Managing Associate Solicitor
Capio Recruitment ·
p strong Managing Associate - Housebuilding /strong /p p strong Top 100 UK Law Firm /strong /p p strong Birmingham /strong /p p br /p p Hybrid working | 6% pension | Private medical | Discounted parking /p p br /p p strong About the Role /strong /p p An award winning, Top 100 law firm with a strong reputation in the housing and real estate sector is looking for a Managing Associate to join the Housebuilding team.
This is a genuine opportunity to help grow and shape the firms offering to housebuilder clients, working on site acquisitions, site assembly, disposals and wider property-led project work. /p p br /p p strong What Youll Be Doing /strong /p p Working alongside the housebuilding partners and fee earners, youll play a central role in delivering new build residential development work, including: /p ul li Running site acquisitions, land assembly and disposal transactions across a mix of national housebuilders, regional developers and smaller SME clients, including full due diligence (title, planning, overage, restrictive covenants) and associated reporting /li li Drafting and negotiating the core transactional document suite: option agreements, promotion agreements, conditional and unconditional building leases, overage/clawback provisions, transfers and legal reports on title /li li Managing the acquisition-to-sale handover process, briefing internal teams on infrastructure, estate set-up and plot sales ahead of first legal completions /li li Supervising, delegating to and reviewing the output of solicitors, trainees and paralegals, and supporting partners with junior fee-earner management /li li Contributing to service delivery standards and expansion of the housebuilding client base /li li Supporting departmental business development, including client relationship management and new-work origination /li li Helping build the external profile of the firms wider Built Environment practice (real estate, planning, construction, property litigation) /li li Maintaining current technical knowledge of housing-sector legislation and case law, and undertaking CPD /li /ul p br /p p strong What Theyre Looking For /strong /p ul li 6+ years PQE /li li Strong experience in housebuilder site acquisition and development work /li li Capacity to manage a demanding transactional caseload against tight completion timescales without dropping accuracy and client service /li li Strong relationship-building skills with clients and introducers, including a willingness to attend off-site meetings as needed /li /ul p br /p