Property Litigation Associate

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in Central London. We support individuals and businesses in resolving conflict, safeguarding their futures and maximising opportunities. Our wide range of expertise means that we can provide support for our clients in all areas of their business and private life. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their field and our practice areas are highly ranked by the legal directories.

Disputes are a fact of modern life. Understanding and dealing with a dispute in a professional and commercial way has never been more important. Our Dispute Resolution lawyers act for a broad spectrum of individual and commercial clients in a wide range of complex disputes.

We are seeking to recruit a property litigation associate to join the Dispute Resolution department and to provide support for the Real Estate team who act for a broad range of clients including landlords, tenants, developers, entrepreneurs HNW and high profile individuals.

You will work closely with the fee-earners and partners of the Real Estate department as well as providing advice to other practice areas of the firm as and when required with a view to helping promote and develop the property litigation team.  

Specific duties:

• Managing a wide range of property dispute work
• Residential landlord and tenant litigation such as possession claims, service charge disputes, Section 20 consultations, termination of long leases/AST’s lease extension, right to manage and contentious leasehold enfranchisement
• Working occasionally on commercial property litigation matters
• Acting on behalf of a broad client mix and managing clients’ expectations
• Taking an active role in networking and business development for the team
• Assisting the firm’s other departments in property law matters as and when required
• Compliance with the SRA Handbook and where appropriate the BSB Handbook.