Careers at Burges Salmon

Collaborate, Grow & Thrive

Join 'Law Firm of the Year' (2020) , Burges Salmon as a specialist Real Estate Disputes Solicitor / Associate and be part of a collaborative, friendly and sociable team in which to thrive and realise your potential.

As an RED lawyer, you will be given the autonomy to take responsibility for your own work and gain professional development with a structured path to advancing your career from a 'Platinum' accredited Investors in People firm.

Team

We are known for our pragmatic approach and ability to offer alternative real estate dispute resolution methods and solutions to clients. By collaborating with other dispute resolution and non-contentious real estate specialists within the firm, you will provide the highest quality advice on real estate disputes for your clients.

We are ranked Tier 1 by both Chambers and Legal 500.

What others say

"The 'brilliant'Burges Salmon LLPis 'packed with wise and knowledgeable individuals' (Legal 500, 2021).

We provide "clear, concise terms with practical solutions" and "he level of client care cannot be faulted" (Chambers, 2021).

Work

As a Real Estate Disputes Associate, you will use your experience and expertise to advise clients on risk/asset management at a pre-action stage as well as advising on a variety of property related disputes, including mediations, arbitrations as well as contested litigation. We provide real estate disputes advice to commercial property institutions, banks, investment companies and high net worth individuals.

Some of our most notable clients include the likes of

Goldman Sachs // the Greater London Authority // Severn Trent Water // FirstGroup //

John Lewis Partnership // National Trust // A number of global investment banks.

With a varied workload, you can expect to become involved in all or any of the following:

• All aspects of commercial landlord and tenant disputes
• Development disputes
• Real property rights disputes
• Secured lending recoveries
• Insolvency related issues
• Claimant property professional negligence claims
• Land Registry disputes

Requirements

• Strong academics, coupled with evidence of having gained recent, relevant work experience focused on real estate disputes.
• A strong team player.
• Excellent interpersonal, client and commercial skills.
• Adaptable and able to deal with complex work and find practical solutions.
• SRA registered lawyer.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the 'working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns.

It is important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

Get in touch!

Our resourcing team can provide firm insight and an overview of the team to make sure this is the right opportunity for you. For a confidential conversation call Victoria Lewton on 0117 307 6942.

Applications

Please click on the link to upload your CV and covering letter.

Burges Salmon is an Equal Opportunity employer.