Job Description

Associate – Real Estate Finance

Location: London

Salary: £85,000-£120,000 + Extensive Benefits

Experience required: 4+ Years PQE

 

Join a market-leading Real Estate Finance team known for delivering innovative solutions across domestic and cross-border transactions.

Our client, a nationally recognised law firm with a Tier 1-ranked Real Estate Finance practice, is seeking an experienced lawyer to work on complex, high-value finance transactions. This is an exceptional opportunity to develop your expertise in a supportive, dynamic environment that values technical excellence and commercial insight.

If you're an ambitious Real Estate Finance lawyer with 4+ years' PQE looking to work on diverse, challenging transactions, this could be your perfect next move.

 

About the Role

As an Associate in the Real Estate Finance team, you'll work closely with Partners and team members on a variety of sophisticated finance transactions across multiple sectors and asset classes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Handling diverse real estate finance transactions across sectors such as:
  • Hotels and leisure
  • Private Rental Sector (PRS)
  • Student accommodation
  • Logistics
  • Office developments
• Working on various finance transaction types:
  • Development finance
  • Hotel finance
  • Islamic finance
  • Mezzanine finance
• Acting for a wide range of clients, including:
  • Major banks
  • Debt funds
  • Insurers
  • Financial institutions
  • Investors
  • Developers
  • Blue-chip property companies
  • Family offices
• Drafting and negotiating complex legal documentation
• Providing strategic legal advice on finance transactions
• Developing and maintaining strong client relationships
• Contributing to business development efforts
• Collaborating with colleagues across practice areas
• Engaging in continuous professional development

This role offers the opportunity to work on sophisticated, high-value transactions with genuine autonomy and support from an experienced team.

 

What We're Looking For

Essential Requirements:

• Qualified Solicitor with minimum 4 years' post-qualification experience
• Strong academic qualifications
• Extensive technical knowledge of finance transaction legal frameworks
• Proven experience in real estate finance transactions
• Excellent document drafting skills
• Commercial and strategic approach to legal work
• Strong client relationship and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively
• Collaborative team player with a collegiate approach
• Proactive, detail-focused, and ambitious

Desirable:

• Experience across multiple real estate finance sectors
• Knowledge of cross-border transactions
• Understanding of Islamic finance structures
• Track record of business development
• Additional finance-related qualifications

 

Exceptional Benefits Package

Financial Rewards:

• Competitive salary (£85,000-£120,000 dependent on experience)
• Performance-related bonuses
• Comprehensive pension scheme
• Life and income protection

Professional Development:

• Extensive training programmes
• Mentoring from industry experts
• Leadership development support
• Continuous learning resources
• Technical and skills-based training
• Clear career progression pathways

Work-Life Balance:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Hybrid working options
• Generous annual leave
• Family-friendly policies
• Wellbeing support programmes

Culture & Recognition:

• Supportive and collegiate environment
• Culture of improvement, growth, and collaboration
• Diverse and inclusive workplace
• Employee networks celebrating diversity
• Recognition for high-character colleagues who care for one another

 

Location & Working Arrangements

Based: London office
Working Pattern: Full-time
Hybrid Working: Supported with flexible arrangements

 

About Our Client

Our client is a leading law firm committed to delivering technical excellence and real insight into clients' operations. They are the natural choice for FTSE 100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

The firm's success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives, with a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss differences and celebrate diversity.

Core Values:

• Technical excellence
• Real client insight
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Diversity and inclusion

 

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you're an ambitious Real Estate Finance lawyer looking to work on sophisticated transactions with exceptional development opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact:

Lee Hawthorne-Finch
0333 996 2882 or lee.hawthorne-finch@h-fts.com