Solicitor -Property NQ

A vacancy has arisen in our Clients Property department for a newly qualified solicitor to join this well established and busy team. It is a busy and friendly team, with a strong work ethic and close links to other complementary service teams (such as corporate tax, construction and engineering and planning)

The team acts for many high profile clients including large property-owning private companies and plc's, housing associations
There is support and assistance from other Team members at all levels, and the job will enable the successful applicant to gain a wide and practical range of experience across the public and private sectors, with excellent career prospects.

Based in Newcastle The work is genuinely national, and is usually multi-disciplinary with Team members working very closely with other teams in the firm. The role will offer client contact, drafting documents and negotiating transactions on a mixture of commercial and residential work.

Specific areas of the team's work includes sales and purchases of housing and mixed housing/commercial portfolios, acquisition of sites for development of housing, mergers and acquisitions of housing associations, development of sites for commercial and residential projects, regeneration projects, management of existing commercial lease portfolios on behalf of public sector clients and working with corporate teams to provide support for corporate acquisitions of property companies.

Thorough training gained within a City or regional firm and the desire and aptitude to undertake a wide range of challenging and varied work. Commercially aware and technically proficient, an ability to provide practical commercial solutions to a wide range of clients is essential for this role.

There will be direct client contact from day one and the ability to communicate with clients is essential.

An interest in business development would be advantageous.

If you would like to apply for this position, please email your current cv to (Send CV using the apply link)

Agency/Employer: 1st Port Recruitment
Town or City: Tyneside
Location: Tyneside
Sector: Law
Related Job Titles: Not stated
Permanent/Contract: Permanent, Full time
Experience: 0 years
Date: 29-07-2008
Salary: Not specified

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