Associate in Real Estate

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Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two firms with a shared culture and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solution for every client.

As a full service law firm, we act for the public and private sector across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the USA providing legal advice to clients across its company commercial, human resources, litigation and dispute management, and real estate practices.

With 67 offices across 34 countries worldwide, we have become one of the largest law firms in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

The Team

The Birmingham Real Estate team work with household names on Real Estate transactions including but not limited:

• Acting for Hammerson PLC on all of their UK retail shopping Centre portfolio (including Bullring, Oracle (Reading), Cabot Circus (Bristol), Highcross (Leicester), WestQuay (Southampton))
• Acting for HS2 on numerous site acquisitions
• Acting for Landsec on the development and asset management of their retail portfolio (including their 5 factory outlet schemes - Gunwharf Quays, Clarkes Village, Braintree Village and others)
• Acting for numerous public sector clients on major infrastructure and regeneration projects
• Redevelopment, sale and letting of Grand Central Birmingham
• Forward funding and development of Nikal’s Exchange Square site in Birmingham (which included the biggest Build to Rent deal outside of London)
• Acting on all aspects of the Friargate mixed use development scheme in Coventry
• Acting for Midland Land Portfolio
• Acting on the redevelopment of Paradise Circus
• Acting on logistics site and rail freight terminals

The successful candidates workload will be split between acting on asset management and development agreements for lease for Hammerson and Landsec and being part of the team acting on investment and development sites for local and national developers and investors.

The Role

As part of this role you can expect to be involved in:

• Managing your own caseload from start to end with support of senior team members if required;
• Supervising and developing more junior colleagues;
• Act on housing regenerations projects;
• Advising clients on a number of transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, leases, etc;
• Drafting funding agreements;
• Asset management for both landlord and tenant;

Skills and experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to hold the following skills and experiences:

• Minimum 3 year PQE in real estate;
• Team player;
• Highly organised;
• Strong communicator;
• Able to build strong relationship with clients and intermediaries;
• Positive ‘can do’ approach;
• Highly motivated and able to stay calm under pressure;
• Excellent IT skills in a range of Microsoft packages;
• Strong A-levels;
• Awarded a 2.1 at degree level;
• Successfully completed a training contract or alternative qualifying route;

We’re a modern, progressive law firm. We think differently and we’ve built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine through. At Eversheds Sutherland, we believe that innovation comes from a culture of genuine equality and diversity and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.

In addition to the above, Eversheds Sutherland also require awareness of and full participation in the Firm’s commitment to equality and diversity, the environment and health and safety.