Senior Legal Associate, Manchester
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Manchester |
| Area | Manchester, UK |
| Sector | Commercial - Management |
| Salary | £75,000 |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Yvonne Eddleston |
| Telephone | 07902556022 |
| Job Ref | ME.DK.MAN |
| Job Views | 621 |
- Description
- Role overview
Introduction to the role:
The role will involve: -- leading on complex, market leading transactions – specifically in the logistics sector.
- End-to-end responsibility for a caseload of transactions – specifically acquisitions and disposals and landlord and tenant lease negotiations.
- Supervision and support of junior colleagues on more straightforward transactions.
- line management responsibility for at least one other lawyer.
- A role in the management of the department
Key responsibilities:
Advising a broad range of clients, including occupiers, property developers, owners and financiers, on matters including: -- Acquisitions and disposals of investment property – including sale and lease-back transactions.
- Negotiation of leases and associated landlord and tenant documents (acting for both landlords and tenants)
- Acquisition of sites for Development, negotiating development and funding agreements, dealing with disposals of development sites to investors.
- Supervising junior colleagues on property portfolio management including licences, consents and granting of underleases
- Overseeing junior colleagues reviewing, reporting and advising on title matters
- Advising on heads of terms
Essential:- Law Degree or Equivalent
- Significant experience in Commercial Property
- Significant landlord and Tenant experience
- Demonstrable experience in some (but not necessarily all) of the other areas listed in the job description
- Willingness and aptitude to build on already strong knowledge and skills in all areas outlined in the job description.
- Demonstrates an understanding of clients, colleagues and others
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills
- Adherence to guidelines and procedures
- The ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Financially aware
- Pro-active approach to day-to-day work
- IT literate
- Experience of supervising junior lawyers
- Experience in the industrial/logistics sector.
- Experience acting for tenants in high value and time-critical lease negotiations