Senior / Principal Associate – Corporate Real Estate Law

Job Description

Senior / Principal Associate – Corporate Real Estate | Gowling WLG

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Gowling WLG, located in Birmingham / London. Gowling WLG is a top-tier firm known for delivering comprehensive corporate legal services. This role is crucial for supporting the corporate/indirect real estate and investment structures team, involving engagement in some of the largest and most complex deals in this field. It offers significant career development opportunities within an expanding and dynamic team committed to developing future partners.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid – Birmingham, London
• Team: National corporate team, collaborating with 8 partners and firm members
• Mission: Deliver a broad range of high-quality corporate legal services, with a particular focus on supporting corporate/indirect real estate and investment structures.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Deliver high-quality corporate legal services, with a specific focus on supporting indirect real estate and investment structures.
• Lead complex corporate transactions, drawing on experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, and group restructurings.
• Cultivate and maintain long-term trusted relationships as an integral part of dedicated client teams.
• Engage actively in business development initiatives, with full backing from the sector team, to secure and drive transactions.
• Collaborate closely with partners, directors, and colleagues across the team to foster a supportive and high-performing environment.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior / Principal Associate career level, with a strong foundation in corporate law embedded in the real estate sector.
• Experience: Experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, group restructurings, and corporate (indirect) real estate transactions, joint ventures, and funds.
• Skills: Strong technical ability and meticulous attention to detail; confidence and ability to lead transactions; commercially astute with sound judgment; commitment to outstanding client service and a drive to excel; collaborative, team-oriented, and skilled in relationship building.
• Bonus: Good knowledge of LP, LLP, and JPUT structures, or a keen interest in developing deeper sector knowledge (training provided).