Job Description

Role profile
"It is a strong practice... the offering is exceptionally good" Chambers UK
We have a new opportunity for an Associate to join our Real Estate Cornerstone team and support our team in delivering commercial real estate work in the telecoms industry. You will be aligned to the Cornerstone team and will be working with a wide range of fee earners across this team. It is a supportive, well organised and cohesive team. You will also have the opportunity to do work outside of the Cornerstone team.
We are looking to grow our team supporting Cornerstone's business objectives.
This is a permanent, full-time role based in our Bristol office, although occasional travel to our offices in Reading in London, and to client offices, may be required in the longer term.
The practice
Our real estate team overall has a strong reputation for providing commercial advice to clients on everything from investment acquisitions and disposals and portfolio and asset management, forward funding and forward commitments, to complex and challenging telecoms related work. Our team advises across all our clients' entire investment patterns including retail, telecoms, student accommodation, logistics and energy.
We are distinguished from our competitors by our market leading practices in a number of prominent specialist areas. These include student accommodation and build to rent where we are recognised national leaders; energy - in particular major renewables projects run by leading names in the sector such as Foresight and Oxford Capital Partners; telecoms - where we undertake some of highest profile work for telecom operators; student housing, where we have advised on significant deals for Global Student Accommodation Limited and Campus Living Villages; and retail, where our recent track record includes on-going work for Marks & Spencer. In addition, we are rapidly establishing a reputation as a leader in acting for UK and overseas institutions, as major investors in UK real estate.
The Role
Providing a wide range of services to the Real Estate Cornerstone Team including but not exclusively:

• Preparing and quality controlling reports on title;
• Drafting agreements, leases, licences, surrenders and deeds of variation;
• Supervising a team of paralegals;
• Negotiating and completing documentation;
• Working as part of a wider team on projects involving Multi Skilled visits (MSVs);
• Attending internal and external team / progress update calls and meetings; and
• Contributing to internal and external training.

The Candidate
The successful candidate will:

• Have evidence of experience across a wide range of Real Estate matters in a similar role;
• Be prepared to work in a highly supportive team environment;
• Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills;
• Be technically minded, enjoy variety, have the ability to prioritise and successfully manage multiple matters.
• Show an enthusiasm for and the ability to present technical legal issues in a clear, approachable and professional way;
• Demonstrate a client-orientated approach, both internally and externally; the ability to think laterally and to develop ideas in relation to business opportunities and training;
• Show an appreciation of fee earner needs and constraints; and the ability to assist in the development of less experienced team members;
• Be commercially aware;
• Be a self-starter, enthusiastic, resourceful and driven to continually develop knowledge and skills in a challenging and supportive environment.
• Be pro-active and motivated with excellent organisational skills; and an excellent team player.
• Be flexible and pragmatic with a problem solving approach.

The Team
The Bristol Real Estate department is made up of 61 fee-earners overall including 11 Partners, 2 Legal Directors, 9 Associate Directors, 8 Senior Associate, 15 Associates, 1 Affordable Housing Solicitor, 3 Trainee Solicitors, 2 Solicitor Apprentices, 5 Senior Paralegals, 5 Paralegals.
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.
Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on angharad.jenkins@osborneclarke.com
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
About Us
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of support this.
*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm

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