Real Estate Senior Associate

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Senior Associate, Real Estate - Southampton

At BCLP, we’ve built our firm on the foundations of thinking differently. Curious, inquisitive and unbound by tradition, we’re building change within our sector and beyond.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate to join our office in Southampton. The Southampton office combines with our offices in London and Manchester to give a broad and deep real estate capability across the sector. There is strong collaboration with teams in London and Manchester with matters being resourced seamlessly between our three UK offices, drawing on different practices and skills in our various locations.

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.

You will

• Take a lead role in key client teams, growing and developing our relationships with major institutional landlord clients
• Advise on complex and strategic asset management matters including significant leasing transactions and lease re‑gears.
• Supervise junior team members undertaking landlord and tenant transactions ensuring high quality efficient and commercial advice
• Lead on investment sales and purchases of a broad range of assets for a wide range of clients.
• Assist with financing and corporate transactions.
• Draft and negotiate documents with a high level of attention to detail to ensure they meet client requirements.
• Provide commercial advice to clients to ensure that their interests are protected and that all relevant laws and regulations are adhered to at all times.

Skills and experience required

• Strong experience advising on leasing transactions and the full range of asset management transactions.
• Experience of working in a fast‑paced environment.
• Analytical and excellent 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 including supervising more junior team members.
• Clear and concise communication skills.
• The ability to work independently but also keen to work in a challenging, team‑based environment.

At BCLP we understand the value of a workforce with diverse perspectives and experiences, and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our robust client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, political belief, disability or any other applicable protected characteristic.

Agencies

Please note that BCLP does not accept speculative or unsolicited resumes submitted directly to hiring managers, partners or other employees. Candidate submissions will only be accepted from agencies that have agreed terms of business with the Recruitment Team and are submitted via the approved recruitment portal.

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