The Role

Department: Real Estate Finance

Location: London or Guildford

Role: Permanent

The Team

Our real estate finance team works with clients globally to achieve their strategic objectives, wherever you or the property are located. We have the expertise required to advise you on the full range of real estate finance transactions, from standard structures to the most complex deals and funding arrangements. We advise on restructuring portfolios, securing financing for a development, refinancing or releasing equity for acquisitions, structuring funds to attract investors and maximising tax efficiency.

We act for the full range of real estate sector clients from landowners, private individuals, international property developers, property investment companies and property funds to major financial institutions, challenger banks, mezzanine lenders and building societies.

Working closely with market participants on a recurring basis ensures that we understand the inherent intricate real estate refinancing and restructuring issues. We have particular expertise in the commercial, residential, industrial, hospitality, healthcare, student accommodation and retail property sectors.

We are highly regarded for our work on high value complex transactions and provide a multi-disciplinary team which combines the expertise of our banking, real estate, corporate, construction, planning, tax, restructuring and dispute resolution know-how. This ensures that clients benefit from one dedicated client-centric team throughout the course of financing their real estate transactions.

The Role

We are looking for a junior associate to join our banking and finance team, ideally in the one to 2 year qualification range. Whilst we predominantly do real estate finance (as further detailed above) we also cover general banking including for example corporate lending, trade finance and project finance so there will be opportunities to cover over types of banking work if that is of interest.

Essential Skills & Experience

• The successful candidate will have qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales or another relevant jurisdiction with a desire to pursue a specialism in Real Estate Finance
• The Solicitors Act 1974 requires practising solicitors to have a practising certificate
• All solicitors and registered European lawyers in legal practice or employment in England & Wales must comply with the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's continuing professional development scheme (CPD Scheme)

Role Competency Requirements

Technical Excellence

Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it

Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially

Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively

People and Team

Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others

Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others

Client Relationships and Business Development

Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities

Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers

Cross-selling and business development

Finance and Practice Management

Finance management and understanding of the business

Project management: ensuring projects are delivered

Knowledge sharing

Personal Effectiveness

Communication

Clarity of thinking

Personal contribution

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.