies to this role will be told if they have been successful or not in moving to the next stage.

1st interview (via Teams/in person at our London office)

This will be with two of the team's Partners, who will discuss your interest in the role, what you are looking for professionally, and ask some competency/behavioral questions that relate to the key skills/behaviors needed for this position.

Every candidate who reaches this stage will be offered the chance to have a feedback call with our Recruitment Manager to understand why they weren't progressed to the next interview stage, so that you can use this feedback to help with other job applications.

2nd interview (in person at our London office)

At this stage, you will sit a 30-minute technical assessment, which you will then discuss with two more partners from the team. They will discuss your technical experience in more detail, discuss some of the real estate property transactions you have been involved in, and provide additional insight into the type of work the private development team carries out. This is also a good opportunity to ask any final role/firm-specific questions.

Every candidate who reaches this stage will be offered the chance to have a feedback call with our Recruitment Manager to understand why they weren't offered the position, so that you can use this feedback to help with other job applications.

Offer of employment

If you are successful and accept our offer of employment, we will submit your details to our background screening company (Giant), who will conduct a series of background checks. Once these have been completed and we have separately validated your proof of right to work in the UK, a start date can be agreed, and your onboarding schedule can be planned.