Commercial Real Estate Solicitor, Years PQE

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SOLICITOR (3 – 7 years PQE)
Wilson Nesbitt is recruiting a Commercial Real Estate Solicitor with 3 – 7 years PQE to join its Chambers and Legal 500 ranked Real Estate team in Belfast.

Wilson Nesbitt is a leading Northern Ireland law firm with 70 staff including 21 solicitors across two offices in Belfast & Bangor offering a range of legal services. The firm is a forward thinking, inclusive and diverse employer and you will be joining an exciting team of enthusiastic, professional individuals working together in a collaborative and supportive working environment. Wilson Nesbitt are market leaders in a number of practice areas.

Wilson Nesbitt are experiencing a period of expansion. As a consequence this is an opportunity for the right candidate to join the leading commercial real estate team at an advantageous moment.

QUALITIES
The successful applicant will be a meticulous, diligent individual with excellent people, communication & organisational skills, be ambitious and capable of both working independently and in a team. The role provides a great opportunity to move along an established career path within the firm.

ROLE
The successful applicant will report directly to the partners who head the commercial property team. This award winning Chambers and Legal 500 ranked team advises on real estate development, investment and finance transactions across Northern Ireland and England and Wales. It also advises on landlord and tenant, construction, licensing, planning and environmental matters. The role involves a high degree of commerciality and will involve running your own transactions and supporting on larger transaction to include:-

• advising banks on loan agreement and security related to real estate finance;
• advising housing associations on the acquisition of traditional, Design and Build and off the shelf schemes;
• advising developers on the grant of leases and disposal of developed schemes; and
• advising on the purchase and disposal of investment properties;

EXPECTATIONS & BENEFITS
The expectations & benefits are what you would expect from a leading firm including:-

• a competitive salary in line with experience;
• private health insurance;
• employer pension contributions increase in excess of the statutory requirement;
• opportunity to buy and sell up holidays; and
• death in service;