We are recruiting for an Associate to join our Knowledge team within Real Estate. This role is offered on a fully flexible working, full or part-time basis.
Your Role
The day to day tasks outlined below give an indication of some of the tasks that you may be expected to carry out.
- Supporting the delivery of the 2030 Knowledge Plan
- Where precedents are not available from subscription sources, supporting with the creation and maintenance of precedents
- Where precedents are available from subscription sources, supporting in the collation of these and ensuring that fee earners are using external resources
- Supporting in the creation and delivery of internal training to our fee earners. This may include trainee programmes, training for junior lawyers, as well as regular practice area and market updates
- Supporting with internal knowledge sharing sessions, to ensure that ″lessons learnt″ are captured, risk issues surfaced, and best practice taken forward
- Contribute to training for new joiners
- Supporting in the creation of training for clients
- Working with the Research team to ensure that you are keeping up to date with legal developments. Notifying fee earners of the impact of these on their practice, as well as ensuring that any impacts are dealt with in precedents, practice notes, and other internal guidance
- Working with relevant business services teams across the firm to ensure that your group/team resources are easily accessible
- Identifying opportunities for efficiencies, either through process optimisation, legal project management or technology
- Supporting with the writing of legal insights for internal use, as well as articles for external publications
- Supporting with the drafting of responses to specific questions or parts of tenders
- Liaising closely with our wider team of Knowledge Lawyers who service other groups across the firm
Your Skills & Experience
- You must be a qualified Solicitor, 2+ year's PQE with experience gained in Real Estate
- Strong knowledge of Real Estate law and good research skills
- Strong legal drafting skills and attention to detail
- Ability to digest, analyse and succinctly communicate large amounts of legal and industry information to both internal and external clients
- Ability to work effectively independently and to work well as part of a team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-motivated with a strong client focused approach
- Strong ability to manage and prioritise competing demands across a range of knowledge activities
Your Team
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.
About TLT
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.
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. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com
