Associate/Senior Associate – Residential Development – Bristol

Company: Chadwick Nott
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this Senior Associate role, you will advise on residential development and strategic land matters for developers, housebuilders, promoters, and landowners in the South West. You’ll lead day-to-day transactions and shape complex deals from inception to completion, collaborating with top-tier specialists. The position sits within a thriving Bristol Real Estate team, offering genuine career progression and a collaborative, high-quality work environment. You’ll help grow the client base and drive business development while delivering commercially focused legal advice. This is an engaging chance to work on high-profile development projects with significant regional impact.

Pay / Benefits

  • hybrid working
  • career progression opportunities
  • collaborative team environment

Responsibilities

  • Advising developers, housebuilders, promoters, and landowners on residential development and strategic land matters
  • Managing acquisitions, disposals, option agreements, promotion agreements, overage arrangements, and site assembly projects
  • Leading day-to-day transactions while delivering commercially focused legal advice
  • Building and strengthening client relationships across the South West property market
  • Supporting business development initiatives and identifying new opportunities for growth

Key requirements

  • 2+ years’ PQE with strong experience in residential development work
  • excellent technical ability and commercial awareness
  • experience handling strategic land transactions, affordable housing arrangements, infrastructure agreements, and complex development projects would be advantageous
  • strong client-relations skills
  • commercial awareness
  • business development mindset
  • residential development expertise
  • knowledge of strategic land transactions
  • infrastructure agreements

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Posted: October 24th, 2026