Solictor/Associate - Property Litigation

Job Introduction

The Leeds Real Estate Team, while dealing with all aspects of commercial landlord and tenant law,  specialises in contentious and non-contentious telecommunications advice. The breadth of the key clients’ estates provide a healthy variety of core landlord and tenant work, and the team undertakes cutting-edge telecoms work in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), acting in many of the recent precedent setting cases. Further work in the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal is ongoing. The firm is known to be at the very forefront of the telecoms real estate industry and works closely with some of the sectors’ leading counsel.

Our National Real Estate Team covers every aspect of commercial real estate work including planning and environmental, development, investment, asset management, funding, construction, landlord and tenant and dispute resolution. Clients include property management and development companies, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.

Role Responsibility

The successful candidate should have experience in the following aspects of commercial landlord and tenant law:

• Break notices and notices to quit;
• Advice on the lease/licence distinction;
• Drafting and service of S25 notices, S26 Requests and S29B extensions;
• Drafting, issue and service of lease renewal/termination proceedings;
• Advice on status of occupation after lease expiry.

The candidate should have experience of litigation and preferably be familiar with:

• Civil Procedure Rules;
• Upper Tribunal Rules;
• the Drafting of witness  statements / statement of case ; and
• Preparing Instructions to Counsel. 

The Ideal Candidate

An ideal candidate would:

• Have previous experience in telecoms;

• Be used to delivering concise commercial advice to clients. Have an ability to comprehend complex legal and technical issues and to explain these issues clearly to clients so that the clients;

• Be comfortable with key date and tracker maintenance;
• Have handled a workload in accordance with client protocols and with an appropriate level of supervision.

Key skills;

• 2 to 5 years pqe in commercial property litigation (candidates with a litigation background in national firms will be considered).
• Excellent relationship and client handling skills.  Able to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day to day issues.  Able to demonstrate a reasonable level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.
• Exercise full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files.
• Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements.
• Handle confidential data in line with the firm's data security protocols.

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

DAC Beachcroft