Associate – Real Estate Finance

We have an exciting opportunity for an Associate to join our thriving and expanding Real Estate Finance team in London.

Our Real Estate Finance Team

Our marketleading real estate finance team advises on the full spectrum of domestic and crossborder transactions across all real estate asset classes. We act for a wide range of lender clientsincluding major banks debt funds insurers and financial institutionsas well as borrower clients such as investors developers bluechip property companies family offices real estate funds REITs social housing providers housebuilders and pension funds.

You will work closely with our Partners and wider team on a diverse range of finance matters including development finance hotel finance Islamic finance and mezzanine transactions.

The team benefits from the support of our best in class real estate practice comprising 420 lawyers across our global network and operating across key sectors including hotels and leisure student accommodation living retail logistics and offices.

Were proud of our dynamic inclusive and supportive working environment. Associates in our team are empowered to contribute meaningfully to the growth of the practice and are encouraged to take an active role in business development.

We distinguish ourselves in the market by offering our clients:

• Clear commercially focused advice that adds value
• Unrivalled knowledge of the real estate sector
• A solutionsdriven mindset

• Strong project management and the ability to drive transactions forward

Our Firm

Gowling WLG is a place where people are valued supported and encouraged to reach their full potential. Our culture of collaboration continuous improvement and growth drives innovation and rewards ambition. We combine technical excellence with deep market understanding making us a natural choice for FTSE 100 clients and their equivalents globally.

Our success is rooted in the diversity of our peopletheir backgrounds perspectives and experiences. Our employee networks play a key role in celebrating this diversity and ensuring everyone feels included.

With offices across the UK Europe the Middle East Asia and Canada our lawyers work seamlessly across jurisdictions collaborating with marketleading teams throughout our international network. We provide comprehensive training and support to help our lawyers excel at every stage of their career.

About you:

We welcome applications from ambitious and talented real estate finance lawyers who bring strong technical ability commercial insight and a collaborative approach. International experience is an advantage but not essential.

We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate:

• Qualification as a lawyer with 23 years PQE from a leading law firm
• Strong academic background
• Excellent technical knowledge of finance transactions and robust drafting skills
• Experience advising on real estate finance matters
• A proactive detailoriented approach and sound judgement
• Enthusiasm for complex intellectually challenging work
• Commercial awareness and the confidence to deliver highquality advice
• Strong relationshipbuilding and communication skills
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively
• A teamfocused collaborative mindset and willingness to support colleagues

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices in the heart of Birmingham City Centre with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Nana Panti-Amoa at

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