Solicitor – Real Estate (DHL Sector) – Bristol – 4+ Years PQE

Overview

You will join a leading national law firm’s Drinks, Hospitality & Leisure real estate team in Bristol, focusing on operator-led hospitality matters. You’ll handle acquisitions, disposals, development, pre-lets, and estate management for major UK operators, delivering rapid, commercially grounded advice. Collaborating with colleagues across offices, you will support fast-paced transaction rollouts and complex matters. This role offers hybrid working, clear progression, and exposure to high-value, sector-specific work.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Clear career progression
• Active support for professional development
• Exposure to high-value, sector-specific work
• Collaborative national team environment
• Support from specialist teams across the firm

Responsibilities

• Freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals
• Development and pre-let arrangements
• Portfolio re-gears and estate optimisation
• Day-to-day estate management (L&T, licences, variations, easements and ancillary agreements)
• Collaborating with TUPE, TOGC, capital allowances and licensing/regulatory issues
• Supporting rollout programmes and complex transactions at pace
• Collaborating with colleagues across UK offices

Key requirements

• 4+ years PQE in real estate
• Hospitality or operator-led experience preferred
• Strong technical skills and commercial awareness
• Ability to manage matters independently within a national team
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• Proactive, organised and solutions-focused
• Confidence working with major operator clients in a fast-moving environment
• Willingness to engage in networking and business development

• communication
• relationship building
• proactivity
• Real estate law
• TUPE
• TOGC

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