No agencies please, direct applications only. About us The Linklaters’ London real estate team is a market-leading provider of high-value and complex real estate legal services. A broad range of clients (including global businesses, investors, funds, developers and financial institutions) choose Linklaters to advise on their most significant and “big ticket” commercial real estate transactions – we have an extensive understanding of delivering outstanding results on challenging projects and have successfully advised on numerous high-profile transactions in recent years. We are unique in being able to draw on market-leading teams in all of the various disciplines across the real estate sector (namely: real estate M&A, funds, finance, disputes, tax, structured finance, planning, construction, environment and other real estate-specific expertise), and we have dedicated real estate M&A expertise embedded within the London real estate team enabling us to provide seamless and cohesive delivery of corporate real estate transactions. Our ability to assemble top-quality resources across diverse practices is a key point of differentiation as transactions demand increasingly complex and innovative solutions. Your role The role will involve delivering first-class know-how and learning support to a dynamic team of fee-earners that advises clients on a wide variety of high-value, complex and challenging commercial real estate transactions (including the real estate aspects of finance transactions, transactions involving distressed real estate, acquisitions and disposals (both asset and share), development/regeneration schemes, lettings, large corporate transactions (including those which are cross-jurisdictional) and property, asset and development management agreements, in each case across a broad range of asset classes). The role will reflect the individual’s level of experience, but will include a combination of: Know-how (internal) Drafting, maintaining, updating and organising the know-how database (including the precedent bank, drafting notes, practice notes, memoranda, presentations and training materials), such that a comprehensive and up-to-date set of technically outstanding, practical and client-centric know-how materials is available to all fee-earners; Keeping up-to-date with legal and commercial developments, and succinctly briefing/articulating to the team (verbally, and in writing) the impact on our clients, their transactions, and our practice (and updating our know-how materials accordingly); Capturing know-how content from client transactions (and updating the relevant know-how materials accordingly); Identifying, reviewing and preparing documents for automation; Being a “go-to” person for fee-earners with queries about law and market practice in relation to all aspects of commercial real estate transactions; Organising, updating and maintaining the Real Estate practice’s pages on the firm’s intranet site; Integrating the practice’s know-how with the resources of other practice areas in the firm (in particular, Real Estate Finance, Corporate, Restructuring and Insolvency, and Energy and Infrastructure), so as to support the seamless delivery of cross-practice transactions; and Responding to the know-how needs of our practice from time to time (including engaging in specific know-how projects). Training (internal) Designing, implementing, delivering and updating dedicated real estate training programmes (and engaging with other practice areas for the delivery of cross-practice/sector training sessions) for fee-earners of varying levels of seniority. External facing Organising, developing and delivering (and/or assisting fee-earners in the preparation and delivery of) client training/briefings on topical issues; Producing and updating client-facing publications (including our “Talking Points” series), with commentary and analysis which is insightful and timely; Identifying know-how/content opportunities for supporting client/sector relationships; and Engaging in general business development opportunities (e.g. taking part in professional/industry working groups; responding/contributing to industry/legal consultations). About you You will be a qualified solicitor with circa 6 years’ PQE of recent experience within the commercial real estate practice of a highly-rated City law firm (either in the practice of commercial real estate law, or as a knowledge lawyer that has maintained close alignment with commercial real estate transactions and their commercial drivers). With exposure to a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, you will have up-to-date knowledge of the relevant law and current market practice including the key negotiating points and, in particular, in-depth experience/knowledge of the real estate aspects of real estate financing transactions. You will have excellent problem-solving and technical skills, including drafting and legal analysis, and be confident dealing with the varied/wide-ranging nature of our work and adapting to the evolving requirements of our practice. You will be approachable, proactive, flexible, and have a “can do” attitude. We embrace the use of technology and would welcome a genuine enthusiasm and appetite for both innovation and the development and delivery of know-how and training. Our commitment to you You will be part of a vibrant people business that loves working collaboratively in a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity, celebrating all aspects of diversity because we want everyone to feel that they belong. You will be challenged, mentored and supported in the development of your career and given access to professional learning and skills-based programmes aimed at providing you with the tools to meet your career ambitions. Linklaters provides a comprehensive benefits package across Health & Wellbeing, Finance & Protection and Family & Lifestyle, designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to the firm’s success. Technical Skills Commercial Real Estate, Legal Practices, Real Estate Transactions This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required. Application Policy Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders (lateralrecruitment@linklaters.com for legal roles or ukbtrecruitment@linklaters.com for business team roles).