Job Description

Our national Property Dispute Resolution team is one of the largest and most highly rated in the UK and we are looking for a Newly Qualified Lawyer to expand our team. This role can be based out of either Newcastle or Leeds.

What does the team do?



The team advise a broad range of clients on all aspects of residential landlord and tenant, and residential property dispute resolution and property management. We have an enviable client list, made up of investors, landlords and managing agents (with national portfolios), ranging from significant public and quasi-public sector bodies to FTSE 250 household names across a range of sectors including social housing, PRS, Build to Rent, student, charity, central and local government.



You'll see yourself advising our clients on a wide range of substantial contentious property matters, including landlord and tenant (short tenant and long leasehold), telecoms issues, general property issues such as recovering possession, trespass action, disrepair, Injunctions and licensing. You'll be working with some truly talented lawyers across all levels of the business.



The Property Disputes Team work very closely with our transactional Real Estate team so you will have the opportunity to develop strong ties across the practice, as well as access to quality work from our existing high calibre client list.

What does the ideal candidate look like?



Most importantly you will have a genuine enthusiasm for this area of law and the aspiration to deliver a first class service to our clients.



You'll need strong academic ability, a thorough approach to complex legal analysis with swift assimilation of complicated sets of facts. Your written advice will be fluent and concise and your high level of commerciality will enable you to address the client's overall objectives. Strong interpersonal skills will give you the ability to deal diplomatically and effectively with the different interests of our clients.



As important will be the ability to work with and alongside a range of colleagues, across locations, as some of the work we deal with involves multi-disciplinary teams. This is an exciting time to join this team and the role offers an unrivalled opportunity to learn from the best, to develop a career in a growing specialism, and to be mentored and supervised in a supportive environment.



To be successful in this role, you'll need as a minimum:


You must be a qualified (England & Wales) Solicitor Have completed a seat during your training contract within property litigation, or have demonstrable working knowledge. Have achieved at least a 2:2 at degree level, OR have 2+ years of relevant experience gained in a paralegal, or similar, position.

What makes it great to work here?



We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!



As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working.



Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.



We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.



We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.



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