Managing Associate – Real Estate (Affordable Housing & Development) – Manchester
LHH is looking to recruit an ambitious Senior Associate or Managing Associate to join a market-leading real estate team, based in Manchester, with a strong focus on affordable housing and regeneration work.
Your Role
This is a hands-on, client-facing role with significant responsibility from day one. You will play a central part in delivering a broad range of development matters, including:
- Affordable housing development transactions (including s.106 schemes, golden brick, turnkey and package deals)
- Strategic land acquisitions and disposals
- Conditional contracts, options, promotion agreements, overage and collaboration agreements
- Leasehold structures, funding arrangements and portfolio management work for registered providers
You will be expected to:
- Take full ownership of transactions from initial instruction through to completion
- Act as the day-to-day lead contact for clients, providing clear, commercial and pragmatic advice
- Manage multiple matters simultaneously, often within tight timescales
- Work closely with developers, registered providers, funders and other stakeholders to progress deals efficiently
- Identify and manage risk, while keeping transactions moving forward
- Supervise, support and help develop junior team members, including delegating effectively and reviewing work
- Play an active role in client relationship management and contribute to business development initiatives
Your Skills and Experience
- A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), who is confident running transactions independently
- Strong experience in residential development and/or affordable housing work
- Commercially minded and able to balance legal risk with practical solutions
- Organised, proactive and comfortable managing a busy and varied workload
- Strong communication skills and be able to build credibility quickly with clients
- Experience of working as part of a collaborative team and supporting more junior lawyers
- Motivated by being part of a high-performing, growing practice
To apply or find out more, please contact Callum Robson at LHH