Practice Development Lawyer

Overview

In this role, you will strengthen the Real Estate practice by updating and automating the precedent bank and developing new precedents. You’ll collaborate with fee earners and the Managing PDL to deliver know-how services, training, and client updates. You’ll participate in innovation projects to improve legal documentation delivery and support. This is a high-responsibility, client-facing position within a market-leading Real Estate team that values proactive problem-solving and knowledge sharing.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working hours

Responsibilities

• Revise, update, maintain and automate the English/Welsh real estate precedent bank
• Create new precedents
• Draft practice notes to support the precedent bank
• Liaise with fee earners to capture requirements for precedent support
• Gather market feedback to stay aligned with market norms
• Handle fee earner legal queries
• Contribute to innovation projects for legal documentation
• Provide support to the Managing PDL with legal research and client briefings
• Produce up-to-date legal updates and training materials
• Share relevant knowledge with clients and internal teams

Key requirements

• Substantial knowledge of the Real Estate sector
• Comprehensive drafting skills and experience creating and maintaining precedents
• Experience with document automation, particularly Contract Express
• Understanding of practical implications of legal changes
• Up-to-date industry and legal knowledge
• Pro-active in proposing solutions to clients and internal teams
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• English-qualified Real Estate lawyer or PDL (preferred)

• Outgoing communication style
• strong analytical abilities
• pro-active problem solving
• Document automation using Contract Express
• Drafting and maintaining precedents
• Legal research and know-how material creation

…