# Corporate Real Estate Associate

**Company**: Freshfields
**Location**: London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Corporate Real Estate Associate with transactional experience to join our highly regarded London Real Estate group. You will advise European and global private equity real estate sponsors, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds on complex real estate transactions.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Advising on and managing UK and multi-jurisdictional real estate M&A, corporate wrapper transactions, joint ventures, co-investments, and consortium arrangements across all real estate asset classes.

- Structuring and advising on corporate and joint venture holding structures, including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), limited partnerships, unit trusts, private equity real estate funds, and bespoke open- and closed-ended fund structures.

- Leading on major real estate asset acquisitions, lettings and disposals, portfolio transactions, sale-and-leasebacks, and operational real estate transactions.

- Advising on complex development and regeneration projects, including site acquisition, development agreements, forward funding, and forward sales.

- Collaborating with Corporate/M&A, Finance, Tax, and Disputes teams on the property aspects of major corporate transactions, public M&A, financings, flotations, and restructurings.

- Taking a proactive role in business development, client relationship management, knowledge management, and pitching for new mandates.

**Competencies**

- Qualified as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, or holding an equivalent qualification from a recognised common law jurisdiction.

- Ideally 2-4 years post-qualification experience (PQE) at a leading corporate real estate practice, covering all aspects of transactional real estate work, with significant cross-border experience and experience acting for private equity real estate, SWF, and pension funds.

- High-calibre lawyer with proven technical drafting, structuring, and negotiation skills, coupled with sound commercial judgement.

- Proven experience and proactive interest in business development, client engagement, and sector initiatives.

- Excellent academic record.

**The Individual**

- Excellent technical and commercial abilities, with the acumen to deliver pragmatic solutions tailored to institutional and private equity clients, together with a willingness to learn and operate outside of your comfort zone.

- Proven ability to work collaboratively within diverse teams and effectively mentor, supervise, and develop junior lawyers and trainees.

- Highly effective communicator (both orally and in writing), able to articulate complex legal structures clearly to commercial stakeholders.

- Able to take on a high degree of responsibility, manage competing priorities, and deliver under challenging deadlines.

- Deeply committed to delivering exceptional client service and upholding the highest professional standards.

- Proactive engagement in practice development, client relationship management, and knowledge sharing.

## Skills

### Required
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Limited Partnerships
- Unit Trusts
- Private Equity Real Estate Funds
- Corporate Wrappers
- M&A
- Transaction Management

### Nice to have
- Business Development
- Client Relationship Management
- Knowledge Management

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