The Department

The Real Estate department's core practice areas include construction, development, retail, investment, planning and environment, residential, dispute resolution, finance and taxation. Our clients span both the world of corporate and private wealth giving us a unique perspective on the market. Our infrastructure of connections and investors coupled with our understanding of the complex policy landscape, are both highly valued by our clients. We find practical commercial solutions, underpinned by a tenacious determination to get the deal done. We offer a one stop shop for property services from acquisition, financing and planning, through to construction, disposal and asset management, encompassing both commercial and residential property.

The planning team has 2 partners, 1 Of Counsel and 4 fee earners. The team handles a wide range of planning related matters including planning appeals, compulsory purchase, EIA development, highway matters, planning obligations, policy and legal challenges. Its client base ranges from large institutional developers and funds to private clients. The team is passionate about what they do and are proactive in understanding continual political and policy changes, areas of interest and highlighting potential opportunities for clients.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Planning appeals
• Compulsory purchase orders
• Contaminated land
• Judicial review and statutory challenge
• Environmental assessments
• Infrastructure agreements
• Local and neighborhood plans
• Section 106 agreements
• Strategic planning
• Listed buildings and other heritage assets
• Enforcement
• Highways
• Urban regeneration

Duties and Responsibilities

The role will involve advising clients on all aspects of planning including the drafting and negotiation of section 106 agreements, permitted development rights, certificates of lawfulness, compulsory purchase orders, objecting to planning applications, planning appeals and challenges, enforcement appeals, CIL, planning policy, environmental impact assessments, and due diligence in connection with property purchases.

Skills/Experience

• A demonstrable passion for planning law
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to effectively manage own workload
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex information clearly and concisely
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team,
• Personable and confident, able to ensure good working relationships with colleagues, clients and external organisations
• Resilient and calm under pressure
• Adaptable and flexible approach
• Pro-active and takes initiative in developing and proposing commercial solutions

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

TheMishcon de ReyaGroup is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLPin Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge. Through Mishcon Future, we work to shape a better world through innovation, creating value for clients at every stage of the innovation life cycle and for society.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDRi , MDR Lab , MDR One , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx . Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.