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Team: Real Estate – Southampton hub
Reports to: Partner - Head of Southampton hub

Purpose of job
To advise on a broad range of real estate matters focussing, in particular, on commercial investment and development.

What’s in it for you?
Our market-leading Real Estate practice combines key sector knowledge, unparalleled technical ability and a commercial focus, which ensures clients receive the best possible support and guidance. We are consistently ranked number one by the legal directories across all of real estate disciplines with lawyers that are recognised as experts in their fields.

The Southampton hub offers a complementary service to the London and Manchester offices, strengthening Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s real estate sector capability. In particular, Southampton focuses on mid-market capital transactions and complex real estate asset management. There is strong collaboration with teams in London and Manchester. Southampton efficiently services real estate sector clients on matters resourced seamlessly between our three UK offices, drawing on different practices and skills across London, Manchester and Southampton.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Associate to join our office in Southampton which has grown over the past 2 years to a team of 18. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner are at the forefront of providing legal services in a new way. Through a mixture of new technology and innovative working methods, we are able to offer our clients an efficient, cost effective and tailored service. You will have the opportunity to work on complex and high value transactions in a flexible and fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities

• Providing advice on a broad portfolio of asset management work together with working on sales, purchases and financings with appropriate supervision and training
• Draft and negotiate documents to ensure they meet client requirements
• Provide advice to clients to ensure that their interests are protected and that all relevant laws and regulations are adhered to at all times
• Be part of key client teams working with colleagues based in other BCLP offices
• Begin to develop client relationships, with clients ranging from private equity funds, property companies and our annuity clients such as the Crown Estate, Aviva Investors and Great Portland Estates

Key relationship
Partners and fee earners in the Southampton office as well as the wider Real Estate team in London and Manchester

Experience and knowledge
Solid transactional real estate experience, working in a fast-paced environment is ideal but if you have a willingness to learn and develop with us, we can offer all the right training and experience

Skills and competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Analytical and drafting skills
• Flexibility and adaptability, supporting cases across a broad range of legal issues
• Commercial focus with a knowledge of key areas of the law and able to provide clear, concise, practical advice
• Working collaboratively with other fee earners
• Clear and concise communication skills
• The ability to work independently but also keen to work in a challenging, team-based environment

Diversity, inclusion and working differently
Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. We are wholly committed to creating an inclusive and inspirational culture where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to make the most of their skills qualities and points of difference and, most importantly, be themselves.
We believe that our goals of always exceeding client expectations and being the most attractive place to work will only be achieved if we recruit, retain, reward and develop our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, political belief or disability.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a firm with an increasingly flexible workforce. We are supportive of a range of working arrangements, tailored to you as an individual, wherever possible.
Please ask the Resourcing Team about the flexible working arrangements that are available to you within this role.
Please note that our PQE levels as stated in our job descriptions are a guide only and all suitable candidates will be considered.

Confidentiality
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner ensure that all hardcopy and electronic materials containing confidential information are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised to view such content.

Disclosure
As a regulated firm of solicitors, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff. In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner uses a specialist provider to undertake professional verification and background checks (including through electronic data sources, and directly with employers and professional bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake certain verifications ourselves.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures, which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with IT, legal and regulatory obligations. For further details, please see our recruitment website: https://www.bclplaw.com/en-GB/careers/overview.html