Associate - Real Estate (Investment & Development)

Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 170 partners and 1000 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia. Our global footprint is further enhanced by our strategic partnership with Interlaw which works to facilitate our management of multi-jurisdictional matters. We have leading practices in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Banking and Finance, Real Estate and Private Wealth.

We've always been proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and value the variety of our partnership. We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. Our strategic direction is shaped by a desire to grow our business in a way that is responsible and sustainable and has the principles of ESG at its core, guiding the way we operate firmwide.

The Office

Established in 1984 and located in the heart of the City our Exeter office has evolved into a full-service law firm and the first point of call for many corporate and individual clients in the South West and beyond.

Our expertise takes in both public and private sectors, with a particular focus on Real Estate. We have teams who advise on construction, employment, litigation and dispute resolution, property finance, and corporate matters.

We are also well known for our work in wealth management, residential property conveyancing, and agriculture. We are an acknowledged expert in specialist travel insurance law.

Our Exeter office is home to a team of 150 staff, led by 21 partners. Our locally based lawyers have a deep understanding of what matters to clients in the South West. In turn, our clients choose us for our high levels of service and expertise, and also for the value for money we can offer by utilising our regional teams.

We have an enviable reputation for bringing public and private and charity sectors together in innovative joint ventures. Our in-depth understanding of the public sector and the rules and regulations it operates within, as well as the commercial drivers for our private sector clients, means we can find practical and workable solutions, and do so efficiently and economically.

The Real Estate team

Real Estate is a key focus of our business. About 60% of our lawyers practice full-time in the sector across a wide range of disciplines including investment, finance, development, construction, asset management, planning, environmental and dispute resolution. We are ranked by The Lawyer as having one of the UK's Top 15 Real Estate practices overall.

Our multidisciplinary real estate team advises on investment and development across the whole spectrum of assets in both the commercial and residential sectors, with a strong inward investment practice.

The Exeter Real Estate Team currently includes 39 fee earners advising on everything from large mixed use development schemes and regeneration projects to multi-million pound commercial investments on behalf of institutional investors.

What you'll be doing

As an Associate you will work in the Investment and Development Practice within our Real Estate group, working on deals involving commercial land, including retail, industrial, telecoms and offices.

You will have the opportunity to work on acquisitions and disposals, development, real estate finance work, regeneration and joint venture projects. The role will also provide the opportunity of advising a varied set of clients across the private and public sector, and supporting large scale multidisciplinary projects requiring close collaboration with our Corporate, Banking & Finance, Litigation, Projects & Construction and Energy & Sustainability teams.

Your work will include:

• Involvement in all types of property transactions for a mix of developers, investors, and public and private sector bodies;
• Sales and acquisitions;
• Asset management work, including landlord & tenant matters
• Real Estate finance work including preparing CLLS certificates of Title and managing conditions precedent;
• Project management and working with other specialist teams on more complex matters;
• Complying with core competencies as appropriate to the fee earner level of qualification;
• Building and maintaining and where possible initiating effective client relationships;
• Active participation in both marketing initiatives and firm-wide and departmental training sessions;
• Running own files and ensuring they are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures.

What you'll need

• Qualified solicitor with training seat completed in Real Estate;
• Excellent technical skills and a proven ability to take responsibility, manage and progress matters independently where appropriate;
• Strong client focus and a commitment to service delivery;

Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.

If you require any further information on any of our vacancies or would like to discuss any adjustments or additional support that you might need either during the recruitment process or after the offer stage, please feel free to contact our recruitment team on recruit@trowers.com

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.