Associate

Description:

We are recruiting for an experienced Associate to join our successful Property Litigation team based in Bristol. This is a full-time position, which offers hybrid working as part of our flexible working policy.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious property litigator to develop their career as part of our Chambers UK and Legal 500 ranked real estate litigation team. From a very early stage in your career at TLT, our Partner team will support you with your progression and will discuss your route to promotion. You will be afforded the opportunity to work alongside Emma Cork (Partner), who has been acknowledged as a “key lawyer” in the Legal 500, and Mark Routley (Partner and Head of Property Litigation), who is ranked as a Band 1 individual in Chambers UK.

It is an extremely exciting time to join TLT, as we are celebrating being named Law Firm of the Year 2022 at the prestigious British Legal Awards, following our 2021 success as Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer awards.

Your Role

Our national property litigation team is made up of 3 Partners, 1 Legal Director, 3 Managing Associates, 2 Senior Associates, 3 Associates, 1 Chartered Legal Executive and 4 Paralegals.

As an Associate within the team, you will be expected to deliver the following:

• Manage your own matters and work on a broad range of commercial landlord and tenant disputes, and some residential landlord and tenant disputes.
• Support Managing Associates and Partners will more complex matters.
• Provide an excellent service for clients across our key sectors.
• Work with the team on a regional and national basis, to achieve key goals for the property litigation team and the firm.
• Collaborate with the Partners in the team to look after our relationship with our key clients, and to participate in business development initiatives.

Your Skills and Experience

You will be/have:

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), ideally 2 -4 PQE, with experience managing a property litigation caseload. It is essential that you have experience handling commercial landlord and tenant disputes.
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
• Commercially aware with enthusiasm for business development, and an appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus
• The ability to understand your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client
• An ambitious and enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture.