Real Estate Associate

Real Estate Solicitor Birmingham 3-5 PQE £65,000-£70,000

Commercial property lawyers: how much of your current role is genuinely interesting?

If you're looking for more sophisticated transactions, broader client exposure and a platform where you can continue developing technically, Yolk Legal are recruiting for a Birmingham Real Estate opportunity that could be worth exploring.

You'll join an established UK practice advising a varied client base that includes investors, funders, developers, operators, private companies and public bodies.

What you will be doing

The role offers genuine variety across commercial real estate, including:

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Development transactions
• Real estate finance
• Commercial leasing
• Development agreements
• Investment work
• Due diligence
• Reports on title
• Certificates of title
• Property work supporting corporate transactions

You'll be expected to take ownership of your matters while working closely with colleagues across the wider business.

What makes you right for it?

You'll ideally have 3-5 years' PQE in commercial real estate and be comfortable handling transactions with a reasonable level of autonomy.

You'll bring:

• Strong technical property knowledge
• Excellent drafting skills
• Commercial awareness
• Good negotiation ability
• Confidence dealing directly with clients
• Strong organisation
• The ability to manage competing transactions
• An interest in business development and relationship building

What you'll get

• Hybrid working
• Broad commercial real estate exposure
• Sophisticated client base
• Opportunity to work on development and investment matters
• Continued professional development
• Long-term progression within an established practice

If you're already a good Real Estate Solicitor, the question isn't whether you can do the job.

It's whether the next platform gives you enough to keep progressing.

If you're open to a confidential conversation, contact Nicole Smith- Managing Consultant at Yolk Legal.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.