Real Estate Finance Senior Associate

Real Estate Finance | Senior / Principal Associate | City of London | Top 50 Legal 500

Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to work within a dynamic, ambitious and fast-growing practice?

This role is with a leading national law firm ranked in the Top 50 and has a clear, mapped out progression route (including to partnership for the right candidates). It offers the chance to work with a wide range of asset classes in both domestic and international markets. The team is known for their lender/creditor work, and you will have the opportunity to work on real estate financing across various sectors across both development and investment work for both lenders and borrowers.

The Firm

This Legal 500 and Chambers top ranked law firm has increasing growth, with strong representation across multiple practice areas. Working with major banks and investors, as well as public sector bodies with panel position on many of the UK's leading financial institutions.

The firm is known for its excellent service, incisive thinking and innovation with a focus on sustainable impact. The Real Estate Finance team is headed by an ex-city lawyer who has built a friendly, supportive and 'be yourself' culture where recognition is rewarded and careers grow. The firm's culture is also known for entrepreneurialism, creativity and an adult approach with hybrid working/flexibility for all their lawyers.

With esteemed representation of advising both domestic and key European markets such as, BVI registered entities and luxury residential developers. The firm advises in all areas of real estate finance both investment and development, including syndicated, club and bilateral debt facilities. With great expertise on complex capital structures, including senior and mezzanine facilities, revolving credit facilities and intercreditor agreements.

This constant attraction for high valued work has allowed the award-winning firm to expand rapidly over the past year, with a more extensive support with some of the world's most exciting and ambitious businesses.

As the team and firm continue to grow, they are seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Associate to help drive further success and client growth within the sector.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity within an established Real Estate Finance team. You will work alongside experienced lawyers and high-end clients. The firm itself gets a huge portion of their multi-million-pound turnover from the real estate sector, and this reputation feeds the REF team with great work, however, importantly they also generate deals themselves and aren't reliant on cross referrals.

The role itself will be highly rewarding varied covering a range of real estate financing, predominantly acting for clients on the lender and creditor side, however, candidates with borrower experience as well will be of high interest to the team so you can pivot to that type of work where required.

You will work closely with the London team on key clients advising leading banks and other lenders, borrowers, public bodies, loan servicers, security trustees, REITs and other funds in all areas of real estate finance.

Notable examples of work include advising on a £207 million sale and leaseback of 12 care homes and acquisition of 83 property portfolio to internalise its real estate ownership for a household named garage.

An excellent platform for top-tier client work and opportunities to grow your career with internal progression.

What makes this opportunity stand out

• Be part of a market-leading and ambitious team known for solutions driven advice
• Work alongside an industry heavyweight partner who was previously with one of the world's largest and most prestigious law firms and is personally ranked in the L500 Hall of Fame.
• Advise a diverse portfolio of high-calibre clients
• A transparent career pathway, with genuine opportunities for progression and recognition.

Requirements:

• Be an experienced Real Estate Finance Lawyer, with 5+ years of PQE (England & Wales)
• Extensive knowledge of both lender & creditor law is required
  • Borrower experience would be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite for the role.
• Strong business development drive with a natural instinct to build trust with clients
• Motivated and goal-oriented, with a clear focus on advancing their career

This Real Estate Finance Lawyer role is a career-defining role within one of the UK's leading national law firms, offering the opportunity to work on high-value real estate finance matters while advising major investors, developers, and financial institutions across the UK property market.