Managing Associate​/Legal Director - Real Estate Energy

We are recruiting for a Managing Associate or Legal Director to join our Real Estate Future Energy team, to be based in Belfast. We are also very open to hearing from individuals based outside of Belfast, who are looking for a hybrid and/or remote working arrangement.

Maria Connolly leads the team and heads the Real Estate Group; she continues to be the energy behind our success in driving forward our strategy of developing the services we offer to clients in the renewables sector and tailoring those services to meet our clients' business objectives. Maria has recently been awarded with Bristol Law Society’s “Lawyer of the Year” award and is named as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500.

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven Real Estate Lawyer to join our Legal 500 tier 1 ranked team and develop a specialism within one of the most exciting and topical sectors in the legal profession and beyond.

• Dealing with drafting option agreements and leases on a wide range of clean energy projects (including wind, solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and hydro).
• Undertaking due diligence on these projects to include a review of title, enquiries, and searches.
• Acting in relation to the financing of clean energy projects and large-scale. acquisitions/disposals which will involve working with individuals in our corporate, banking, construction, planning and regulatory disciplines.
• There will plenty of opportunity for client contact, running own files and early responsibility for delivery of transactions etc.
• Providing support in relation to other aspects of work undertaken in the team including landlord and tenant work, corporate support, and public sector work.
• To supervise and mentor junior team members.
• To provide all our clients with a quality service in accordance with the Firm’s procedures.
• To maintain and improve relations with existing clients and spot opportunities for business development and enhancement of the current services we offer.
• To achieve the budget and targets set by the Firm.

You will be/have:

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society registered), with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience within Real Estate. You will have proven experience of working with clients in the future energy sector. Dual qualification in Northern Ireland and England & Wales is desirable, but not essential.
• A proven track record in business development and maintaining strong client relationships
• Experience of supervising and/or managing Associates and/or Paralegals
• Able to demonstrate first class communication skills with the ability and confidence to engage with clients and colleagues at all levels
• Able to confidently provide strategic advice to a variety of TLT clients
• Be an active, senior member of the team at TLT, with the commitment to developing the firm’s offering locally and nationally

We are one of the UK's largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry's annual directory rankings.

Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both 'high profile' and business as usual work.

We act across the industry for corporate occupiers, developers, banks, investors and public bodies. We're active in the future energy market, for example, advising on over 30% of all UK solar renewables projects and working on some of the UK's major energy infrastructure projects.

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do