Senior Lawyer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate issues for prominent clients.

• Establish trusting relationships with client legal teams, property teams, and business stakeholders.

• Draft, review, and negotiate leases, licenses, property contracts, title documentation, and other real estate documents.

• Provide guidance on freehold and leasehold matters from both landlord and tenant perspectives.

• Manage multiple matters and workstreams, prioritizing deadlines while keeping clients informed.

• Ensure accurate tracking, file management, status reporting, financial awareness, and risk escalation.

• Coordinate with clients, counterparties, colleagues, and stakeholders to facilitate completion.

• Exercise discretion regarding independent resolution versus escalation or seeking specialist input.

• Support and help nurture junior lawyers, paralegals, and other team members.

• Collaborate with Dentons Helix and the broader Real Estate practice.

• Leverage AI, workflow tools, legal technology, and data to enhance delivery and client outcomes.

• Streamline processes, templates, playbooks, reporting, and matter management.

• Identify opportunities to improve or expand client support.

• Contribute to Dentons Helix as a technology-driven legal delivery model.

⛳️ Requirements

• Qualification as a solicitor in England & Wales or an equivalent qualification.

• Approximately 6+ years of PQE or equivalent relevant experience in commercial real estate.

• Strong background in commercial real estate, particularly in landlord and tenant matters, estate management, or portfolio-based property work.

• Excellent drafting, reviewing, and legal analysis skills.

• Ability to provide clear, pragmatic, and commercially oriented advice.

• Outstanding organizational and matter management capabilities.

• Competence in managing multiple matters and balancing competing priorities.

• Proactive in anticipating issues, setting priorities, identifying next steps, and driving progress.

• Keen attention to detail and a disciplined approach to deadlines, matter administration, tracking, and reporting.

• Confidence in building direct relationships with clients, the Helix team, and stakeholders.

• Capacity to work independently and recognize when escalation or specialist input is required.

• Curiosity about technology and a willingness to utilize AI and other legal tools.

• Experience in supporting, supervising, or mentoring junior team members is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Background in retail, restaurant, infrastructure, energy, electric vehicle roll-out, or other multi-site sectors is advantageous but not essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Genuinely flexible, remote working model.

• Various working patterns can be discussed if compatible with the role, team, and clients.

• Access to specialized expertise, training, and mentoring.

• Inclusive culture with equal opportunities.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Disability Confident Scheme with interview opportunities for disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria.

• Adjustments or support available during the application process.