Associate - Property - Southampton, United Kingdom - Blake Morgan

Blake Morgan

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Southampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location- Southampton- Discipline:

Lawyer
Salary:

- £Competitive

Contact name:
Rob Brown
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We can provide you with an excellent platform to develop both your technical ability and business development skills within a supportive and thriving team.

Whilst you will be part of a large real estate team which spans our other offices (especially London, Oxford, Reading and Cardiff), you will be working exclusively in the real estate team in our Southampton office.

You will likely soon develop close client relationships that will endure through your career.

Our encouragement of a decent work/life balance and complimentary interests will help you towards a strong long-term profile in this region.

You will be able to rely on support from team members across the firm. Our lawyer teams are also well supported by our Business Services Finance, HR, IT and Risk functions.

More information about our practice can be found here.

Typical Workload
We are looking for a solicitor to assist with and work alongside all members of our commercial property team

Typical workload will involve:

Supporting and/or taking full responsibility for deals by drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, leases, licences, transfers, deeds, etc.
Undertaking due diligence tasks by reviewing and reporting on title, raising enquiries, reviewing searches
Liaising with clients and lawyers on the other side of transactions
Obtaining quotes for indemnity policies, liaising with insurance brokers and underwriters as appropriate
Undertaking legal research
Attending client or all parties' meetings
Participating in business development events

Skills / Experience Required

Your experience will probably have been acquired at a leading national or regional firm where you have been involved in good quality real estate work (including retail leases and agreements and development matters).

Confident and personable
Strong technical competence
Commercial approach
Relevant sector expertise
Excellent communication skills and able to explain complex matters to clients without a legal background
A team player
Resilient and adaptable
Willingness to get involved and assist with practice and sector development
Motivated and ambitious
Committed to rigour around treating all clients fairly
Focused on attributing dedication, determination and loyalty to colleagues, clients and communities
Able to demonstrate continuous development and diversity in thinking
Understands and complies with Information Security responsibilities commensurate with this role including Data Protection and the duty of confidentiality

Blake Morgan is one of the UK's leading full-service law firms, with offices in London, Wales, Thames Valley and the South Coast region.

We provide our clients with practical and straightforward legal advice whatever their regional, national and international requirements. Our clients are commercial businesses, not-for-profit organisations, government agencies and private individuals.

Our business groups are:
Banking and Finance

Business Support Services

Commercial and Charities

Commercial Litigation

Commercial Recoveries and Travel

Construction

Corporate

Employment, Pensions, Benefits & Immigration

Private Client

Property Services

Regulatory

Our office locations and details of how to reach them are found here.

How to Apply

Your personal data will be processed in line with our applicant privacy policy which explains how we treat your data.

Please note that we are currently only accepting CVs from direct applicants. We do not accept CVs from recruitment agencies unless terms and conditions have been agreed in advance with our Resourcing Team.

Our Culture and Environment

We pride ourselves on our Personality, which is weaved into everything we do for our colleagues, clients and communities alike.

We have created an environment underpinned by our ACTS framework that places high value on being:

Astute (commercially)

Committed

Team playing

Straightforward

It's part of the way we like to do things.

If you wish to work amongst colleagues with these behaviours, then you will find yourself amongst likeminded individuals at Blake Morgan.

Benefits
Some of the benefits of working at Blake Morgan include:

26 days' annual holiday and option to purchase 1 weeks' leave
Birthday holiday
My Time one working week off for community, faithbased festivals, volunteering, or wellbeing activities
Profit Share Scheme
Performance related bonus scheme
Target Plus (rolling bonus scheme)
Private medical insurance including access to a health advice helpline
Autoenrolment pension scheme (5% employer pension contribution when employee contributes 3%)
Life assurance scheme
Critical illness cover
Cash Plan claim for flu jab, health screening, optical and dental plus a range of wellbeing and health services
Employee Assistance Programme
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