Job Description

Role

Real Estate Disputes Associate

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Category:

Legal

Team:

Dispute Resolution

PQE:

3+

Location:

Bristol

Terms:

Permanent



Burges Salmon are offering an opportunity for an Associate-level Solicitor to join our leading team of property litigation lawyers, based in Bristol but advising in relation to clients and property across England & Wales. In this role, you can expect complex and high value work on behalf of household name national and international clients.

The Team

Our 100+ strong team of dispute resolution lawyers work on a diverse range of complex challenges facing their clients. We focus on outcomes, not just process.



The Real Estate Disputes Team are known for their pragmatic approach and ability to offer alternative real estate dispute resolution methods and solutions to clients. We collaborate with other dispute resolution and non-contentious real estate specialists within the firm, to provide the highest quality advice on real estate disputes for our clients.



You'll provide advice to clients on risk/asset management at a pre-action stage as well as advising on the full spectrum of commercial and complex residential property related disputes, including mediations, arbitrations and contested litigation. We provide real estate disputes advice to commercial property institutions, banks, investment companies and high net worth individuals.



You will also be exposed to a wide variety of work and clients, with all members of the team having the opportunity to work across the full breadth of sectors and legal specialisms within real estate disputes. We consider that this diversity of experience not only results in a more varied and interesting working environment but ultimately helps our lawyers to develop a broader skillset and greater flexibility of approach.



We are ranked Tier 1 by both Chambers and Legal 500.

Key clients include:

The Greater London Authority, Severn Trent Water, Pennon Group, St Modwen, John Lewis Partnership, Virgin, Tritax Big Box REIT, a wide variety of Government Departments and a number of global investment banks.

The Firm

Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is totally refreshing. It's what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.



We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as RollOnFriday's 'Best Law Firm to Work at 2024', an accolade that the firm has achieved for the third year in a row.



We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, and full time or part time working patterns. We have a successful hybrid working model, which provides another way for our people to work with flexibility.

What you'll need

Relevant experience working on high quality commercial litigation in the High Court or before the leading arbitration bodies

Be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills

Able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively

Be self-motivated and willing to learn

Must be a SRA registered lawyer

Benefits

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

Get in touch!

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact

Chris Jenkinson - 0117 307 2246

- for an informal and confidential conversation.
Meet the recruiter

Chris Jenkinson

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Chris.Jenkinson@burges-salmon.com


+44 117 307 2246