Real Estate Associate

Department/Division: Real Estate

Duration: Permanent

Reports to: Partner

PQE: 1- 5

Type of Role: Hybrid

Reference number: 10931

The Department

Dentons Real Estate team is the largest in the world with a well-respected position across a broad spectrum of industries and markets. Our Team located in London forms an integral and seamless part of a renowned practice which spans a complete range of real estate services to clients, from development, joint ventures, structured investments, acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant, retail and real estate finance to construction and property litigation.

The team combines a deep and current legal knowledge with sophisticated marketplace knowledge and industry and acts for the full spectrum of stakeholders.

The global expansion of our firm over recent years has broadened the international angle to our real estate practice.

The Role

Our London Real Estate team is looking for an Associate with experience in general commercial real estate transactional work. The team works on a wide variety of real estate transactions, both domestic UK transactions and supporting activities of the firm's global clients. We deliver a client-focused responsive service for blue chip clients who expect the highest quality, great value and the delivery of excellent work. They, and we, expect our lawyers to be specialists in their sectors, and to be motivated and commercially minded.

Required experience, skills, and attributes

• Transactional proficiency, particularly with exposure to asset management.
• Investment based disposals and acquisitions (including corporate share acquisitions).
• Working with a project team including construction, tax, finance, corporate and planning colleagues both within the UK and internationally.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial real estate documents such as sale/purchase contracts, transfers, easements, licences and agreements for lease and leases.
• Dealing with the usual real estate due diligence requirements such as the preparation/review of certificates/reports on title.
• Carrying out asset management and portfolio management work and providing general landlord/tenant leasing advice.
• A general understanding of development transactions would be useful, but not essential.

Core Skills

• Teamwork - Maintains productive and positive relationships within own team and across the firm to enhance project outcomes. Promotes team-based working and shares knowledge.
• Communication - Communicates clearly, concisely, quickly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Responsiveness to evolving job requirements - is open to updates in job duties and company needs. Adapts approach to meet new priorities and able to promote new ideas and improvements.
• Customer focus - Committed to identifying and addressing the needs of clients and internal customers to ensure the delivery of valuable and efficient services.
• Problem Solving - Analyses problems and information, evaluates options and risks in order to identify the most appropriate solutions. Bases decisions on sound judgement and initiative.
• Achievement - Displays a high degree of focus, drive and purpose in pursuing objectives. Prioritises plans and organises workload. Focused on ensuring tasks are fully completed and goals are met.
• Personal Effectiveness - Projects experience, self-motivation and commitment. Exhibits composure and demonstrates professionalism when in a time-sensitive setting.