Job Description

Salary

Competitive

Location

Guildford

This is a permanent

,

full time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 GMT.

The vacancy

Moore Barlow is currently seeking an Associate (Solicitor or Legal Executive) to join our leading Commercial Property Team in Guildford

More about us:

Formed via a merger in 2020, Moore Barlow is a leading law firm with an aim to be the best law firm to work for regionally. We are a career firm, providing access to high-quality work, long-term career opportunities and an environment built on the premise of being "human first" in everything we do. Put simply, we care as much about your career as you do.


We are featured in The Times' Best Law Firms 2025 list, and consistently achieve recognition for the quality of our services in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, including specific recognition for our work in Commercial Property.


We are now 450 people, including 280 lawyers and 58 Partners, with offices across the South-East and London.

More about the Commercial Property Team:

Our specialist Commercial Property Team, and a number of individual lawyers, have received consistent recognition in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Our team are experts in all matters relating to transactions involving commercial real estate, servicing a wide spectrum of clients from a variety of industry sectors.


Our team pride themselves on their client-centric approach; they recognise the importance of fully understanding a client's commercial objectives and ensuring they receive an efficient, pragmatic, and dedicated service, regardless of the value or complexity of their matter.


We adopt a "one team" approach, which ensures the best outcomes for our clients through collaboration and teamwork. By sharing work and leveraging each team member's unique skill set, we guarantee results for our clients while creating a supportive and inclusive work environment for our colleagues.

Day to Day:

As a Solicitor, you will manage your own caseload of mixed commercial property matters, carving out your reputation as an expert in this area as you establish and develop strong professional relationships with referrer contacts, repeat clients, and other teams across the firm.


You will also assist the Partners and Senior Associates with the more complex and high-value instructions received by the department. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to take charge of the day-to-day responsibilities of these matters, with support and guidance from the senior lawyers.

What we look for:

A qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive with prior experience in running their own caseload of commercial property matters, with particular emphasis on landlord & tenant matters. We do not tend to use PQE as the sole measure of experience, but we estimate this position would somebody with between 0-2PQE. You will have experience in, or a keen interest to be involved in, marketing and business development activities. You will be calm under pressure, adopt a naturally proactive approach to your work, and have the ability to adapt to changing priorities at short notice. We are human-first in everything we do and seek people who share this trait. You will therefore have great communication skills, a passion for helping clients achieve their goals and the ability to think creatively.


If you have the required skills and experience and are keen to advance your career as part of our leading Commercial Property Team, then we strongly encourage you to apply.


If you would like to learn more about this opportunity before applying, please contact Brandon Duchesne, Talent Acquisition Manager, for an informal conversation.

Who we are

We are Moore Barlow, a top regional career law firm with a simple mission - to make a difference.



We support our clients and the communities we help through providing outstanding legal services with empathy and expertise. A full service law firm, we support these core client groups: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal/Catastrophic Injury & Medical Negligence.



We are passionate about making a difference to our people, their careers and care deeply about their experience at work. Moore Barlow aims to be recognised as the best career law firm to work for. This means that we care as much about your career as you do. So whether you join us early in your career, in one of our outstanding business support functions or are continuing an already rich career in law, you'll find Moore Barlow a great place to further build your experience.



With numerous top-tier rankings in law, exceptional quality of work and named a Times Top 100 best law firm to work for, we have big plans. We are seeking passionate, human-focused individuals like you as we continue to grow. With over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers, Moore Barlow offers substantial opportunity for further advancement and personal development.

What we can offer

Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive and we look for likeminded individuals who recognise that it's this individuality that allows us to be truly different to other firms. Everything we do is underpinned by the Moore Barlow Way, which is a set of values and principles to ensure consistency of experience no matter which team you work within.


As a true career firm, we seek to reward the great work our people undertake with continued personal development opportunities. We have big plans for growth, and we see that this creates extensive opportunity for our people as we move towards our long-term ambitions.


In most of our roles, we are also open to supporting hybrid, flexible working and different work patterns. What you do outside of work is as important as your time inside of work - and we want to strike the right balance for both the individual and the firm.


We also offer great benefits including 28 days' annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, firmwide bonus scheme and a generous pension scheme.


If you're seeking to join a firm that seeks to provide a personal and highly engaging place to work - we are confident that you'll find this at Moore Barlow.

Our values

Human

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together

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way

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happen