Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law


firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global


standards with local expertise. The firm


has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets


of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial


activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real


estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.



We


acquired our Newcastle office in early 2018, where our team of more than 60


paralegals, senior paralegals and operations managers bring decades of


experience, expertise and specialist knowledge to areas such as legal tech and


process-driven service delivery.



This is an


opening for a Jnr-Mid Level Real Estate Lawyer in our Newcastle office to work


alongside our London office Practice Areas providing Real Estate specialist


advice and support on market leading transactions.



The Practice



At Clifford Chance we specialise in providing


commercial legal advice on all transaction types where real estate is the core


asset. Acting for the real estate industry's leading players, we advise on the


full range of real estate-related transactions. Our leading real estate practice,


with over 300 Partners and Lawyers worldwide, offers UK, European, Asian


and US real estate capability and advises the real estate industry’s leading


players on the entire property ‘life-cycle’.



We are building a small transactional real estate team which will be based in our Newcastle office. This team will principally work alongside the London Real Estate Transaction Group on its transactions and will also work with the London Finance and London Corporate Practice Areas providing specialist real estate advice and support. Duties will include but not be limited to:

• assisting
  
  
  in the management of large transactions, including Real Estate, Real
  
  
  Estate Finance and Corporate M&A transactions and in particular, managing
  
  
  due diligence work streams;

• working
  on the real estate aspects of energy and infrastructure projects such as
  land acquisition, pipeline easements, due diligence (including producing
  or reviewing certificates of title/reports on title);

• ongoing management work such as lettings, licences for clients and
  lender consent matters;

• provide support to social housing transactions, primarily reviewing
  certificates of title and other due diligence exercises;

• working alongside the Real Estate Transaction Group on various
  works streams in relations to acquisitions, developments, investments and
  disposals;

The team will also lead on developing standard


operating procedures and processes to allow greater facilitation of artificial


intelligence in the scope of real estate transactions.

• Able to take day to day responsibility for managing and completing
  your own workload

• The work will include organization of allocated work streams, responsibility
  for delivery of those work streams working closely with Partners and other
  Lawyers in the London office.
• It will involve client contact, conducting negotiations
  and drafting.

Skills and


Experience:

• Solid experience advising on real estate matters
  
  
  including acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant matters, real estate
  
  
  development, and due diligence.


• Good experience of providing RE specialist
  
  
  input/advice on Corporate, Finance and Restructuring matters.


• Strong legal skills with the ability to provide
  
  
  commercial solutions.


• Strong transactional skills with an organised and
  
  
  structured approach.


• Good negotiating and presentation skills.


• Good drafting skills.


• Sound commercial judgment.

Knowledge:

• A good sound knowledge of real estate law and the
  
  
  commercial real estate market.

Qualifications:

• Excellent academic record.


• England & Wales qualified solicitor.

In


order to provide outstanding client service, we need to understand, anticipate


and fulfil the unique needs and expectations of each client. We call this


"Client Focus" and to help deliver this core part of our business


strategy, we want to recruit lawyers who not only have the highest level of


technical skills but are also Client Focused.



We are


looking for lawyers who:



- are


good at fostering relationships with clients;



- can


work in teams, share knowledge and contribute to the overall successes;



- are


empathetic, responsive and reliable;



- are


commercial and practical in the solutions they deliver to clients;



- demonstrate a keen interest to learn about our


clients' business.



To find out more:



Interested? To find out more about what it is like to work


at Clifford Chance in Newcastle please visit our careers site



Equal Opportunities



It is the Firm's policy to treat all employees and job


applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, marital or civil


partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic


background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.


Furthermore, the Firm will ensure that no requirement or condition will be


imposed without justification which could disadvantage individuals purely on


any of the above grounds.



The policy applies to recruitment and selection, terms and


conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every


other aspect of employment.



The Firm will regularly review its procedures and selection


criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise


treated according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.



The firm is committed to the implementation of


this policy and to a programme of action to ensure that the policy is, and


continues to be, fully effective. All staff are required to comply with the


policy and to act in accordance with its objectives so as to remove any


barriers to equal opportunity. Any act of discrimination by employees or any


failure to comply with the terms of the policy will result in disciplinary


action.



Opening Date: 5th March 2020



Closing Date: 4th April 2020



Salary: Competitive



Location: Newcastle



Recruiter - Bhalinder Chambon

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