Overview
As a Legal Director or Partner in the Gloucestershire real estate team, you will lead a high-value commercial property practice and shape its strategic direction. You will advise on complex acquisitions, disposals and development, while expanding client relationships across the region. You collaborate with planning, construction, and energy specialists to deliver seamless guidance to landowners, developers and investors. This is a collaborative, autonomous senior role with real scope to impact the firm’s growth and reputation in the region.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-value commercial property practice across acquisitions, disposals, development, investment work and portfolio management
- Advise landowners, land agents, housebuilders and developers on strategic land and residential development matters
- Drive business development and strengthen client relationships in Gloucestershire and the wider region
- Collaborate with planning, construction, biodiversity net gain, highways, rights of way, renewable energy and minerals teams to provide integrated advice
- Mentor lawyers and contribute to the strategic growth of the firm
- Operate with platform, autonomy and high-quality work at senior level, with partnership potential
Key requirements
- Experience leading and growing a commercial property practice
- Ability to act for landowners, developers and housebuilders on strategic land and residential projects
- Strong business development and client-relations capability
- Senior-level expertise with partnership readiness or current partnership status
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work across multiple disciplines
- leadership
- business development
- mentoring
- commercial property acquisitions and disposals
- development projects
- investment work
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