Real Estate Professional Support Lawyer
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The Real Estate team at Weightmans is a nationally recognised, full‑service legal practice supporting clients across the entire property lifecycle. As part of a top 40 UK law firm with deep sector expertise and a collaborative culture, the team delivers pragmatic, commercially focused advice to private individuals, businesses, public bodies, developers, landowners and estates.
Accountable to the Real Estate Head of Client Delivery for
:
• Proactively seeking ways to help our lawyers raise external profile / promote our expertise.
• Playing a significant role in the promotion and recognition of our legal services / expertise externally.
• Proactively searching for ‘what’s soon’ (i.e. present day to next 12 months), ‘what’s next’ (i.e. beyond the next 12 months to 3 years) and awareness raising in its broadest sense.
• Identifying and writing articles and thought leadership reports on any pertinent changes / market awareness for internal and external use.
• Establishing, maintaining and developing a network of contacts in the market affairs / knowledge / legal professional support community
.• Creating and delivering training and guidance to your Department
;• Monitoring legal tech products and developments
;• Providing technical advice, legal and market research
.• Maintaining, developing and continually enhancing the firm’s Knowledge content on Nimbus
• Writing and editing guidance notes, checklists and providing practical advice to the lawyers within your Department
.• Maintaining, updating and promoting the use of precedent / template documents and letters within your Department
;.• Supporting on a wide range of projects as and when required.
• Maintaining personal professional development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to h
- ave:Degree‑qualified or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experie
- nce.UK‑qualified lawyer and/or Real Estate specialist, with a strong academic or professional backgro
- und.At least seven years’ experience within private practice (experience gained in other relevant environments will also be consider
- ed).Experience in delivering knowledge management content to legal professionals is an advantage, but not essent
- ial.Strong and up‑to‑date legal and market knowledge, with an understanding of the legal community and extensive experience in Real Est
- ate.Proven ability to clearly explain, write about and present legal and market developments, including case law, legislation and procedural changes, in a way that supports learn
- ing.Ability to identify issues, trends and areas of relevance proactiv
- ely.Awareness of knowledge management tools and resources, with a willingness to expand expertise in this a
- rea.Understanding of process and continuous improvement methodologies, or an openness to learn and apply t
- hem.Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to adapt style to different audien
- ces.Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective, collaborative working relationships across te
- ams.Creative and lateral thinker, able to contribute innovative and practical soluti
- ons.Reliable and thorough approach to work, with strong attention to det
- ail.Proven ability to manage competing demands and adapt to changing priorit
- ies.Effective time‑management and organisational ski
- lls.Confident using IT systems and digital to
- ols.Willingness and ability to travel to other offices, as required for the role.
If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.
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Why work
for usCome and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2026, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chamb
ers UK.Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law
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