Real Estate & Real Estate Finance Associate

The Company

gunnercooke llp was launched in Manchester in 2010. Since then, it has grown to a firm of over 450 solicitors, including 360+ Partners. The firm has offices throughout the UK, Germany, and New York and has a presence in multiple jurisdictions.

The firm’s innovative ‘revenue share’ model has helped to reshape the way that the law is practiced in the UK. Each Partner runs his or her own practice within the firm. This quasi-autonomous structure provides Partners with the freedom to work only with the clients they truly want to work with, charging fees that are commercially viable for both the Partner and the client.

David Merson and Liz Roberts head up a successful Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Finance team within the gunnercooke llp firm. In a rapidly expanding firm, their practice is amongst the most meteoric in growth - both Liz and David are well-respected and well-known throughout the firm.

The Role

We are looking for an Associate to join Liz and David’s fast-growing team. Besides the Partners, the team currently comprises two senior associates, two paralegals and three legal counsel. The team are instructed by a variety of well-established clients including banks, financial institutions, property development and investment companies.

This is a full-time role, with a minimum of one day a week working with other team members at the firm’s offices in Cornhill, London (Bank) with two other days a week to be worked in either the Cornhill office or our offices at Kinetic Business Centre, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (a short walk from the Thameslink rail station) , as the successful candidate wishes. Up to a maximum of two days a week can be worked from home.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Managing a broad and varied range of real estate finance and real estate transactions including liaising with other team members and co-ordinating advice from other practice areas and departments;
• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of transaction documents including security documents, corporate authorisations, commercial leases, agreements for lease and other occupational documentation;
• Carrying out due diligence, such as reviewing and reporting on title, planning and searches and the preparation of draft certificates and overview reports.

Personal Specification

To be successful in the role, you will be 2 -5 years qualified with the majority of that time spent working within real estate and real estate finance. You’ll be pro-active, efficient, organised and keen to take the initiative and drive transactions forward. You’ll also enjoy developing client relationships and pride yourself on delivering excellent client service.

You’ll also have:

• Experience of working with borrowers, lenders, landlords and tenants
• Sound drafting abilities
• Commercial awareness and negotiating skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Ability to build strong rapports and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels
• Strong IT skills (specifically Outlook, Microsoft Excel/Word and Data Rooms)
• Ability to plan work and prioritise tasks
• Ambition, work ethic and motivation
• Willingness to learn and continuously improve service levels
• Have an entrepreneurial and adaptable mindset and a desire to take an active role in business development and marketing.
• A growth mindset

Benefits

• 28 days’ holiday (excluding bank holidays), 3 of which to be taken during the period between Christmas and New Year
• Laptop and home set up equipment
• Commission scheme
• Billings-related bonus structure
• Private healthcare (following 6-month probation period)
• Mobile phone

For more information about gunnercooke, please visit www.gunnercooke.com

To apply now please apply to the above role or forward your CV to legalvacancies@gunnercooke.com