Commercial Property Solicitor

This full-time (35 hours per week), London-based Solicitor role offers the opportunity to join the Property Investment Team as part of its growth.The role will see you work alongside two Partners, two Senior Associates, one Associate and one trainee (when applicable), with support from a Legal Secretary. This is a demanding role, but you would be working day-to-day in a friendly, supportive environment on significant property transactions.

Tasks will include:

• High value landlord and tenant work;


• Commercial sales and purchases;


• Day-to-day investment asset management and dispute work including deeds of variation, rent reviews, dilapidations claims, applications from tenants for consent and liaising with our Property Litigation colleagues on 1954 Act matters and enforcement actions; and


• Financings and Refinancings.
  
  This Solicitor level commercial property role would be ideal for someone who can demonstrate experience in commercial property work in a leading UK property practice. You will be able to draw on first-hand experience granting and acquiring leases, dealing with ancillary matters such as Licences to Assign, Alter and Underlet, investigating title and preparing title reports and acting on sales and purchases. You will also be able to tell us about your knowledge of landlord and tenant law. We can use this to build and teach the specialist skills required to conduct the work that the team deal with day-to-day.


You will thrive on the ability to organise your day around an intellectually stimulating and varied workload and your purposeful nature will lend itself well to solving complex problems for our clients. Your ability to take ownership over your work will enable you to work efficiently and effectively, whilst collaborating with likeminded colleagues.

Winckworth Sherwood is one of the UK's leading property law firms. We act for ultra-high net worth investors/family offices, major property companies, the Country's top developers and funders and major corporate occupiers across a full range of real estate transactions, in all the major property sectors.

Our Property Investment Team deals with the full range of commercial property transactions from sales, purchases and financings to lettings, day-to-day property asset management and disputes for clients ranging from ultra-high net worth clients/family offices, the largest UK property companies, major banks, social housing providers and corporate occupiers. We operate to market leading standards., Winckworth Sherwood is an exciting, diverse, and growing business. We are a full-service law firm with an unusually wide client base, that prides itself on providing market-leading advice across a broad range of sectors and markets. We have particular market leading profile and expertise in various real estate markets, clients orientated around social enterprise and private wealth. Delivering a first-class service is key to everything we do.

Our clients range from some of the UK's largest businesses and institutions, housebuilders and developers through to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, the government, not for profit organisations and private individuals - all of which benefit from the flexible, practical approach of our lawyers.

Our people are fundamental to our success and we are committed to their development and well-being. We actively encourage a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, keeping our people motivated and stimulated to deliver great things.