Transactions Counsel

Brio Real Estate, a Blackstone Portfolio Company; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Private medical insurance

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

A leading real estate firm in London seeks a Transactions Counsel to provide legal support for transaction management and oversee due diligence. The ideal candidate will have strong legal judgment, excellent communication skills, and at least 3 years of experience in real estate finance. This full-time position offers a hybrid work model with benefits including private medical insurance and a discretionary bonus.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years PQE representing institutional clients.
• Resourceful self-starter, able to take initiative.
• Thrive in a fast-paced work environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality legal guidance for BREDS.
• Partner with investment and asset management teams.
• Negotiate and review transaction documents.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Project management

Negotiation experience

Education

PQE in UK and European real estate finance transactions

Qualified solicitor in England & Wales

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe

Email applications

Job description

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In 2025, Blackstone established Brio Real Estate (“Brio”) as a portfolio company focused on real estate credit. Brio is a specialized global commercial real estate asset services platform that supports Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies business (“BREDS”) across the globe. Today, BREDS has more than $77 billion in investor capital across high yield / opportunistic real estate credit funds, a publicly traded Mortgage REIT, CMBS securities and insurance capital. Brio is a sophisticated real estate credit solutions provider that enhances value for investors and supports BREDS across key functions, including asset management, transactions, capital markets, surveillance, portfolio management and legal & compliance. Brio provides critical infrastructure and capabilities for BREDS to allow for effective investments and management of its global portfolio.

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Blackstone’s scale, with roughly 12,700 real estate assets and over 240 portfolio companies, enables them to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth. The firm seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by building strong businesses that deliver lasting value. Blackstone’s global investment strategies focus on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, secondaries and hedge funds.

Job Summary

The Transactions Counsel for Brio will primarily provide day-to-day legal support to the BREDS transactional deal asset management and legal teams, which will include overseeing and managing key aspects of all deal and asset management processes, including due diligence review and document negotiation. This role will be expected to work independently to manage transactions to a successful conclusion whilst also forging substantive relationships throughout Brio and Blackstone, as well as with various external stakeholder groups, to facilitate the closing process. It will be essential for the person in this role to possess excellent legal and business judgment and an ability to identify and communicate risk in a clear and concise manner, as well as an ability to come up with proposed solutions to contribute to a successful transaction and ensure that the reputation of Blackstone and Brio for reasonability and thoughtfulness is maintained. In addition, this person will help administer and support BREDS initiatives and help in other functional matters from time to time.

Essential Job Functions

What you will do:

• Deliver high quality and clear legal guidance as an integral part of the overall BREDS legal function; ensure Blackstone’s legal priorities and initiatives are addressed
• Partner closely with investment, business, asset management and other legal professionals to explain and evaluate the legal risks of any transaction, whether they arise in transaction documentation, diligence, or otherwise
• Train and develop deal and asset management teams to be sensitive to legal issues at the investment, asset management and organizational levels
• Create and implement policies and procedures; ensure adherence to governance, risk, and compliance procedures
• Negotiate, review, catalogue, and summarise loan and other transaction related documents, contracts, engagement letters, and other legal agreements
• Review due diligence materials, identifying key risks and proposing appropriate mitigants to relevant stakeholders
• Take responsibility for managing and overseeing the legal aspects of a deal execution and due diligence process, including ensuring adherence to deadlines, managing internal and external stakeholders, and identifying, resolving and/or escalating issues as they arise
• Supervise external counsel and other service providers when necessary or appropriate, and ensure high quality and cost efficiency of external legal representation is maintained

Qualifications

What you should have:

• Minimum of 3 years PQE representing institutional clients on UK and European real estate finance transactions
• Be a qualified solicitor, authorized to practice in England & Wales (other equivalent legal qualification may be considered with appropriate experience in the UK)
• Be a resourceful self-starter, routinely taking initiative
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to a variety of audiences
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Team player that can thrive and lead in a fast-paced, results-oriented work environment
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving business strategies, depending on market dynamics
• Adept in navigating and simplifying complex matters of law
• Extensive contract review and negotiation experience
• Experience in a variety of real estate finance matters (senior loans, mezzanine loans, intercreditors, securitisations, etc.)
• Competent computer skills in Word, Adobe and email applications

Location

Brio Real Estate is currently operating out of The Shard at London Bridge - this is a hybrid role, with 3-days working from the office and 2-days optionally working from home.

Additional Benefits

· Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

. Private medical insurance

· Discretionary bonus

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal, Business Development, and Finance

• Industries

  Financial Services and Business Consulting and Services

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