Associate - Real Estate

We're looking for a talented Associate to join our Built Environment team in London, advising clients across investment, development, corporate occupier and high-end residential real estate matters.

The role

As an Associate, you'll sit within our Built Environment team, which forms part of the wider Real Estate department. You'll play a key role in delivering high-quality legal advice to both UK-based and international clients across a diverse range of sectors, whilst contributing to the development of client relationships and the overall success of the department. Reporting directly to a Partner, this is a genuinely exciting opportunity to grow your career within a team that operates across the full spectrum of real estate work.

What you'll be doing

• Advising on real estate funds, private equity housing and portfolio management, including the full lifecycle of transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, sales, purchases and lettings across both commercial and residential assets, with a focus on significant UK investment.
• Acting for corporate occupiers — including overseas businesses expanding into the UK — and advising both commercial and residential developers on a range of development matters, spanning sectors such as technology, manufacturing, retail, hospitality and leisure.
• Handling premium residential transactions for a discerning client base, and working on matters with both a UK domestic and international dimension, reflecting the firm's breadth of client relationships.

What we're looking for

• A qualified solicitor with a strong foundation in real estate law and demonstrable breadth of experience across investment, occupier and/or development work — a genuine generalist background is key.
• Experience advising on commercial and/or residential property transactions, including acquisitions, disposals and portfolio work, with a sound understanding of landlord and tenant matters and strong drafting and negotiation skills.

Why Join Us?

We offer a flexible and hybrid working model. Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives. Enhanced parental leave is also available, reflecting our commitment to supporting you through every stage of your career and life.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we're open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age.

We're a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

Take a look at our candidate interview pack for information about reasonable adjustments, what you can expect during the interview process, and guidance to help you prepare.

Please review the full job description and if the role is of interest, and suits your specific skill set, then please apply. Or for more information, please contact recruitment@brownejacobson.com.

Note to recruitment agencies:

We request that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs unless specifically instructed to do so by the recruitment team. Please be aware that any speculative CVs sent by agencies without direct invitation from the recruitment team will not be recognised as represented by the agency and will be considered a gift.