In-House Solicitor - Property

In-House Solicitor – Residential Development & Affordable Housing

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

Location: South West - Exeter

Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

LHH Recruitment Solutions is delighted to be partnering with a FTSE 100 organisation to appoint an In-House Solicitor to join its established Legal Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with experience in residential development, affordable housing or property, who is looking to take the next step in their career within a highly successful and commercially focused organisation.

The successful candidate will join an experienced Legal Team and work closely with colleagues across the wider business, providing pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice on a broad range of property and development matters.

The Role

This role will sit within the organisation's property-focused Legal Team, with a particular emphasis on residential development and affordable housing.

You will advise stakeholders across the business on a varied portfolio of matters, including affordable housing transactions, investor sales, land and property disposals, planning and infrastructure matters.

The role will also involve developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders and providing practical legal support to teams involved in property and development activity.

Some travel may be required from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

• Advising on residential development and affordable housing transactions
• Advising on affordable housing sales and transactions involving Registered Providers
• Drafting and negotiating Section 106 agreements
• Advising on infrastructure agreements
• Undertaking property due diligence and reporting on title
• Advising on land and property disposals
• Supporting investor sales and wider residential development transactions
• Providing advice on planning and infrastructure matters
• Working closely with commercial and operational teams to deliver pragmatic legal solutions
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Managing a varied caseload and supporting the wider Legal Team on property matters

About You

We are looking for a qualified Solicitor or fully qualified Chartered Legal Executive with a strong property background.

You may currently be working in private practice or in-house and have experience advising clients within the residential development, housebuilding, affordable housing or wider property sectors.

Experience in some or all of the following would be advantageous:

• Residential development
• Affordable housing
• Registered Providers / Housing Associations
• Section 106 agreements
• Infrastructure agreements
• Property due diligence
• Reporting on title
• Land acquisition and disposal
• Investor sales
• Planning and development matters

You will be commercially minded, pragmatic and confident when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills are essential, together with the ability to manage your own workload and provide clear, practical legal advice. xwzovoh

Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful FTSE 100 organisation and become an integral part of its Legal Team.

The role offers:

• Competitive salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Annual bonus
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Contributory pension
• Employee benefits platform
• Access to wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Professional development and career progression opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive working environment

Apply

If you are a property solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with experience in residential development and/or affordable housing and are interested in moving into a commercially focused in-house role, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply in confidence, please submit your CV.