Residential Development Solicitor

Gateley Plc; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in Nottingham seeks a Solicitor with passion for land acquisition and ability to grow within residential development. Responsibilities include managing large-scale land acquisitions, working collaboratively with top developers across the UK. The role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for significant career development, as well as a supportive work environment that focuses on nurturing talent into future leaders.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Annual bonus opportunity

Comprehensive rewards package

Flexible working patterns

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• NQ Solicitor with a passion for land acquisition.
• Up to 1 year of relevant PQE in commercial property.
• Willingness to learn and grow within residential development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex land acquisitions across England and Wales.
• Manage disposals of serviced parcels to various developers.
• Collaborate with top housebuilders and niche developers.

Skills

Passion for land acquisition

Commitment to personal growth

Education

Solicitor qualification (NQ or up to 1 year PQE)

Job description

This is a multi-faceted real estate development position in which you will work alongside some of the biggest names within house building as well as niche developers. Your responsibilities will be varied but will include:

• Complex and large-scale land acquisitions for household names across England and Wales
• Disposals of serviced parcels to Housing Associations and other developers
• Funding arrangements
• Strategic options

team

Our Residential Development Unit exclusively partners with housebuilders. We work with all of the top 10 housebuilders in the UK and 18 of the top 20.

With 200 specialists, we have the largest residential development team in the UK offering a complete acquisition to disposal service. The team acts for national and regional housebuilders, promoters and institutional landowners on new residential developments of up to 6,500 new homes.

Our Land Team acts on large‑scale development matters such as development agreements, conditional contracts, options, corporate and contractual joint‑venture and collaboration agreements. We also assist our housebuilder clients with strategic land projects. You’ll be able to rely on the UK's largest plot team so that your focus is solely on land acquisition and development work. The team is supported by specialist Litigation, Planning and Construction teams to offer a full service to your clients.

You’ll work closely and have the opportunity to learn from Lauren Jeffrey, our highly talented and experienced Senior Associate.

person

We seek a Solicitor who is either an NQ or has up to 1 year PQE. While experience working with housebuilder clients is advantageous, we also welcome applications from skilled commercial property lawyers who want to specialise in residential work.

Key Attributes:

• Passion and Commitment: We value individuals who are deeply passionate about land acquisition – a cornerstone of Gateley’s strategic vision.
• Growth Potential: Our track record speaks for itself – we nurture and elevate our Land Acquisition experts to Partnership positions. The last four associates who joined our Leeds residential development team are now partners at Gateley.
• Investment in the Future: We actively seek candidates whom we can invest in for long‑term success.

At Gateley, you can expect world‑class development support. We invest heavily in training and support for our Solicitors at all levels on every property‑related topic as well as career development skills such as management training. As a Plc, we also offer opportunities that our LLP competitors cannot. Solicitors can build up equity within the business throughout their careers via our share‑saving scheme. We also award £50,000 of shares to those promoted to Partner within Gateley. We are looking for someone who will take advantage of these many opportunities and develop themselves into one of our future leaders.

Benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around, our development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
This includes a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package covers annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). We also provide retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip‑hop dance.

Gateley is a forward‑thinking and straight‑talking legal and professional services group. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. We are proud to be recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions. We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

We offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability or culture.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company, a variety of pre‑employment screening checks will be completed. These include but are not limited to eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.