Senior Associate - Housing Development & Regeneration

Gowling WLG; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a Senior Associate to join their Housing Development and Regeneration team in Birmingham. The successful candidate will provide expert advice on development and regeneration schemes, working closely with reputable clients and managing significant projects. A minimum of 4 years' post qualification experience is required, along with a passion for commercial property and the ambition to contribute to influential projects. This role promises a rich career path with numerous opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Hybrid working approach

25 days of annual leave

Private medical insurance

Generous pension allowance

Life assurance

Three-month sabbatical every five years

Health and wellbeing programmes

Opportunities for training and personal development

Qualifications

• At least 4 years' post qualification experience.
• Ability to work on high profile regeneration projects.
• Eager to learn and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on development and regeneration schemes.
• Conduct title due diligence and land acquisition.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.

Skills

Commercial property experience

Client relationship management

Regeneration project experience

Mixed-use development knowledge

Education

Law Degree or equivalent qualification

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Housing Development and Regeneration team based in Birmingham

About the team

The Regeneration team forms part of the Housing, Development and Regeneration team and sits within our Real Estate Group, the third largest Real Estate practice in the UK. We work closely with colleagues in social housing, planning, construction and corporate / tax.

Comprising 11 partners and 50 qualified lawyers, supported by a team of paralegals, we advise on all aspects of residential development and housing led regeneration. The HDR teams acts for house builders, mixed use developers, investors, affordable housing providers, and land owners (public and private).

The housing sector continues to be a key area of investment for the government, supported by opposition parties, and demographic demand requires a continuing increase in supply. The 'living' sector combines a number of residential asset classes such as build to rent, affordable housing and senior living, and we are specialists in these areas too. Our large, experienced team and excellent client basedelivers growth year on year, and strong resilience in a downturn. We provide significant opportunities for progression and promotion, with bespoke training tailored to individual needs. We invest in each person and conduct regular reviews to help you achieve your career aspirations.

The team’s areas of expertise includes

• acquisitions, disposals and exchanges of land and property
• overage arrangements, and security
• building licences and development agreements
• development management agreements
• institutional investment in the residential sector
• investor acquisitions and disposals of residential portfolios
• joint venture structuring (with support from corporate / tax colleagues)
• procurement and public subsidy (with support from public law specialists)

Our clients include

• Harworth, Ballymore, Moda Living, Aermont, Hub Residential, Muse, Wates, Countryside and Land Securities,
• London boroughs of Barnet, Ealing, Westminster, Barking & Dagenham, Hammersmith & Fulham and Sutton
• Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
• Lewes District Council
• Coventry City Council
• HS2
• Transport for London
• National Highways
• Government Property Agency
• Central Government

About the role

The purpose of the role is to provide advice on all aspects of development and regeneration schemes. Many of the schemes are residential led but others have a mixed use component. We work for the public and private sectors, we develop and maintain strong client relationships and become immersed in many aspects of regeneration with some projects lasting several years.

The role covers work streams involving title due diligence, land acquisition and property development whereby we add real value to client relationships and projects. It presents the opportunity for a long and meaningful career in regeneration, working as part of one of the largest real estate teams in the country and for some of the top clients and high profile projects.

We have a separate team of paralegals dealing with plot sales and part exchange transactions. Therefore, this role does not include any element of domestic conveyancing.

About you

• You will need to have at least 4 years' post qualification experience in similar fields or in commercial property or development
• Be prepared and eager to forge yourself a long and successful career acting on some of the most high profile projects in the country. These include Brent Cross Town, the London Cancer Hub and the London Film Studios, by way of example.
• You must be ready to learn, to work hard and to reap the benefits of joining a well-established and successful practice.

What we can offer you

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us, we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Equal opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed bothto promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA, evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.

For more information on the role please get in touch with Sam Price –