Real Estate Finance Senior Associate

JMC Legal Recruitment

  • England Wales
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
Real Estate Finance | Senior / Principal Associate | City of London | Top 50 Legal 500Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to work within a dynamic, ambitious and fast-growing practice?This role is with a leading national law firm ranked in the Top 50 and has a clear, mapped out progression route (including to partnership for the right candidates). It offers the chance to work with a wide range of asset classes in both domestic and international markets. The team is known for their lender/creditor work, and you will have the opportunity to work on real estate financing across various sectors across both development and investment work for both lenders and borrowers.The FirmThis Legal 500 and Chambers top ranked law firm has increasing growth, with strong representation across multiple practice areas. Working with major banks and investors, as well as public sector bodies with panel position on many of the UK's leading financial institutions.The firm is known for its excellent service, incisive thinking and innovation with a focus on sustainable impact. The Real Estate Finance team is headed by an ex-city lawyer who has built a friendly, supportive and 'be yourself' culture where recognition is rewarded and careers grow. The firm's culture is also known for entrepreneurialism, creativity and an adult approach with hybrid working/flexibility for all their lawyers.With esteemed representation of advising both domestic and key European markets such as, BVI registered entities and luxury residential developers. The firm advises in all areas of real estate finance both investment and development, including syndicated, club and bilateral debt facilities. With great expertise on complex capital structures, including senior and mezzanine facilities, revolving credit facilities and intercreditor agreements.This constant attraction for high valued work has allowed the award-winning firm to expand rapidly over the past year, with a more extensive support with some of the world's most exciting and ambitious businesses.As the team and firm continue to grow, they are seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Associate to help drive further success and client growth within the sector.The RoleThis is an exciting opportunity within an established Real Estate Finance team. You will work alongside experienced lawyers and high-end clients. The firm itself gets a huge portion of their multi-million-pound turnover from the real estate sector, and this reputation feeds the REF team with great work, however, importantly they also generate deals themselves and aren't reliant on cross referrals.The role itself will be highly rewarding varied covering a range of real estate financing, predominantly acting for clients on the lender and creditor side, however, candidates with borrower experience as well will be of high interest to the team so you can pivot to that type of work where required.You will work closely with the London team on key clients advising leading banks and other lenders, borrowers, public bodies, loan servicers, security trustees, REITs and other funds in all areas of real estate finance.Notable examples of work include advising on a £207 million sale and leaseback of 12 care homes and acquisition of 83 property portfolio to internalise its real estate ownership for a household named garage.An excellent platform for top-tier client work and opportunities to grow your career with internal progression.What makes this opportunity stand out
  • Be part of a market-leading and ambitious team known for solutions driven advice
  • Work alongside an industry heavyweight partner who was previously with one of the world's largest and most prestigious law firms and is personally ranked in the L500 Hall of Fame.
  • Advise a diverse portfolio of high-calibre clients
  • A transparent career pathway, with genuine opportunities for progression and recognition.
Requirements:
  • Be an experienced Real Estate Finance Lawyer, with 5+ years of PQE (England & Wales)
  • Extensive knowledge of both lender & creditor law is required
  • Borrower experience would be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite for the role.
  • Strong business development drive with a natural instinct to build trust with clients
  • Motivated and goal-oriented, with a clear focus on advancing their career
This Real Estate Finance Lawyer role is a career-defining role within one of the UK's leading national law firms, offering the opportunity to work on high-value real estate finance matters while advising major investors, developers, and financial institutions across the UK property market.CompanyJMC Legal Recruitment was founded by highly experienced Legal Recruitment Consultant, Jason Connolly. His motivation to establish JMC was to create a refreshingly friendly agency with a truly consultative approach and who are always a pleasure to deal with.We're a dynamic business with our sights set high and a growing client base spanning the country. We believe that in any business the most valuable assets are the people - and it's true of JMC, too. Whether dealing with candidates or firms, our consultants' passion for legal recruitment and excellent market knowledge always shines through. Our state of the art software means our consultants are more accessible to you and we keep ahead of the curve in the changing legal landscape to ensure you are always given up to date advice.What can you expect from us? We will always manage your expectations and come back to you with updates as soon as they become available. We pride ourselves on the highest level of integrity, as we understand that when looking for a new role or member of staff it is often highly confidential. You will find that we always take the time to really listen and understand before we advise. We will get to know you, taking into account not just technical ability, but personality and cultural fit. We're also easy to get hold of; we appreciate that when looking for a new role it can be difficult to talk during the working day, so we will make ourselves available and find a time that works for you. Give us a call and talk to one of our friendly team today. We're waiting to help you.Share this jobApply for Real Estate Finance Senior AssociateAlready uploaded your CV? to apply instantlyFields marked with an asterisk (*) are requiredFirst name requiredLast name requiredWhat is your email address? requiredYour CV requiredYour file must be a .doc, .pdf, .docx, or .rtf. No larger than 1MBDrag and dropChoose a fileSelected file: Remove fileAdd a cover message requiredEmail me similar jobs when they become available Your communication preferencesI'd like to receive emails about jobs and services from The Lawyer JobsI'd like to receive emails from third partiesWhen you apply for a job we will send your application to the named employer, who may contact you. By applying for a job listed on The Lawyer Jobs you agree to our and . You should never be required to provide bank account details. If you are, please . All emails will contain a link in the footer to enable you to unsubscribe at any time.Send applicationSave jobClick to add the job to your shortlistYou need to or to save a job.Get job alertsCreate a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.© 2011 - 2025 Centaur Media Plc. Powered by Madgex Job Board TechnologyTheLawyer.com Limited
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