Job Ref. Number:MM062
Job Title: Real Estate Finance Lawyer 2+ yrs pqe
Location: London
Salary: Highly Competitive
The Company:
Advising on billions of pounds of financing every year, they are one of the leading real estate finance teams in the City.
The firm are a premier banking team of exceptional dedication, focused on the funding of real estate in all its forms. They are an identifiable team that their clients get to know, that makes deals happen and knows its market.
They offer a delivery of service that is second to none.
The Role:
As you would expect, the team acts on some of the highest profile deals and for most of the highest profile institutions in the market. They act for banks, financial institutions, developers,investors and property companies.They also work both for the lending institutions and borrowers.
There are two keys to the firm’s success. The first is the exceptional calibre and quality of the people they recruit. The second is teamwork.
The team is structured so as to be balanced at each level and to encourage interaction throughout the team and at every level.
In brief:
There are 30 legal staff and 8 secretaries in the Real Estate Finance Team.
The firm are looking because they have grown the business of the team by 30% year on year for the last 3 years and show no signs of slowing up.
They need to continue to provide the very best future for clients and the team and that requires hiring the very best people today, both to assist them with the work they have now and as an investment in the firm’s future.
The Successful Candidate:
The firm are currently seeking to recruit between 2+ years post qualification experience to work in the real estate finance area.
The ideal candidate will be ambitious and enterprising with an ability to devise practical solutions to resolve technical issues within transaction timetables. Self-confidence and an outgoing personality will be important attributes.
Due to the profile of the team and of the firm, these vacancies represent an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance lawyer wishing to maximise his or her transaction experience and career prospects.
They would expect the candidate who joins them to become involved in all aspects of the work that the firm do and at the level that you feel comfortable with.
There will be opportunities for the candidate to take either senior or junior positions in transactions depending on how comfortable they feel with what they are doing. The partners provide a highly supportive position, working with the candidate to ensure that the right balance is achieved.
In due course the successful candidate will find himself or herself working at a senior level running transactions and managing deals. This will involve working both with the team and with other departments in the firm. Teamwork is, therefore, extremely important.
Non fee earning activities are important to them. Candidates will be encouraged to participate in the team’s marketing initiatives at all levels. They will also be encouraged to come up with ideas and to implement them. The firm believe the ongoing success of our business is routed in the clients establishing a good relationships with the team at all levels.
The firm also believe that this is healthy for the team and provides an extra dimension to the work they do which few others can offer.
Of course, everyone is also involved in standard forms, training, writing articles, giving and attending seminars and anything else that works for the business.
NB: PQE levels are illustrative only and serve purely as a guide to candidates. Emerson Chase will welcome applications from individuals with more or less relevant experience than stated since such candidates may well be of interest to our clients.
Emerson Chase Legal recruits permanent personnel across Europe and the UK. This vacancy is advertised by Emerson Chase Legal. The services advertised by Emerson Chase Legal are those of an Employment Agency.
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