Property Lawyer

Job Description

Are you ready to take on your next career challenge?

LAW Absolute is recruiting on an exclusive basis to a permanent Property Lawyer position with a local authority based in East London.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to achieve a genuine work /life balance whilst doing challenging and interesting work.

In your role as a Property Lawyer at the council, you will have the benefit of working within a team where there is excellent business admin and legal assistant support and collaboration.

You will have the advantage of part of a small team of experienced lawyers who work collaboratively to share knowledge and information, in which everyone pulls together to help each other.

You will be part of a dynamic working environment where diversity in all respects is genuinely valued and promoted, so that you are constantly learning and inspired by colleagues from various professional backgrounds and lived experiences.

About the council

The council is s an ambitious, collegiate, and forward-thinking council and one that has gone through a period of modernisation and transformation. This is the perfect time to join a council ready to make a real difference and are moving in the right direction by putting resources where they are needed.

The council offices are located close to superb transport links, a plethora of shops and restaurants and nice offices.

The team are collaborative, supportive, and friendly. You will benefit from working alongside experienced colleagues who are generous with sharing their knowledge.

The council operate a hybrid working policy. Full- time staff work 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

The role offers a salary of £52,194- £55,323 per annum.

If you are interested in working for an organisation that places huge value on equality and diversity, prides itself on delivering an excellent quality service, and you are looking for a chance to play a part in this interesting area of law and period of modernisation then this could be the right role for you.

About the position

The successful Property Lawyer will have a varied caseload to include but not limited to:

• Leases,

• Licences,

• Deeds of variation,

• Deeds of surrender,

• Rent reviews,

• Acquisitions,

• Property disposals usually by way of auction,

• Joint ventures,
• Title reports/ title checks

• Assisting with the preparation of Compulsory Purchase Orders and,

Managing the current assets portfolios within the general fund and housing register.

You will also manage right to buy and housing related work relating to right to buy transactions, boundary advice, deeds of postponements, registering and removing title restrictions and title certificates.

You will have exposure to some complex matters and the ability to pick up a full and varied caseload from the outset is essential.

About you

You will be an admitted Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX of England and Wales with a current practising certificate.

You will possess a minimum of 3 years post admission experience.

You will be a team player, able to work autonomously, generous in sharing your knowledge, have a can-do attitude and be open to rolling your sleeves up and helping the team. You will also deputise for the Principal Lawyer as and when required.

To register your interest in this role, please send your updated CV to [email protected]

Working through LAW Absolute

As the first recruitment agency to specialise only in placing interim lawyers, LAW Absolute has a long history in supporting lawyers who want to work flexibly and in control of their career.

We are able to offer our contractors a range of challenging opportunities across private practice, corporates, financial services and within the not-for-profit sector. With over 20 years of placing contract lawyers in these markets, we have built excellent networks and many of the lawyers that we work with are contract lawyers that we have successfully placed on multiple assignments, allowing them to work with autonomy and build their career in the way they choose to. For our clients, we have worked closely with legal teams to help them plan and manage delivery of their services in a more efficient way in terms of resources, costs and timescales.

To find out more about how LAW Absolute can assist you, or your team, through flexible working, please contact us or visit

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