Commerical Property - Partner - Housebuilder

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a commercial property partner to join our national property division.

We have long been recognised as a market leader in Real Estate; our national Real Estate team is one of the largest of its kind in the UK – with deep sector knowledge across the full range of commercial property matters. Our Real Estate teams rank highly in both Chambers and Legal 500.

We are looking for an ambitious commercial property partner to join us to undertake a broad range of the highest quality commercial property house builder work.

Our multi-disciplinary, multi-office house builder sector encompasses all areas of law it takes to build a home, from land buying, planning and construction to site set up and plot conveyancing. We are regarded as leading legal advisers to the residential development sector, acting for three of the nation’s five largest house builder firms.

The sector has specialist development lawyers located throughout England. Our house builder team is led by Phil Thompson who previously worked as an in-house Legal Director at a national house builder. Phil specialises in the real estate aspects of property development for a number of national and regional residential development companies.

We also have a bespoke SME house builder team led by Nicola Sutton that sits within this sector which offers dedicated support to our SME house builder clients, meaning we are well placed to anticipate the challenges that they face. Nicola advises developers, house builders and landowners in relation to a broad spectrum of residential development legal issues in the residential house builder market

The role is right for you if:

We are ideally looking to appoint a partner with a following. If you do not have a following, then we are ideally looking for a partner who works for a firm that is panelled with at least one of our 3 main PLC clients.

You will have gravitas with your clients and show initiative, drive and be passionate about what you do. You will be known, regarded and respected in the marketplace backed up by strong credentials. You will also have strong year on year billing figures, and you will be able to evidence this as part of your business plan.

We want you to have strong and lasting relationships with clients, as this is something that we pride ourselves on. We take the time to get to know them and focus on what we can do, to provide a first-class service.

With at least 10 years of post-qualification experience, you will have established strong client relationships with a following.

We will however consider applicants with less qualification experience but who can demonstrate the qualities we are looking for.

It goes without saying that leading and being actively involved in business development is a crucial part of being a partner and as such you will have developed strong business development skills coupled with a real vision of how to grow this part of our practice.

Who we are

You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people – each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

We work flexibly and you’ll be empowered to work where you do your best work, balancing your individual needs with the need for us to engage as teams and deliver excellent client service.

A career at Clarke Willmott will feel different to other law firms. We thrive on our individual differences and diversity because as a team, we are united by our shared values and mutual respect. Working with us you will feel empowered, valued and free to be yourself in a safe and supportive environment.

Our mission is to help you realise your full potential whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance. We provide a comprehensive learning and development programme and a range of wellbeing initiatives to support your career journey.

There’s no doubt we expect the best from our people and even the occasional extra mile. In return, your dedication and commitment to the continued success of the firm will be rewarded with a comprehensive range of flexible benefits.