Senior Associate, Real Estate Dispute Resolution

The role

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our collegiate and well regarded Real Estate Dispute Resolution team. The team advise funders, landlords, tenants, developers, investors, high net worth individuals, hoteliers and retailers on a wide range of commercial and residential issues.

The team's strategy rests on 4 workstreams:

• Development and Neighbourly rights - Party Wall etc. Act 1996, Boundary disputes, trespass and adverse possession, Rights of Light, Access to Neighbouring Land Act, Restrictive covenants, Easements and interruption/diversion, Defective Premises Act 1972, Nuisance, Utilities
• Residential - Individual enfranchisement, Collective enfranchisement, Right to manage, Right of first refusal, Breach of user covenants, Landlord possession claims, Chargee possession claims and exercising power of sale, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, Residential service charge disputes and dispensations, Consumer rights and protections, Co-ownership and estoppel, Enforcement of residential tenancies and leaseholds, Compliance with residential tenancy regulation
• Commercial asset management - Business lease renewal, Forfeiture and relief from forfeiture, Dilapidations claims, Site clearance and vacant possession, Break notices, Contested alienation (assignment and underletting), Contested alterations and improvements, Rent review arbitrations, Property insolvency (inc. CVAs, administrations, liquidations, disclaimer, dissolution and bona vacantia), Commercial service charge disputes, Guarantees and AGAs, Commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR)
• Property Contract Disputes - Contested completion and deposit disputes, Specific performance, Injunctions, Building defects claims, Professional negligence, Misrepresentation, Mistake and rectification, Rectification of the Register

We are ideally looking for individuals who have experience across all of the 4 work-streams.

You will be responsible for working closely with the Partners, Senior Associates, Associates and Solicitors in the department, managing your own caseload, as well as taking a role in supervising less experienced members of staff and assisting in their development.

Role responsibility

You will be involved in tasks including but not limited to;

• Managing complex client matters, identifying and analysing all legal and commercial issues:
• Managing all stages of the life-cycle of a contentious matter from the review of initial information upon first instruction to the conclusion of a matter, including the preparation of pre-action correspondence, issuing of court proceedings where necessary, preparation of witness evidence and all other work required on a matter to bring it to trial or to settlement;
• Acting as a trusted adviser through demonstrating and applying a thorough understanding of the client's needs and risks;
• Instructing and liaising with Counsel and other experts where necessary;
• Running meetings with clients, Counsel or opposing parties;
• Ensuring delivery of commercially-focused work, completed to high quality and consistent standards.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with clients and identifying and converting new business opportunities to progressively develop a client portfolio;
• Contributing to the team's business development activities, including thought leadership;
• Overseeing the work of more junior members of the team, developing and mentoring them;
• Contributing to sector and focus groups as required.

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• A demonstrable interest in and previous post qualification experience of Real Estate Dispute Resolution and the type of work carried out
• Sound judgement with the ability to deal with complex problems
• A commercial approach to problem solving and providing innovative solutions
• The ability to manage and prioritise effectively
• Confident and effective advocacy/communication style
• Ability to supervise and mentor less experienced members of the team
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to provide a quality service to both internal and external clients
• Strong organisation skills
• Flexibility in approach
• Thoroughness and attention to detail
• The ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.