Senior Residential Development Lawyer

LGBT Jobs; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Womble Bond Dickinson seeks a Senior Lawyer to join our Residential Living Sector. Based on a hybrid basis with options across Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle or Southampton, you will handle high value development work spanning house-building, build-to-rent and affordable housing.

You'll bring 6+ years post-qualification experience, strong client relationship skills and proven leadership, enabling you to manage complex contracts and provide strategic advice to PLCs, regional developers and

Qualifications

• 6+ years post admission experience in residential development or living sector.
• Experience managing existing client relationships.
• Evidence of managing people and delivering results.
• High level knowledge of the UK living sector.

Responsibilities

• Join a national high-profile residential team handling high value development work.
• Work on contracts/transfers, option agreements, promotion agreements, and development funding agreements.
• Support PLCs, regional house builders, registered providers, and investors in residential-led projects.

Skills

Legal experience

People management

Client relationship management

UK living sector knowledge

Residential development experience

High value contracts

Education

Legal qualification

Job description

Hybrid basis in Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Southampton

Experience in house-building, build to rent, strategic land, or affordable housing

Minimum 6+ years post admission legal experience

Exposure to high value residential development and investment projects

Our Residential team is one of the largest of its kind. We support our clients on a range of projects across the Living Sector. We act for PLC; regional; and SME house builders; registered providers of affordable housing; land promoters; and PRS investors & developers in respect of residential and residential-led mixed-use developments.

Our expertise in the Living Sector, coupled with our approach to client service, means that we are rated as the premier team by both clients and the legal directories.

We now have new opportunities available for Senior Lawyers to join the team. If your expertise lies in house-building; build to rent; strategic land or affordable housing we'd be very interested in hearing from you. We also have various locations you could be based from, on a hybrid basis, including Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle or Southampton.

What will you be doing?

Within this sector we are seeing significant growth. We have an impressive list of major clients and panel appointments. You'll be joining a national high-profile team with the best exposure to high value development work available. This includes conditional and unconditional contracts/transfers, option agreements, promotion agreements, development funding agreements, forward commitment/turnkey contracts, and collaboration agreements with a focus on high value residential development and investment projects.

What does the ideal candidate look like?

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a talented and enthusiastic residential team who will be as invested in your career development as you are.

To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum:

• A legal qualification with 6+ year's post admission experience.
• Experience of managing existing client relationships.
• Evidence of managing people and delivering results.
• A high level of knowledge of the UK living sector.

What makes it great to work here?

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms.

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 an 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 DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

We are an in-house recruitment team and will always aim to fill our roles directly in the first instance.

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