Solicitor/Associate, Development

The role

We are looking for an experienced Solicitor to join the development team in our Real Estate Department. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with previous development experience to gain further invaluable hands-on experience, developing your career, working side-by-side with our Partners and other fee earners, including direct exposure to our clients.

You will be flexible and commercial in your approach to work, with the ability to pro-actively seek out opportunities and use your initiative in supporting the team. You will be enthusiastic in taking ownership of matters, with a keenness to learn and develop.  

The Real Estate department at Howard Kennedy deals with a wide range property work and acts for some household names in the development sector, including Galliard, Ballymore, City & Docklands.

Role responsibility

Working across a variety of tasks and responsibilities including;

• New leases and renewal leases
• Landlord & Tenant management work
• Assisting in drafting of Certificates of Title
• Commercial acquisitions and disposals of property assets
• Buying and selling vacant possession property; Reviewing and commenting on Heads of Terms, Reviewing and commenting on contracts for sale and purchase, Reviewing title, Dealing with enquiries and searches, Dealing with post-completion matters.
• Ensuring that all client matter schedules are up to date and are maintained for both internal and external use
• Participating in and instigating business development activity, including attendance at appropriate events and production of content for publication
• Undertaking a range of continuing professional development activities

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• Previous post qualification experience in the development sector.
• A strong technical legal grounding.
• The ability to deal with complex legal issues.
• A commercial approach to problem solving and providing innovative solutions.
• Organisation skills: working to tight deadlines where the input of others is often required, keeping a diary, organising files and carrying out all necessary administrative tasks.
• Thoroughness and attention to detail.
• A confident and effective advocacy/communication style
• The ability to build relationships with clients and other colleagues at all levels.

Recruitment Agencies, please note we aren't currently accepting agency applications for this role. Any named CVs sent without permission will not be deemed a valid introduction. Please get in touch with your recruitment contact to discuss before sharing any CVs.

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

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.