Real Estate Supervising Lawyer

Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension with matched employer contrib.

Life assurance (4x salary) and income

Health and wellbeing support

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions is seeking a Real Estate Supervising Lawyer in Leeds. The role emphasizes coaching junior lawyers (0–3 PQE), reviewing drafts and developing commercial judgement, with minimal personal caseload.

You’ll work with partners to identify training needs, contribute to precedents and training initiatives, and use legal technology to support efficient delivery across matters.

Qualifications

• Supervising and coaching junior lawyers (0–3 PQE).
• Strong communication to translate complex law into practical guidance.
• Experience developing training material and know-how.

Responsibilities

• Supervising, teaching and coaching junior lawyers across landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development and client account work.
• Reviewing drafts, giving clear feedback, and helping junior lawyers build legal judgement and commercial awareness.
• Providing targeted supervision across live matters to support quality, consistency and deadlines without carrying a personal caseload.
• Working with partners to identify knowledge gaps and embed a strong learning culture.
• Promoting knowledge resources and legal technology to improve efficiency.
• Providing ad hoc fee-earner support to the Leeds Real Estate team as required.
• Maintaining and developing precedents, playbooks and training materials to drive consistency.

Skills

Supervising

Coaching

Mentoring

Training

Education

Qualified Solicitor (England and Wales)

Tools

Legal tech

Job description

Real Estate Supervising Lawyer

Location: Leeds (hybrid working)

Salary: £95,000 to £125,000 (dependent on experience)

Experience: 7+ years’ PQE (Transactional Real Estate)

If you’re a senior Real Estate lawyer who gets genuine satisfaction from developing others, improving quality, and helping a team run smoothly, this is a rare opportunity to step into a dedicated Supervising Lawyer role within a busy Leeds Real Estate practice.

This position is designed to strengthen supervision, training and consistency across the team. The focus is on coaching and supporting junior lawyers (particularly 0 to 3 PQE), reviewing work, building judgement and confidence, and helping partners deliver excellent client service, rather than running a full personal caseload.

Our client is recruiting a Supervising Lawyer to provide ad hoc supervision across live matters, raise drafting quality, and support structured development across the Leeds transactional real estate team. You will be a key part of the team’s learning culture, with scope to contribute to wider know-how, precedents and training initiatives over time.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supervising, teaching and coaching junior lawyers (particularly 0 to 3 PQE) across landlord and tenant, property management, sales and purchases, development and client account work

• Reviewing drafts, giving clear feedback, and helping junior lawyers build legal judgement, commercial awareness and confidence

• Providing targeted supervision across live matters to support quality, consistency, prioritisation and deadline management, without carrying a personal caseload

• Working closely with partners and senior lawyers to identify knowledge gaps and training needs, and to embed a strong learning culture

• Promoting effective use of knowledge resources and legal technology to support efficient delivery

• Providing ad hoc fee-earn ing support to the Leeds Real Estate team as required

Additional scope (depending on experience and interest)

• Maintaining and enhancing precedents, playbooks, drafting guidance and checklists to drive consistency and efficiency

• Answering fee-earner queries across the wider team on technical points, including Land Registry processes and transactional queries

• Designing and delivering training sessions, workshops and practical know-how updates on core real estate topics and legal developments

• Capturing learning from significant matters and helping embed it across the team

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified Solicitor (England and Wales) with 7+ years’ PQE (or equivalent) in transactional real estate

• Strong experience in investment, landlord and tenant, management and development work

• Excellent technical and communication skills, with the ability to turn complex law into practical, commercial guidance

• A genuine interest in developing others, with experience supervising, coaching and providing constructive feedback

• Confidence working with stakeholders at all levels, from trainees through to partners

• Interest in knowledge sharing, training and continuous improvement

Helpful (but not essential)

• Experience in corporate real estate work, energy and projects matters, or PSL/knowledge lawyer or training roles

• Interest in using legal technology to support supervision, knowledge and team development

What’s On Offer

• Hybrid working (typically 2 days from home per week, depending on role and location)

• Competitive financial package, including discretionary bonus (performance dependent)

• Private medical insurance, with options to upgrade and add family cover

• Pension with matched employer contributions (up to 5%)

• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection cover

• 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 27 with service, plus the option to buy or sell up to one week per year

• Sabbatical leave options (subject to eligibility)

• Health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 employee assistance programme and counselling

• Wellbeing subsidy towards gym, sports membership or wellbeing apps

• Cycle to Work scheme and interest-free season ticket loan

• CSR day for volunteering (1 day per year) and payroll giving scheme

• Discounts and rewards portal, plus peer and manager recognition schemes

Working Arrangements

Full-time, permanent role based in Leeds, with hybrid working typically 2 days from home per week (depending on role and location).