Senior Associate - Property Disputes (Residential Leasehold Management)

Our benefits include, an annual bonus scheme, GPP Pension Scheme with Aviva. We also offer Private Medical Insurance, (currently with Vitality Health) upon joining the firm, which include discounted gym memberships, free cinema tickets, health assessments and much more.

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As a result of an increase in instructions received, the team is seeking to appoint an experienced and ambitious Senior Associate who specialises in residential leasehold management to support the team's growth plans.

You will primarily be working on residential leasehold management matters, advising on full range of services in this complex area to ensure that our clients receive the highest quality of comprehensive advice.

An experienced Senior Associate is required to support the residential leasehold management team which sits within Property Disputes. We expect you to be involved in the following:

• You will be involved with a range of work principally involving residential landlord and tenant matters (e.g., service charge disputes, repossessions, forfeiture, enfranchisement, Right to Manage) for clients in the private, public and social housing sectors, development related disputes and strategic advice (particularly rights to light) for both developers and insurers, disputes concerning property contracts, property related insolvency (both real property and landlord and tenant), other real property related disputes, such as rights of way, adverse possession and restrictive covenants.
• There will also potentially be opportunities to be involved in commercial related landlord and tenant work (e.g. 1954 Act, alienation, break rights, dilapidations). Due to the breadth of the real estate practice at Trowers, there is scope over time to become involved in most issues that ever touch property disputes.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with clients and market intermediaries, with a focus on the North-West market.
• Proactive participation in individual, team and office-based business development initiatives.
• Participation in firm-wide and departmental meetings, training sessions and social events.
• Delegating client work effectively to more junior fee-earners as appropriate and contributing to their development.
• Contributing effectively to department and firm wide performance goals.
• Ensuring files are managed in compliance with Lexcel procedures.
• Building and maintaining effective client relationships.

The firm has a competency framework for Senior Associates and in particular for this role we require:

• Candidates with at least 5 years relevant post qualification experience, or equivalent, gained from a reputable firm;
• Experience of complex residential property disputes;
• Strong technical skills;
• Ability to supervise junior members of the team;
• Drive and enthusiasm and client focus;
• Commercial awareness;
• Ability to work to deadlines;
• Strong communication skills (both spoken and written) including the ability to write in plain English;
• Good interpersonal skills, presenting and client facing skills;
• An interest in marketing; and
• An ability to work autonomously with minimum supervision.