Senior Property Litigation Associate

Do you want to join an initiative and fastly growing property litigation team based in London?

The team acts for public and private sector landlords, tenants and real estate developers, and the client base includes local authorities, NHS Trusts, housing associations, social landlords, blue chip retailers and owner managed businesses.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of mixed property litigation work
• Caseload will include commercial cases such as estate management work, possession actions, business lease renewals, injunctions etc.
• It may also include residential cases such as enfranchisements, lease extensions, rights to manage, possessions, rent and service charge recovery, nuisance, disrepair etc. for residential landlords, tenants and freeholders.
• Assist other case handlers with their caseloads
• Support and develop more junior members of the team
• Be actively involved with marketing activities, such as writing monthly briefings, speaking at client seminars and attending conferences

About You

• You will be a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales with 5 + years PQE.
• Have some experience of property litigation, ideally from both the landlord’s and the tenant’s perspective, so that you could undertake matters independently with light-touch supervision.
• This role would suit someone who enjoys the challenge of litigation and would like to specialise in commercial and residential landlord and tenant work.
• You would need to be willing to research, to show initiative and apply common sense and to offer commercial advice to clients.

Requirements

• Have knowledge of property litigation work
• Be motivated and highly-driven
• Have excellent IT and typing skills
• To have effective time management and organisation skills
• Be able to work to strict deadlines and targets
• Have the capacity to work as part of a team and on own initiative

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Sebastian Philips for a confidential discussion.

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*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful.