Real Estate Senior Associate / Managing Associate – Bristol

Overview

In this role you will lead and manage residential development transactions within a top-tier law firm’s Housebuilding & Strategic Land practice in Bristol. You will handle a broad mix of clients—housebuilders, developers, landowners, promoters, housing associations and authorities—across immediate and strategic land work. The position emphasizes transaction leadership, client relationship management, and business development within a collaborative, growth-oriented team.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• competitive salary
• attractive benefits package
• extensive training and development support

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day transaction delivery and manage client relationships
• Drive new business development and contribute to growth of the practice
• Handle a range of residential development matters including contracts, options, affordable housing structures, site assembly and infrastructure agreements
• Engage with complex strategic land arrangements such as promotion agreements, collaboration agreements, land pooling and mixed-use schemes
• Coordinate with a multidisciplinary team of planning, construction, environmental, tax and litigation specialists

Key requirements

• 3-8+ years’ PQE in residential development, housebuilding or strategic land
• Strong track record representing housebuilders, developers, promoters and/or landowners
• Excellent technical ability and commercial awareness
• Established client relationships or potential in the regional development market
• Experience across options, conditional contracts, affordable housing structures, overage, infrastructure agreements and site assembly
• Exposure to complex strategic land arrangements (promotion agreements, collaboration agreements, land pooling, mixed-use schemes)
• Solid understanding of VAT and SDLT issues
• Client-focused, ambitious and collaborative approach with capability to manage high-value matters and support business development

• Client-focused
• Ambitious
• Collaborative
• Options and contracts for residential development
• Affordable housing structures
• Overage and infrastructure agreements

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