Residential Development Associate Location: Birmingham Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience About the Role An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Residential Development Associate to join a highly regarded,
The Opportunity
Residential Development Associate
Location: Birmingham
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Residential Development Associate to join a highly regarded, market-leading real estate team in Birmingham.
This is an excellent opportunity for a solicitor with 3+ years’ PQE to work on complex, high-value residential development projects for some of the UK’s leading housebuilders, alongside established national and regional developers.
You will handle a varied caseload of significant land acquisition and development matters, working with household names across the housebuilding sector. The role offers exposure to major residential schemes, including developments involving thousands of new homes, as well as the opportunity to build your expertise within a specialist and highly regarded team.
Applications are welcomed from lawyers with existing housebuilder experience, as well as commercial development solicitors looking to specialise in residential development.
Key Responsibilities
- Advising on complex, large-scale land acquisitions for national and regional housebuilders.
- Drafting and negotiating development agreements, conditional contracts and strategic options.
- Advising on collaboration agreements and joint ventures between developers.
- Handling the disposal of serviced land parcels to housing associations and other developers.
- Supporting clients with funding arrangements and urban regeneration projects.
- Managing client relationships and delivering commercially focused legal advice.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues across planning, construction and litigation teams.
Requirements
- Qualified Solicitor with at least 3 years’ post-qualification experience.
- Experience in commercial property, real estate development or land acquisition.
- A strong interest in residential development and housebuilding.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation and analytical skills.
- The ability to manage complex transactions and build strong client relationships.
- A commercially minded approach, with the ambition to develop within a leading specialist team.
Experience acting for housebuilders would be advantageous, but applications are also welcomed from commercial development lawyers looking to develop their expertise in the residential sector.
What’s on Offer?
- The opportunity to work with some of the UK’s largest housebuilders and developers.
- Exposure to high-value, complex and nationally significant development projects.
- Excellent training, mentoring and ongoing professional development.
- Clear opportunities for career progression, including a potential pathway to Partnership.
- Competitive remuneration package and performance-related annual bonus.
- ShareSave scheme, providing an opportunity to build equity in the business.
- Flexible working options to support a healthy work-life balance.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including pension, healthcare options, employee assistance programme, additional annual leave purchase and retail discounts.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious real estate lawyer to join a market-leading residential development team, gain exposure to major projects and build a long-term career within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Interested in finding out more?
Get in touch to discuss the opportunity in confidence.
nathan@ljwsolutions.com