Residential Development Lawyer

Origin Legal; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm in Cambridge seeks a newly qualified Real Estate Lawyer to join their Residential Development Team. This full-time position offers the opportunity to support senior solicitors on various transactions, conduct due diligence, and draft key documents. Ideal candidates will have 0-5 years of experience and a desire to specialize in residential development, with opportunities for networking and client relationship growth.

Qualifications

• 0-5 years of experience as a qualified solicitor.
• Experience in the residential development sector.
• Trained within a reputable firm.

Responsibilities

• Support senior fee earners on residential development transactions.
• Conduct title due diligence and report on findings.
• Draft documents related to development projects.

Skills

Understanding development infrastructure delivery

Drafting documents accurately

Title due diligence

Client relationship management

Job description

Top 50 UK Law firm with over 700 lawyers nationally wishes to recruit a newly or recently qualified Real Estate Lawyer (0-5 yrs) to join the Residential development team in the Cambridge office.

The firms Commercial Real Estate Team is one of the best regarded and largest dedicated real estate teams within any firm outside of London, with over 200 lawyers across the firm as a whole.

The Residential Development Team acts for a broad range of developers (both small regional companies to national developers), affordable housing providers, local authorities, promoters and landowners.

Developments they work on regularly range from 5 to 4,000 dwellings, and can in some instances be worked on for 10 years or more, giving the team members extensive opportunities to grow long standing relationships with clients and a real sense of pride in schemes worked on.

Responsibilities

• Working with and supporting senior fee earners across the offices in the Residential Development Team on a wide variety of residential development and strategic land acquisitions and disposals (options, conditional and unconditional contracts, promotion agreements)
• Working on affordable housing transactions for both Registered Providers and private developers;
• Carrying out title due diligence, reporting on title – including searches and site visits;
• Understanding development infrastructure delivery and working on transfers and easements to bring services and access rights to development sites;
• Dealing with lender requirements for development funding;
• Drafting documents accurately and commercially;
• Early responsibility and opportunity to network and grow client relationships.

We are seeking two solicitors to join the Residential Development Team on a full time permanent basis. Preferably you will have trained within a well-regarded city, national or regional firm and already have experience in the residential development sector and wish to further specialise in this practice area.