Associate - Property Disputes

Location/s

Birmingham

Experience Level

Intermediate

Term

Permanent

Working Hours

Full Time

Practice Area / Department

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 170 partners and 1000 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia. Our global footprint is further enhanced by our strategic partnership with Interlaw which works to facilitate our management of multi-jurisdictional matters. We have leading practices in Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Banking and Finance, Real Estate and Private Wealth.

We've always been proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and value the variety of our partnership. We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. Our strategic direction is shaped by a desire to grow our business in a way that is responsible and sustainable and has the principles of ESG at its core, guiding the way we operate firmwide.

The Property Disputes Team

We provide a fully integrated real estate dispute resolution legal service for clients which works closely alongside our national projects, real estate, construction and litigation teams.

We act for all principal stakeholders across a range of real estate sectors, including residential and commercial property developers and property companies, title indemnity insurers, institutional pension funds, receivers and insolvency practitioners, housing providers, private investors, entrepreneurs and occupiers of commercial and residential property.

Our specialisms include: strategic advice to portfolio owners on contentious matters; rights to light; easement and restrictive covenant disputes and other real property matters; the full range of commercial landlord and tenant including lease renewal, alienation, rent review, dilapidations and other general breach of covenant matters; leasehold enfranchisement (acting for both landlords and tenants); all areas of residential landlord and tenant, with a particular emphasis on residential service charge disputes and tenancy enforcement; telecommunications; and all aspects of property related insolvency.

We take a pragmatic approach to disputes, seeking to resolve these in the most efficient manner possible, and always tailored to the client’s objectives

What you'll be doing

• You will be involved with a range of work principally including commercial portfolio and development related disputes and strategic advice for landowners, developers and local authorities.
• Commercial landlord and tenant matters (eg 1954 Act, alienation, break rights, dilapidations), disputes concerning property contracts, property related insolvency (both real property and landlord and tenant), other real property related disputes, such as rights of way, adverse possession and restrictive covenants.
• There will also potentially be opportunities to be involved in higher value residential matters, including in relation to investment properties and group actions on behalf of block investors.
• Due to the breadth of the real estate practice at Trowers, there is scope over time to become involved in most issues that ever touch property disputes.
• You will handle proceedings in all levels of Courts and Tribunals, and be involved in without prejudice settlement processes including formal mediations.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with clients and market intermediaries.
• Proactive participation in individual, team and office-based business development initiatives.
• Participation in firm-wide and departmental meetings, training sessions and social events.
• Delegating client work effectively to more junior fee-earners as appropriate and contributing to their development.
• Contributing effectively to department and firm wide performance goals.
• Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures.

What you'll need

The firm has a Career Development Framework which sets out the competencies we expect of those at the Associate grade. In particular for this role we require:

• Candidates with 1-4 years' relevant post qualification experience gained from a reputable
• firm.
• Previous property disputes experience.
• Excellent technical skills.
• Strong client focus.
• A team player.
• Ability to prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines.
• Ability to deal with innovative deals and bespoke documents.
• Drive and enthusiasm.
• Commercial awareness.
• Excellent academic record.

Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and values equity, diversity and inclusion. All applications will be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role and will be treated equally irrespective of Ethnicity, Gender (including Trans and non-binary) Race, Disability, Religion and sexual orientation.

If you require any further information on any of our vacancies or would like to discuss any adjustments or additional support that you might need either during the recruitment process or after the offer stage, please feel free to contact our recruitment team on [email protected]

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.