Associate - Real Estate Finance

It’s the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win.   As a firm we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities and perspectives together. We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be consistently better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!    

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from when and where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs.  

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Our Real Estate Finance team has extensive experience in advising the biggest banks nationally, Islamic, Lloyds, Al Rayan and Gatehouse.  We are also very active in the fintec and Islamic fintech space.  We have a growing team and are proud to be top ranked by Legal500 in Islamic finance.

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven experienced Associate/Senior Associate looking to join our Real Estate Finance team.

This role would suit someone who enjoys and works well under pressure, is looking for excellent opportunity in a collaborative fast paced team and seeks exposure to quality clients.

Role requirements:

• strong commercial property experience and experience of dealing with real estate finance transactions
• ability to supervise junior members of the team
• familiar with high volume in a busy environment
• able to work to the pressure of a  tight  timetable
• a problem solver who is able to apply legal skills to the ever evolving Islamic finance landscape

We are open to considering candidates with different levels of PQE but a strong track record of completed transactions is an essential requirement of the role in order to be able to supervise junior team members.

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. This role will be predominantly home based with travel as required into Birmingham or one of our other West Midlands hubs 

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.