Associate - Real Estate (junior)

London, England, United Kingdom

7/31/2025

The Opportunity

We are looking to hire a junior Real Estate Associate, between 0 - 2 years post qualification experience. As part of the Real Estate group, the successful candidate will act for a broad range of clients, undertaking challenging transactional work where specialist real estate advice is required. There will be a significant amount of responsibility and client contact given to the right candidate, with excellent opportunities for progression. In addition, all our Associates are expected to support the wider activities of the group, including business development and knowledge sharing.

The team

Our international Real Estate group works with global businesses, banks, investment funds, developers and public sector organisations, advising on a broad range of real estate transactions.

We have particular expertise in real estate finance, investment and real estate funds, landlord and tenant matters, environment and sustainability, and construction.

We also provide ongoing real estate advice on acquisitions, disposals, new leases and surrenders, licences and general management matters, and contentious real estate issues.

Central to our strategy is working with clients in the firm's sectors which have strong real estate elements, such as Tech & Comms, Financial Services, Hotels & Leisure, Retail & Consumer and Energy & Utilities.

What You'll Do

• This will be a broad transactional real estate role comprising of general real estate work, real estate finance, energy, tech/ property tech and hotels.
• You will be expected to build excellent relationships with colleagues across practices in London including; Corporate, Banking and Commercial
  
  

Essential

About you

• Excellent academic achievement.
• Experience of handling a diverse range of commercial real estate matters gained within a comparable environment and at an appropriate level.
• A desire to be working for a truly international firm.
• A clear understanding of the operation and structure of a commercial law firm.
  
  

Desirable

• Flexibility and ability to supporting matters from a broad range of sectors.
• The ability to manage aspects of complex matters and clients, with proven negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of key areas of the law by providing clear, precise, practical advice.
• The ability to use initiative and a confidence built upon solid success and achievements.
• The ability to liaise effectively with other fee earners from within the group, but also to liaise and coordinate with fee earners from other relevant disciplines and jurisdictions as required.
• Delegation and supervisory skills where appropriate.
• Being keen to work in a challenging, team-based environment.
• The willingness and ability to support business development activity, creating and maintaining strong client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
• A commitment to regularly update their own technical expertise and to achieve continuous improvement and development.
• The ability to contribute to the general upkeep of the group (whether that be training, precedents, or know-how generally).
• An understanding of the meaning and purpose of sector focusses.
  
  

The main responsibilities of this role are outlined above. However, this description is not exhaustive, and the job holder may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time to ensure the smooth running of the department. The role may require some working outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

If you require any assistance, please email us at [email protected]

To apply, click on the 'apply' button to submit your details.

Bird & Bird opens up a world of possible for lawyers everywhere. Here you can advise major enterprises and high-growth businesses on matters that are often transformative in nature, and alongside people who are truly collegiate in the way they work with everyone at Bird & Bird. We are one international firm, where over 70% of our work involves teams from across our firm. And that is only going to increase. It is this common purpose and shared approach that makes for a more productive, and collaborative place to work.

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