Company: Chadwick Nott
Location: Exeter
Job Description:
Overview
Senior Real Estate role supporting rural and agricultural matters within a leading national law firm. You will manage your own caseload, advise estates and rural landowners, and work on complex property transactions and development projects. The role combines hands-on legal work with client advisory and team mentorship in a collaborative environment. Expect exposure to renewable energy, strategic land deals, and cross-functional collaboration to support growth in the rural sector. You’ll shape impactful advice for high‑profile clients while developing your profile within a supportive, long‑term career path.
Responsibilities
- Manage own caseload of rural property and agricultural matters
- Advise estates, farmers, institutional landowners and rural businesses
- Work across agricultural tenancies and estate management
- Handle rural land sales, acquisitions and development
- Involvement in renewable energy and diversification projects
- Lead or support on strategic land transactions (options, promotion agreements, overage)
- Assist on complex transactions with senior lawyers
- Supervise junior team members
- Engage in business development and sector networking
Key requirements
- Qualified solicitor with strong real estate experience
- Solid technical ability across property transactions
- Confident managing own matters and advising clients directly
- Strong drafting and commercial awareness
- Interest in the rural sector and its evolving landscape
- Ability or desire to mentor junior lawyers
- Proactive, personable and commercially minded
- proactive
- personable
- commercially minded
- real estate transactions
- drafting
- commercial awareness
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Posted: October 3rd, 2026