Solicitor - Commercial Property

Marks and Spencer; London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A major retail company in London is seeking two Solicitors to join their in-house legal team, focusing on real estate matters. Responsibilities include title investigations, lease negotiations, and providing legal advice. The ideal candidates will be qualified Solicitors/Barristers with at least 3 years of PQE in relevant areas. This role offers collaboration with the team in a hybrid work model and attractive company benefits.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus schemes

Generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Tailored induction and training programs

Access to wellbeing support

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Proven history in real estate and property litigation.
• Knowledge of construction, planning, and environmental law.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out title investigations and reporting.
• Prepare and negotiate agreements for lease.
• Provide specialist legal advice when necessary.
• Manage external legal resources.

Skills

Real estate expertise

Communication skills

Ability to build relationships

Analytical skills

Education

Qualified Solicitor/Barrister (3+ years PQE)

Job description

Overview

We are looking for two Solicitors to join our in-house legal team at M&S, focusing on our Property portfolio. These roles will provide specialist real estate legal advice covering everything from property acquisitions and disposals to lease renewal and litigation. To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

All the details

Responsibilities

• Carry out title investigations, searches and deduction of title reporting direct to instructing surveyor
• Prepare and negotiate agreements for lease and leases on the acquisitions and more generally management of properties
• To provide and where necessary seek specialist legal advice such as tax, construction, planning, energy, environmental law
• Work in a high pressure, fast-paced environment with a high volume of work
• Assist with the management of external legal resource and other related resource and specialists (UK and International)

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor/Barrister (3+ years PQE) with proven history and experience of real estate and general knowledge of property litigation, construction, planning, environmental law
• Knowledge and expertise in real estate
• Ability to develop strong relationships across a business
• Good communicating and influencing skills across the business
• Strong expertise in analysing commercial arrangements

Benefits

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special

• After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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