Senior Associate - Property Litigation

Tlt Llp; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Hybrid working

Job summary

TLT LLP invites applications for a Senior Associate to join our leading Property Litigation team. The role is full-time and hybrid, based in Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham, offering progression in a nationally recognised practice.

You will manage a caseload, supervise junior lawyers, and help sustain our client relationships while contributing to business development and the firm’s growth across the region.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with 4+ years' PQE in property litigation.
• Experience in public sector or telecoms is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong analytical, communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of property litigation matters.
• Provide excellent service to clients across sectors including public sector and government departments.
• Supervise work of junior team members.
• Collaborate with Partners to manage key client relationships nationally and contribute to BD.
• Work regionally and nationally to meet team and firm goals.

Skills

Property litigation

Client management

Supervision of juniors

Business development

Relationship building

Education

Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered)

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Associate to join our successful, national Property Litigation team. This is a full-time position, based in Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham on a hybrid working basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious property litigator to develop their career as a senior member of our Chambers UK and Legal 500 ranked real estate litigation team.

Your Role

As a key addition to the team, you will be expected to deliver the following:

• Manage your own caseload of property litigation matters
• Provide an excellent service for clients across all of our key sectors, including public sector clients, local authority and government departments
• Supervise the work being undertaken by more junior team members
• Collaborate with the Partners in the team to look after our relationship with our key clients on a national basis and participate in business development initiatives
• Work with the team on a regional and national basis, to achieve key goals for the property litigation team and the firm.

Your Skills & Experience

You will be/have:

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered) 4+ year's PQE with experience handling property litigation matters with minimal supervision. Experience of acting for clients in the public sector or telecoms would be an advantage but not essential
• A creative, forward thinker, with proven analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
• A client focused approach with the ability to nurture long standing relationships
• Proven experience of supervising and/or managing junior team members
• The drive and ambition to succeed as a key senior component of the team at TLT, with the commitment to developing the firm’s offering locally and nationally and sharing our people focused values

Your Team

We are one of the UK's largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry's annual directory rankings. Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both 'high profile' and business as usual work.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.