Solicitor

A leading UK law firm with a network of offices from the South Coast to Scotland, working together as one national team. An innovative practice and the first top 100 law firm to achieve “Gold Standard” Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm. The lack of barriers between departments, a real lack of hierarchy, zero tolerance for arrogance and pomposity makes Shoosmiths a fantastic place to work.

Our team is one of the leading and largest UK Real Estate teams, recently winning “Legal Team of the Year” at the Estates Gazettes awards. We are spread nationally across all offices and represent an impressive range of household name clients from developers, investors and corporate occupiers through to banks and funders on some of the highest value and profile projects around.

The real estate team in Scotland now consists of 22 people, having made some key recruits over the last 12 months. The team is recognised for their excellent service and high-quality legal advice, working toward their strategy to develop its presence in Scotland and to provide its growing blue-chip client base.

This role will see you working on high-level general real estate matters including acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant and development matters. You will be supported by the team to harness your experience and skills further to ensure you reach your full potential and get involved in the wider strategy for the office.

We are ideally looking to appoint at the 1 - 3yrs PQE level. 

Why should you apply?

If you really want your career to take off, then we’d like you to consider joining us. We’re a firm with the scale, stature and clients to provide you with the quality and variety of work and opportunities for development that you need to grow your career and rewards.

We provide a demanding, stimulating and rewarding environment. You’ll be working with people who thrive on being pro-active, bringing energy and ideas to make a real difference to clients. You’ll be expected to make things happen and take the initiative from day one.

Shoosmiths is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.