Real Estate Legal Director

Company: Michael Page Legal
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Location: Leeds
Job Description:

This is an excellent opportunity for a Real Estate Legal Director to join a highly regarded national law firm in Leeds, working on commercial property matters across development, investment and corporate occupier work. You will have the opportunity to play a key role within a growing team, advising clients across a broad range of sectors while developing your career within a progressive and people focused environment.

Client Details

Our client is a national law firm with a strong reputation for delivering commercially focused legal advice to major organisations, investors, developers and businesses across the UK. With revenue exceeding £200m and more than 1,000 employees, the firm has the scale and resources of a major national practice while retaining a strong focus on people and client relationships.

Description

The Real Estate Legal Director will be:

  • Advising clients on complex commercial property development and investment matters
  • Handling a broad range of real estate transactions, with a particular focus on development and investment
  • Advising throughout the development life cycle, from conditional land acquisition through to disposal
  • Working with clients with pre let agreements, forward funding and forward commitment arrangements
  • Advising on the acquisition and disposal of completed investments
  • Working closely with specialists across planning, construction, tax, environmental law and banking
  • Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and key stakeholdersProviding commercially focused advice and helping clients manage legal and transactional risk
  • Identifying opportunities to develop client relationships and contribute to the firm’s wider business objectives

Profile

The Real Estate Legal Director should be:

  • A solicitor with around 8+ years PQE
  • Experienced in commercial real estate with a strong background in development and investment work
  • Able to demonstrate experience across the full development life cycle
  • Experienced in areas such as land acquisition, pre lets, forward funding, forward commitments and investment transactions
  • Commercially minded with a strong understanding of the legal and commercial drivers affecting clients
  • An excellent communicator and negotiator who can build strong relationships with clients
  • Confident handling complex transactions with a high degree of autonomy
  • Proactive, pragmatic and solutions focused in their approach
  • Comfortable working with colleagues across multiple specialist disciplines
  • Interested in developing their career within a large national law firm

Job Offer

  • Salary ranging from £90,000 to £115,000
  • 27 days of holiday leave.
  • 5% pension contribution.
  • Performance-related bonus.
  • Hybrid working arrangement.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Life assurance.

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Posted: September 4th, 2026