Property Litigation (Associate) Solicitor

Title: Property Litigation (Associate) Solicitor 1-4PQE
Location: Birmingham

Salary: 60-70,000 DOE.

We are currently seeking a Property Litigation (Associate) Solicitor to join the Top Tier and Top Ranked Real Estate Disputes team of our Top50 client, a leading organisation in the legal industry. With a strong presence across multiple offices, our client offers an exceptional platform to work on a wide range of real estate and property disputes for commercial businesses, institutions, landed estates, and individuals.

Based in their centrally located Birmingham office, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a highly experienced leader in the field of complex litigation. They bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the team, having handled numerous high-profile cases. The team focuses on commercial and residential disputes including FTT management orders, property insolvency, possession actions, dilapidations, consent to assign/sub-let, rent disputes, forfeiture, and property fraud.

As a Property Litigation (Associate) Solicitor, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of matters, both independently and collaboratively. Our client values flexibility and places trust in their employees to work in the way that best suits them, their teams, and their clients. Within this inclusive and supportive work environment, your voice will be heard, and mutual respect will be shown by all.

Notable work includes:

• Acting for Aldi in connection with an application for an injunction made by its tenant, Iceland, where Iceland was seeking to prevent Aldi from carrying out an extension to its supermarket in Cambridge. They provided both legal and commercial advice throughout and pushed the matter on such that they got to a full trial within 6 weeks at which the High Court dismissed Iceland's application.
• Acting for a large Oxfordshire Landed Estate on a wide variety of property disputes. These included defending a claim to dedicate public rights of way over estate land through long public use, a claim to dedicate estate land as a village green, defending an adverse possession claim and advising in relation to removal of 1954 Act protected tenants to allow site development.
• Acting for a landowner in connection with an urgent application to the High Court for an order for possession of commercial property. The property was being occupied by trespassers who were fly-tipping significant quantities of waste on the land. They prepared the application, got the application before the judge, obtained an order for possession and organised for High Court enforcement officers to enforce the order and carry out the eviction on the very same day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing a consistently high level of service and care to clients.
• Demonstrating financial management skills and commercial awareness, including accurate time recording, billing, achievement of firm targets, and effective management of work in progress (WIP).
• Contributing actively to business development opportunities, with the aim of retaining existing clients and expanding the organisation's reach.
• Maintaining up-to-date technical expertise in property litigation.
• Taking accountability for your own personal development, continuously developing interpersonal and soft skills.
• Demonstrating competence in accordance with the SRA competence standards.
• Undertaking any other reasonable tasks as required.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Directly relevant previous experience and the appropriate level of post-qualified experience (1-4PQE).
• Strong commercial acumen and an understanding of the industry and business of our client.
• A proven track record of competent financial management, meeting client expectations, and effective case management.
• Proficiency in IT skills, including experience with case management systems, electronic time recording, and Microsoft packages.
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to consistently demonstrate and embody the core values of our client's organisation.

If you are a highly motivated Property Litigation Solicitor looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity with a prestigious organisation, we encourage you to apply. Our client offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with a supportive and inclusive working environment that fosters professional growth and development.

LHH is an employment consultancy that believes in talent, not labels. It is important to us that we run inclusive recruitment processes to support candidates of all abilities and encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. LHH is committed to building an inclusive, supportive environment to enable candidates to explore the next steps in their careers. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.