Residential Real Estate Lawyer

Womble Bond Dickinson; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Plymouth is seeking an experienced senior lawyer to join their residential team. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of post-qualification experience in handling real estate development and strong networking skills. This position offers the chance to work in a supportive culture that values diversity and well-being.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of post-qualified experience as an England & Wales Solicitor.
• Experience managing residential development work.
• Experience working with real estate investors.

Skills

Real estate development

Networking skills

Coaching and mentoring

Education

England & Wales Solicitor qualification

Job description

Our Residential team is one of the largest of its kind and they have an exciting opportunity for a senior lawyer to join their team in Plymouth. We support our clients in a range of projects from PLC and regional housebuilders, mixed‑use developers and investors, local authorities, registered providers through to buy‑to‑rent affordable housing and regeneration. Our expertise in the sector, coupled with our approach to client service means that we are rated as the premier housing team in the UK by both clients and the legal directories.

You’ll be an experienced technically proficient real estate lawyer with at least 6 years’ post‑qualification experience who’s had extensive exposure to quality real estate development work and can add value through first‑class technical, commercial advice and delivering business and sector insight. You’ll have rounded knowledge of acquisition and development work for residential development purposes. You’ll also have strong internal and external networking skills and use these effectively to generate and manage work in your own right. You’ll also, ideally, have experience of supervising the technical work of others and enjoy devoting dedicated time to share your expertise through coaching and mentoring. To be successful in this role you’ll need as a minimum:

• At least 6 years of post‑qualified experience as an England & Wales Solicitor.
• Skilled in managing residential development work.
• Experience of working with real estate investors (whether funds, property companies, charities or private clients) and managing site assembly and estate set‑up issues.

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we’re more than just suits!

As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it’s important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we’re very happy to talk flexible working. Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm‑supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we’re in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about it. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.