Senior Property Lawyer

Senior Property Lawyer – Leeds

• Job Title:
  
  Senior Property Lawyer
• Location:
  
  Asda House
• Employment Type:
  
  Full time
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Hours per Week: 37.5
• Salary:
  Competitive Salary plus benefits
• Category:
  Professional Lawyers
• Closing Date: 5 February 2026

This position is a significant leadership role with full accountability to business partner Property, Construction and Planning providing legal strategic advice as well as the oversight and delivery of property contracts, which include a high volume of complex and bespoke arrangements relating to sale and leasebacks, mixed use developments and convenience leases.

• Accountability for the end-to-end legal advice for Property, Construction and Planning (including litigation).
• Advising on how to best structure arrangements with third parties.
• Oversight of negotiation and drafting of the legal documentation to support those arrangements.
• Management of a complex mixed estate as well as tenanted portfolio including charged and leaseback properties.
• Advising on and awareness of regulatory and competition elements of a large grocery retail estate.
• Continuous improvement and best in class contract advice, across Property, Planning and Construction and key operational services.
• Maintaining MI and one version of the truth for Property, Planning and Construction and Property contracts repository.
• Managing an internal and external legal team.
• Driving transparency whilst focusing on key issues to enable the business to deliver at pace.
• Supporting corporate governance for all Property, Planning and Construction contracts.
• Attending Asda Real Estate and Investment Committee meetings and VP and SD led steering groups on specific projects.
• Developing and implementing strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent.
• Partnering with Vice Presidents, Senior Directors and suppliers from Property, Planning and Construction.

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.