Real Estate Lawyer: Make the Move into Restructuring & Transactions

Associate | Senior Associate | Principal Associate
Corporate Restructuring & Advisory, Leeds
Permanent | Full-time | 2+ years PQE

Ready for a change of direction?

A leading national law firm is looking for a Real Estate lawyer who wants to step out of traditional property work and into the faster, higher-stakes world of transactions. Join its Corporate Division in Leeds and work alongside the Corporate Restructuring & Advisory, Corporate and Banking teams on deals that make headlines.

You’ll cover residential and commercial work across retail, hospitality, leisure, industrial and investment, with real variety and real responsibility from day one.

What you’ll be doing

• Advising lenders, companies and professional advisers on distressed and special situations, including accelerated disposals, pre-pack sales and insolvency-driven deals
• Acting for lenders, investors, PE houses and corporates on acquiring and disposing of distressed and non-distressed property assets and portfolios
• Supporting insolvency practitioners on property-heavy restructurings, enforcement strategies and asset realisation
• Running short-timetable transactions with complex title, occupational and financing issues
• Advising on the real estate aspects of corporate restructurings, including group reorganisations
• Working on loan sales, security assignments and securitisations with a significant real estate element
• Teaming up with Restructuring & Insolvency, Banking, Real Estate and Corporate colleagues to deliver joined-up commercial solutions

You’ll manage relationships with high-profile clients and help household names deliver their business strategies. You’ll work closely with the Leeds partner and the Manchester team, and collaborate across offices with colleagues in London and Birmingham, building your commercial awareness and gaining broad transactional experience across restructuring, insolvency, funding and corporate support.

What we’re looking for

You’re a motivated, driven and commercially minded real estate lawyer with experience drafting and negotiating leases, options and sale contracts.

Ideally (but not essentially), you’ll also have:

• An understanding of corporate acquisitions and business sales
• A love of the pace and teamwork of multi-disciplinary deals

Depending on your experience, you’ll be used to:

• Handling acquisitions and disposals of commercial property
• Working with funders to review and structure deals
• Negotiating and managing leases for retail, leisure and licensed premises

The team

This is an award-winning national team, consistently ranked among the UK’s top law firms for deal volume. It acts on many high-profile administrations, restructurings, CVAs, receiverships and restructuring plans, and is led by partners widely regarded as leaders in their field and regularly recommended by clients for their expertise and personalities.

The team advises companies, management teams, investors, debt providers and insolvency practitioners, supported by a dedicated property function built around their needs.

The firm

A top 50 UK law firm with offices across the UK and Brussels, and the first in that group to achieve Investors in People ‘Platinum Standard’. It is known for excellent service, incisive thinking and the ability to focus on what matters. Its people are encouraged to be their authentic selves and to deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation.

What’s in it for you:

• A competitive salary and remuneration system
• A comprehensive, flexible benefits package
• A great working environment and high-quality work
• Exposure to some of the world’s most ambitious businesses

Interested? Get in touch with Kim Wilkes at Think Legal Recruitment to apply or to discuss the role in confidence. kim@thinklegalrecruitment.com