CDI Senior Associate

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Main Purpose of the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our Commercial Development & Investment team. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider team in providing advice to developers and institutional property investors on UK-wide development projects and investments.

Working as part of a busy team supporting and working closely with a partner a principal associate two senior associates trainees and paralegals providing advice to domestic and overseas clients investing operating and developing commercial and mixed-se real estate assets in the UK.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Dealing with and running major lettings pre-lets running and supervising leasing and asset management of shopping centres;
Leading on disposals and acquisitions of assets acquired as property transactions and through corporate vehicles;
Funding: carrying out title investigation searches enquiries drafting and negotiating Certificates of Title wrappers property warranties and undertakings in facility documents managing the process and CPs on financings for borrowers;
Demonstrating a keen interest to learn about our clients businesses networking and to assist in growing our own business;
Business development including delivering client training and other value add elements of client relationship building assisting with pitch writing and attending pitch presentations;
Dealing with compliance requirements ensuring timely billing WIP management and assisting in the collection of bills as necessary;
Working with the partner on development projects;

About You

We are looking for an ambitious organised and hard working senior lawyer with good experience working within a recognised real estate team advising sophisticated clients on the acquisition and the disposal of commercial and mixed-use assets including shopping centres student accommodation offices industrial & logistics hotels and healthcare assets; the lifecycle of development projects including site assembly development constraints working knowledge of the Building Safety Act development finance and disposal;
A qualified solicitor (minimum 7 PQE);
Providing a pro-active fast-paced and dynamic service to sophisticated and demanding clients;
Demonstrating excellent technical and communication skills ahigh level of attention to detail accuracy and care in their work;
Experience of working with forward funding and forward commitment documentation long income and finance lease structures;
Working in teams commercially minded supporting the partner and delegating to and supervising more junior associates in the team;
exhibiting an excellent understanding of financial hygiene delivering a best-in-class service to clients and a highly profitable and efficient practice; and
A keen interest in and experience of using technology and AI in service delivery and improving efficiency.

What we can offer you

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

Lawyer bonus
Generous 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
Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

The role requires the successful candidate to be based in the London office at least three days per week.

Equal Opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed bothto 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.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance.

If you have any queries in relation to this positionplease contact Arun Kainth -

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

DescriptionMain Purpose of the RoleWe are looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our Commercial Development & Investment team. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider team in providing advice to developers and institutional property investors on UK-wide development pro...