Legal Counsel - Property

An established West Midlands-based organisation is seeking a Legal Counsel - Property to join its legal team. This is a rare opportunity to work across a broad spectrum of property matters, supporting everything from development projects and acquisitions through to landlord and tenant issues, planning matters and property disputes. This role would suit a lawyer who enjoys variety, wants greater commercial exposure and is keen to broaden their skillset beyond pure transactional real estate work

The Role

Working closely with an experienced property legal team, the Legal Counsel - Property you will advise on a wide range of matters including:

• Property acquisitions and disposals, leases, licences and asset management matters
• Development projects and plot sales
• Commercial property transactions
• Due diligence on acquisitions
• Landlord and tenant issues
• Service charge matters
• Planning and enforcement notices
• Property-related disputes and leaseholder matters
• Managing relationships with external legal advisers
• Supporting operational teams on a variety of property-related projects This is a true generalist property role where no two days look the same.

About You

You will ideally:

• Be a qualified Solicitor with approximately 1-3 years' PQE
• Have a solid grounding in commercial property or real estate work
• Be interested in developing expertise across a broad range of property disciplines
• Enjoy working closely with stakeholders and providing practical advice
• Be comfortable managing your own workload and taking ownership of matters
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and tackle unfamiliar issues On Offer?
• Broad, high-quality property work
• Exposure to development, planning and construction-related matters
• Opportunity to work closely with senior decision-makers
• Excellent long-term career development
• Supportive and collaborative legal team
• Hybrid working environment
• Greater work-life balance than many private practice roles For more information about Legal Counsel - Property or similar in House roles in the West Midland please get in touch: Nisha.Jassi@robertwalters.com Desired Skills and Experience Real Estate Commercial Property Property Law Landlord & Tenant Asset Management Acquisitions & Disposals Real Estate Finance Development Work Property Development Investment Transactions Lease Negotiation Lease Renewals Conditional Contracts Option Agreements Promotion Agreements Strategic Land Portfolio Management Property Due Diligence Title Investigation Planning Agreements Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates