Associate – Real Estate (Financial Services & Core Real Estate) Permanent

We are recruiting for an Associate to join our Financial Services & Core Real Estate team in Manchester. This is a permanent, full-time position, working on a hybrid basis.

TLT is recognised as having one of the foremost real estate groups in the country.  The Group includes a number of nationally rated individuals. Our property expertise embraces investment, portfolio management, finance, planning, construction, environmental, development and dispute resolution. 

The Financial Services and Core Real Estate sub-team sits within our Investment and Asset Management team, within our wider Real Estate Group. Our sector focus enables us to concentrate our effort and resources on learning as much as we can about our clients’ businesses and approach; working with clients from a firm wide perspective, not merely by work type or team.  With TLT’s offices in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are able to provide expertise across all the jurisdictions within the UK. 

Your Role 

Once you are in the role of Associate within our Real Estate Financial Services team, you will deliver the following: 

Dealing with all aspects of Real Estate Finance Transactions and Core Real Estate asset management transactions, acting for multiple clients. The role will include all aspects of real estate due diligence, drafting, negotiation and handling matters to completion
Providing support in relation to other aspects of work undertaken in the team including title rectification, Fixed Charge Receiverships and property aspects of formal insolvencies
There will plenty of opportunity for client contact, running own files and early responsibility for delivery of transactions etc
Providing all our clients with a quality service in accordance with the Firm’s procedures
Maintaining and improving relations with existing clients and spot opportunities for business development and enhancement of the current services we offer

Your Skills & Experience 

You will be/have:

A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), NQ-4PQE, with experience in real estate finance and core real estate transactions
A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines 
Commercially aware with enthusiasm for business development, and an appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus 
Able to understand your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client 
Ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture

Your Team

We are one of the UK’s largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry’s annual directory rankings. Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both ‘high profile’ and business as usual work. 

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards – having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. 

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role. 

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com

At this time we are not looking for agency applications.