Commercial Property Solicitor

Origin Legal; East London; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A top-tier UK law firm in East London seeks a solicitor with extensive experience in commercial real estate law. The position involves assisting a university with tax matters, advising charities, and managing multi-million-pound property transactions. Candidates should possess a broad background in landlord-tenant law, acquisitions, and finances. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing firm known for its supportive culture and commitment to developing its lawyers.

Qualifications

• Broad background in landlord and tenant law, acquisitions, and disposals.
• Experience with overage and option agreements.
• Knowledge in finance and lending.

Responsibilities

• Assist university with complex tax scheme dismantling.
• Advise charities on commercial property and retail portfolios.
• Manage overage provision of a £20 million technology park.
• Sales and purchases of high-value residential and commercial sites.
• Negotiate leases for commercial properties.

Job description

About the Firm

Our client is a modern and extremely progressive top‑tier, Legal 500 law firm that is supportive and takes great pride in developing the lawyers that join them. They have grown substantially over the last 10 years to a turnover of £11 million and over 65 fee earners, and are now a Top 200 UK law firm with a strong business plan for further growth, aiming to double in size in the next five years. State‑of‑the‑art systems, an open‑door culture, first‑class management and a client base of quality rather than quantity are on offer to a solicitor with broad commercial real‑estate experience and a hunger to be part of something very special indeed.

Responsibilities

• Assist a leading regional university with the dismantling of a complex tax scheme involving an intricate property structure.
• Act for a number of large regional charities with commercial property and retail portfolios, including two hospices.
• Advise in relation to an overage provision of a technology park valued in excess of £20 million.
• Deal with the sale of a residential development site marketed for over £2.5 million.
• Deal with the purchase of a commercial site worth in excess of £4 million.
• Represent the landlord in negotiating the lease of a commercial site of over 40,000 sq ft, at a rent of £285 k per annum.

Qualifications

Broad background of all aspects of landlord and tenant, acquisitions and disposals, overage and option agreements and finance and lending. A hunger to be part of something very special indeed.